diff --git a/packages/system/src/connection-pool.ts b/packages/system/src/connection-pool.ts
index 5f551562..2fe10ec6 100644
--- a/packages/system/src/connection-pool.ts
+++ b/packages/system/src/connection-pool.ts
@@ -74,16 +74,17 @@ export class DefaultConnectionPool extends EventEmitter<NostrConnectionPoolEvent
         c.on("have", async (s, id) => {
           this.#log("%s have: %s %o", c.Address, s, id);
           if (this.#requestedIds.has(id)) {
-            // already requested from this or another relay
+            this.#log("HAVE: Already requested from another relay %s", id);
             return;
           }
           this.#requestedIds.add(id);
           if (await this.#system.eventsCache.get(id)) {
-            // already have it locally
-            // TODO better local cache / db
+            // TODO better local cache / db check
+            this.#log("HAVE: Already have %s", id);
             return;
           }
-          c.QueueReq(["REQ", "*", { ids: [id] }], () => {});
+          this.#log("HAVE: GET requesting %s", id);
+          c.queueReq(["GET", id], () => {});
         });
         c.on("eose", s => this.emit("eose", addr, s));
         c.on("disconnect", code => this.emit("disconnect", addr, code));
diff --git a/packages/system/src/connection.ts b/packages/system/src/connection.ts
index db38cb8e..dd40c40b 100644
--- a/packages/system/src/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/system/src/connection.ts
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ export class Connection extends EventEmitter<ConnectionEvents> {
   #sendRequestCommand(item: ConnectionQueueItem) {
     try {
       const cmd = item.obj;
-      if (cmd[0] === "REQ") {
+      if (cmd[0] === "REQ" || cmd[0] === "GET") {
         this.ActiveRequests.add(cmd[1]);
         this.send(cmd);
       } else if (cmd[0] === "SYNC") {
@@ -398,10 +398,18 @@ export class Connection extends EventEmitter<ConnectionEvents> {
           }
         };
         if (this.Info?.software?.includes("strfry")) {
-          const neg = new NegentropyFlow(id, this, eventSet, filters);
+          const newFilters = filters.map(a => {
+            if (a.ids_only) {
+              const copy = { ...a };
+              delete copy.ids_only;
+              return copy;
+            }
+            return a;
+          });
+          const neg = new NegentropyFlow(id, this, eventSet, newFilters);
           neg.once("finish", filters => {
             if (filters.length > 0) {
-              this.queueReq(["REQ", cmd[1], ...filters], item.cb);
+              this.queueReq(["REQ", cmd[1], ...newFilters], item.cb);
             }
           });
           neg.once("error", () => {
diff --git a/packages/system/src/nostr.ts b/packages/system/src/nostr.ts
index 764eba76..568871ff 100644
--- a/packages/system/src/nostr.ts
+++ b/packages/system/src/nostr.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export type MaybeHexKey = HexKey | undefined;
  */
 export type u256 = string;
 
-export type ReqCommand = [cmd: "REQ" | "IDS", id: string, ...filters: Array<ReqFilter>];
+export type ReqCommand = [cmd: "REQ" | "IDS" | "GET", id: string, ...filters: Array<ReqFilter>];
 
 /**
  * Raw REQ filter object
diff --git a/packages/system/src/query.ts b/packages/system/src/query.ts
index 951b37e4..ddecc493 100644
--- a/packages/system/src/query.ts
+++ b/packages/system/src/query.ts
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ export class Query extends EventEmitter<QueryEvents> {
 
   #sendQueryInternal(c: Connection, q: BuiltRawReqFilter) {
     let filters = q.filters;
-    if (c.SupportsNip(Nips.GetMatchingEventIds)) {
+    if (c.supportsNip(Nips.GetMatchingEventIds)) {
       filters = filters.map(f => ({ ...f, ids_only: true }));
     }