diff --git a/eth_cache/runnable/get.py b/eth_cache/runnable/get.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f933cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eth_cache/runnable/get.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# standard imports
+import sys
+import os
+import argparse
+import logging
+import select
+
+# external imports
+from chainlib.chain import ChainSpec
+from chainlib.eth.connection import EthHTTPConnection
+from chainlib.eth.tx import (
+        pack,
+        receipt,
+        transaction,
+        Tx,
+        )
+from hexathon import strip_0x
+
+# local imports
+from eth_cache.store import PointerHexDir
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
+logg = logging.getLogger()
+
+default_eth_provider = os.environ.get('ETH_PROVIDER', 'http://localhost:8545')
+default_data_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.environ.get('HOME', ''), '.eth_cache'))
+
+def stdin_arg(t=0):
+    h = select.select([sys.stdin], [], [], t)
+    if len(h[0]) > 0:
+        v = h[0][0].read()
+        return v.rstrip()
+    return None
+
+
+argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser('eth-get', description='display information about an Ethereum address or transaction', epilog='address/transaction can be provided as an argument or from standard input')
+argparser.add_argument('-p', '--provider', dest='p', default=default_eth_provider, type=str, help='Web3 provider url (http only)')
+argparser.add_argument('-i', '--chain-spec', dest='i', type=str, default='evm:ethereum:1', help='Chain specification string')
+argparser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', help='Be verbose')
+argparser.add_argument('-vv', action='store_true', help='Be more verbose')
+argparser.add_argument('--data-dir', dest='data_dir', type=str, help='Be more verbose')
+argparser.add_argument('tx_hash', nargs='?', default=stdin_arg(), type=str, help='Item to get information for (address og transaction)')
+args = argparser.parse_args()
+
+
+if args.vv:
+    logg.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+elif args.v:
+    logg.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+tx_hash = args.tx_hash
+if tx_hash == None:
+    tx_hash = stdin_arg(t=None)
+    if tx_hash == None:
+        argparser.error('need first positional argument or value from stdin')
+
+chain_spec = ChainSpec.from_chain_str(args.i)
+data_dir = args.data_dir
+if data_dir == None:
+    data_dir = os.path.join(default_data_dir, str(chain_spec))
+rpc_provider = args.p
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    rpc = EthHTTPConnection(rpc_provider)
+    o = transaction(tx_hash)
+    r = rpc.do(o)
+    tx = Tx(r)
+    tx_raw = pack(tx.src, chain_spec)
+
+    o = receipt(tx_hash)
+    r = rpc.do(o)
+    tx.apply_receipt(r)
+
+    store_backend = PointerHexDir(data_dir, 32)
+    store_backend.register_pointer('address')
+    #store = TxFileStore(chain_spec, backend)
+    store_backend.add(bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(tx_hash)), tx_raw)
diff --git a/examples/dump.py b/examples/dump.py
index b34b13f..13ddd51 100644
--- a/examples/dump.py
+++ b/examples/dump.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from chainlib.eth.tx import (
 from chainlib.interface import ChainInterface
 from chainsyncer.backend.memory import MemBackend
 from chainsyncer.driver.threadpool import ThreadPoolHistorySyncer
+from chainsyncer.filter import SyncFilter
 
 # local imports
 from eth_cache.account import AccountRegistry
@@ -30,8 +31,9 @@ from eth_cache.store import PointerHexDir
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 logg = logging.getLogger()
 logging.getLogger('eth_cache.store').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+#logging.getLogger('chainsyncer.filter').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 logging.getLogger('chainsyncer.driver.threadpool').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-logging.getLogger('chainsyncer.driver.head').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+#logging.getLogger('chainsyncer.driver.head').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 #logging.getLogger('chainsyncer.backend.memory').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
 root_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=os.path.join('/tmp/ethsync'))
@@ -62,10 +64,10 @@ rpc = conn_factory()
 start = 12423900
 #start = 0
 
-o = block_latest()
-r = rpc.do(o)
-stop = int(r, 16)
-stop = start + 3
+#o = block_latest()
+#r = rpc.do(o)
+#stop = int(r, 16)
+stop = start + 10
 
 syncer_backend = MemBackend(chain_spec, None, target_block=stop)
 syncer_backend.set(start, 0)
@@ -87,6 +89,29 @@ syncer_backend.set(start, 0)
 account_registry = AccountRegistry()
 account_registry.add('0x6bd8cb96bbc58a73d5360301b7791457bc93da24', 'money')
 
+
+def apply_one_async(fltr, idx, conn, block, tx, session):
+    logg.error('>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> apply async')
+    fltr.filter(conn, block, tx, session)
+    return (block.number, tx.index,)
+
+
+
+
+class ThreadedSyncFilter(SyncFilter):
+
+    def __init__(self, pool, backend):
+        super(ThreadedSyncFilter, self).__init__(backend)
+        self.pool = pool
+
+
+    def apply_one(self, fltr, idx, conn, block, tx, session):
+        logg.error('applyone  {} {}'.format(fltr, self.pool))
+        #self.pool.apply_async(apply_one_async, (fltr, idx, conn, block, tx, session, self.backend.complete_filter,))
+        self.pool.apply(fltr, (idx, conn, block, tx, session,), {}, self.backend.complete_filter)
+        logg.debug('applyone end')
+
+
 class StoreFilter:
 
     def __init__(self, store, registry):
@@ -110,6 +135,8 @@ class MonitorFilter:
 
 
     def filter(self, rpc, block, tx, session=None):
+        logg.error('foozzzzzzzzzz')
+        logg.debug('foo')
         if tx == None:
             s = '{} sync block error in tx lookup ({})'.format(self.name, block.number, len(block.txs))
         else:
@@ -124,4 +151,5 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     syncer = ThreadPoolHistorySyncer(conn_factory, 2, syncer_backend, chain_interface)
     syncer.add_filter(MonitorFilter())
     syncer.add_filter(fltr)
+    syncer.filter = ThreadedSyncFilter(syncer.worker_pool, syncer_backend)
     syncer.loop(0, rpc)