diff --git a/clicada/runnable/view.py b/clicada/runnable/view.py
index 3119e0b..1431905 100644
--- a/clicada/runnable/view.py
+++ b/clicada/runnable/view.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import logging
 from cic_eth_registry import CICRegistry
 from cic_eth_registry.lookup.tokenindex import TokenIndexLookup
 from cic_types.ext.metadata import MetadataRequestsHandler
+from chainlib.eth.address import to_checksum_address
 
 # local imports
 from clicada.tx import TxGetter
@@ -21,24 +22,34 @@ ctrl = CmdCtrl(argv=sys.argv[1:], logger=logg)
 
 tx_getter = TxGetter(ctrl.get('TX_CACHE_URL'))
 
+MetadataRequestsHandler.base_url = ctrl.get('META_URL')
+
 store_path = '.clicada'
 user_phone_file_label = 'phone'
 user_phone_store = FileUserStore(ctrl.chain(), user_phone_file_label, store_path)
-try:
-    user_phone_store.put('25413241324', '5c4f9EeE1a6375d30f50ab547cD4EE21B37ac8Ab')
-except FileExistsError:
-    logg.debug('already have record')
+#try:
+#    user_phone_store.put('25413241324', '5c4f9EeE1a6375d30f50ab547cD4EE21B37ac8Ab')
+#except FileExistsError:
+#    logg.debug('already have record')
 
-k = '25413241324'
-user_address = user_phone_store.get(k)
-logg.debug('loaded user address {} for {}'.format(user_address, k))
+#k = '25413241324'
+user_address = user_phone_store.by_phone(ctrl.get('_ARG_USER_IDENTIFIER'))
+if user_address == None:
+    sys.stderr.write('unknown identifier: {}\n'.format(ctrl.get('_ARG_USER_IDENTIFIER')))
+    sys.exit(1)
+try:
+    user_address = to_checksum_address(user_address)
+except ValueError:
+    sys.stderr.write('invalid response "{}" for {}\n'.format(user_address, ctrl.get('_ARG_USER_IDENTIFIER')))
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+logg.debug('loaded user address {} for {}'.format(user_address, ctrl.get('_ARG_USER_IDENTIFIER')))
 
 txs = tx_getter.get(user_address)
 
 token_store = FileTokenStore(ctrl.chain(), ctrl.conn(), 'token', store_path)
 
-MetadataRequestsHandler.base_url = ctrl.get('META_URL')
-
 user_address_file_label = 'address'
 user_address_store = FileUserStore(ctrl.chain(), user_address_file_label, store_path)
 
diff --git a/clicada/tx/tx.py b/clicada/tx/tx.py
index 8b4af45..261777d 100644
--- a/clicada/tx/tx.py
+++ b/clicada/tx/tx.py
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ class ResolvedTokenTx(TokenTx):
             return v
         if self.tx_type == TokenTxType.faucet_giveto.value:
             return 'FAUCET'
-        return user_store.get_metadata(self.sender)
+        return user_store.get_label(self.sender)
 
 
     def resolve_recipient_entity(self, user_store):
         v = self.resolve_stored_entity(user_store, self.recipient)
         if v != None:
             return v
-        return user_store.get_metadata(self.recipient)
+        return user_store.get_label(self.recipient)
 
 
     def resolve_entities(self, user_store):
diff --git a/clicada/user/file.py b/clicada/user/file.py
index 036bc49..c32b88d 100644
--- a/clicada/user/file.py
+++ b/clicada/user/file.py
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@
 import stat
 import os
 import logging
+import json
+import urllib.parse
 
 # external imports
 from hexathon import strip_0x
 from cic_types.condiments import MetadataPointer
 from cic_types.ext.metadata import MetadataRequestsHandler
 from cic_types.models.person import Person
+from cic_types.ext.requests import make_request
+from cic_types.processor import generate_metadata_pointer
 import requests.exceptions
+import phonenumbers
 
 # local imports
 from clicada.encode import tx_normalize
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ class FileUserStore:
 
         logg.info('added user store {} record {} -> {}'.format(self.label, k, v))
 
-       
+
     def get(self, k):
         p = os.path.join(self.store_path, k)
         f = open(p, 'r')
@@ -66,7 +71,40 @@ class FileUserStore:
         return r.strip()
 
 
-    def get_metadata(self, address):
+    def by_phone(self, phone):
+        phone = phonenumbers.parse(phone, None)
+        phone = phonenumbers.format_number(phone, phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.E164)
+        phone_file = phone.replace('+', '')
+        try:
+            v = self.get(phone_file)
+            return v
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
+
+        #getter = MetadataRequestsHandler(MetadataPointer.PHONE, phone.encode('utf-8'))
+        r = None
+        try:
+            ptr = generate_metadata_pointer(phone.encode('utf-8'), MetadataPointer.PHONE)
+            url = urllib.parse.urljoin(MetadataRequestsHandler.base_url, ptr)
+            r = make_request('GET', url)
+            return r.json()
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
+            logg.debug('no address found for phone {}: {}'.format(phone, e))
+        return None
+
+    
+    def get_label(self, address):
+        add = tx_normalize.wallet_address(address)
+
+        try:
+            v = self.get(address)
+            v = json.loads(v)
+            person = Person()
+            person_data = person.deserialize(person_data=v)
+            return str(person_data)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
+
         address = strip_0x(address)
         getter = MetadataRequestsHandler(MetadataPointer.PERSON, bytes.fromhex(address))
         r = None
@@ -75,7 +113,9 @@ class FileUserStore:
         except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
             logg.debug('no metadata found for {}: {}'.format(address, e))
             return address
+
         data = r.json()
         person = Person()
         person_data = person.deserialize(person_data=data)
+        self.put(address, json.dumps(person_data.serialize()))
         return str(person_data)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ff170b6..6a9e5c1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ usumbufu~=0.3.2
 confini~=0.5.1
 cic-eth-registry~=0.6.1
 cic-types~=0.2.1a3
+phonenumbers==8.12.12