diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 872efe5..384492b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /config
 /config.ts
 /docker-compose.yml
+/db
diff --git a/packages/bolt-matrix/deps.ts b/packages/bolt-matrix/deps.ts
index dc688cb..cccf237 100644
--- a/packages/bolt-matrix/deps.ts
+++ b/packages/bolt-matrix/deps.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ export {
 	AppServiceRegistration,
 	Bridge,
 	Intent,
+	MatrixUser,
 	Request,
 	type ClientEncryptionSession,
 	type WeakEvent
 } from 'npm:matrix-appservice-bridge@10.1.0';
 export {
 	Bolt,
-	BoltPlugin,
-	type BoltBridgeMessageArgs,
-	type BoltMessage
+	bolt_plugin,
+	type bridge_platform,
+	type message
 } from '../bolt/mod.ts';
+export { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';
diff --git a/packages/bolt-matrix/events.ts b/packages/bolt-matrix/events.ts
index 94251e7..6bdd545 100644
--- a/packages/bolt-matrix/events.ts
+++ b/packages/bolt-matrix/events.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-import { BoltMessage, Intent, Request, WeakEvent } from './deps.ts';
-import MatrixPlugin from './mod.ts';
+import { message, Intent, Request, WeakEvent } from './deps.ts';
+import { matrix_plugin } from './mod.ts';
 
-export async function onEvent(this: MatrixPlugin, request: Request<WeakEvent>) {
+export async function onEvent(
+	this: matrix_plugin,
+	request: Request<WeakEvent>
+) {
 	const event = request.getData();
 	const bot = this.bot.getBot();
 	const intent = this.bot.getIntent();
@@ -16,52 +19,64 @@ export async function onEvent(this: MatrixPlugin, request: Request<WeakEvent>) {
 			this.emit('debug', `Failed to join room ${event.room_id}: ${e}`);
 		}
 	}
-	if (event.type === 'm.room.message' && !event['m.new_content']) {
-		this.emit('messageCreate', await messageToCore(event, intent));
+	if (event.type === 'm.room.message' && !event.content['m.new_content']) {
+		this.emit(
+			'create_message',
+			await messageToCore(event, intent, this.config.homeserverUrl)
+		);
 	}
-	if (event.type === 'm.room.message' && event['m.new_content']) {
-		this.emit('messageUpdate', await messageToCore(event, intent));
+	if (event.type === 'm.room.message' && event.content['m.new_content']) {
+		this.emit(
+			'edit_message',
+			await messageToCore(event, intent, this.config.homeserverUrl)
+		);
 	}
 	if (event.type === 'm.room.redaction') {
-		this.emit('messageDelete', {
+		this.emit('delete_message', {
 			id: event.redacts as string,
 			platform: { name: 'bolt-matrix', message: event },
 			channel: event.room_id,
-			timestamp: event.origin_server_ts
+			timestamp: Temporal.Instant.fromEpochMilliseconds(event.origin_server_ts)
 		});
 	}
 }
 
 export async function messageToCore(
 	event: WeakEvent,
-	intent: Intent
-): Promise<BoltMessage<WeakEvent>> {
+	intent: Intent,
+	homeserverUrl: string
+): Promise<message<WeakEvent>> {
 	const sender = await intent.getProfileInfo(event.sender);
 	return {
 		author: {
 			username: sender.displayname || event.sender,
 			rawname: event.sender,
 			id: event.sender,
-			profile: sender.avatar_url
+			profile: `${sender.avatar_url?.replace(
+				'mxc://',
+				`${homeserverUrl}/_matrix/media/v3/thumbnail/`
+			)}?width=96&height=96&method=scale`
 		},
 		channel: event.room_id,
-		id: event.event_id,
-		timestamp: event.origin_server_ts,
-		content: event.content.body as string,
-		reply: async (msg: BoltMessage<unknown>) => {
+		id:
+			event.content['m.relates_to']?.rel_type == 'm.replace'
+				? event.content['m.relates_to'].event_id
+				: event.event_id,
+		timestamp: Temporal.Instant.fromEpochMilliseconds(event.origin_server_ts),
+		content: (event.content['m.new_content']?.body ||
+			event.content.body) as string,
+		reply: async (msg: message<unknown>) => {
 			await intent.sendMessage(event.room_id, coreToMessage(msg));
 		},
 		platform: { name: 'bolt-matrix', message: event }
 	};
 }
 
-export function coreToMessage(msg: BoltMessage<unknown>) {
+export function coreToMessage(msg: message<unknown>) {
 	return {
-		content: {
-			body: msg.content
-				? msg.content
-				: "*this bridge doesn't support anything except text at the moment*",
-			msgtype: 'm.text'
-		}
+		body: msg.content
+			? msg.content
+			: "*this bridge doesn't support anything except text at the moment*",
+		msgtype: 'm.text'
 	};
 }
diff --git a/packages/bolt-matrix/mod.ts b/packages/bolt-matrix/mod.ts
index 7b3a13d..1158dc0 100644
--- a/packages/bolt-matrix/mod.ts
+++ b/packages/bolt-matrix/mod.ts
@@ -1,53 +1,36 @@
 import {
 	AppServiceRegistration,
 	Bolt,
-	BoltBridgeMessageArgs,
-	BoltMessage,
-	BoltPlugin,
 	Bridge,
-	ClientEncryptionSession,
-	existsSync
+	Buffer,
+	MatrixUser,
+	existsSync,
+	bolt_plugin,
+	message,
+	bridge_platform
 } from './deps.ts';
 import { coreToMessage, onEvent } from './events.ts';
 
 type MatrixConfig = {
-	accessToken: string;
+	appserviceUrl: string;
 	homeserverUrl: string;
 	domain: string;
 	port?: number;
 	reg_path: string;
 };
 
-export default class MatrixPlugin extends BoltPlugin {
+export class matrix_plugin extends bolt_plugin<MatrixConfig> {
 	bot: Bridge;
-	config: MatrixConfig;
-	name = 'bolt-revolt';
-	version = '0.5.4';
-	bolt?: Bolt;
-	constructor(config: MatrixConfig) {
-		super();
-		this.config = config;
+	name = 'bolt-matrix';
+	version = '0.5.6';
+	support = ['0.5.5'];
+
+	constructor(bolt: Bolt, config: MatrixConfig) {
+		super(bolt, config);
 		this.bot = new Bridge({
 			homeserverUrl: this.config.homeserverUrl,
 			domain: this.config.domain,
 			registration: this.config.reg_path,
-			bridgeEncryption: {
-				homeserverUrl: config.homeserverUrl,
-				store: {
-					getStoredSession: async (userId: string) => {
-						return JSON.parse(
-							(await this.bolt?.redis?.get(`mtx-session-${userId}`)) || 'null'
-						);
-					},
-					setStoredSession: async (session: ClientEncryptionSession) => {
-						await this.bolt?.redis?.set(
-							`mtx-session-${session.userId}`,
-							JSON.stringify(session)
-						);
-					},
-					async updateSyncToken() {}
-				}
-			},
 			controller: {
 				onEvent: onEvent.bind(this)
 			},
@@ -55,77 +38,102 @@ export default class MatrixPlugin extends BoltPlugin {
 			userStore: './db/userStore.db',
 			userActivityStore: './db/userActivityStore.db'
 		});
-	}
-	async start(bolt: Bolt) {
-		this.bolt = bolt;
 		if (!existsSync(this.config.reg_path)) {
-			const reg = new AppServiceRegistration(this.config.homeserverUrl);
+			const reg = new AppServiceRegistration(this.config.appserviceUrl);
 			reg.setAppServiceToken(AppServiceRegistration.generateToken());
 			reg.setHomeserverToken(AppServiceRegistration.generateToken());
-			reg.setId(
-				'b4d15f02f7e406db25563c1a74ac78863dc4fbcc5595db8d835f6ee6ffef1448'
-			);
+			reg.setId(AppServiceRegistration.generateToken());
 			reg.setProtocols(['bolt']);
 			reg.setRateLimited(false);
-			reg.setSenderLocalpart('boltbot');
-			reg.addRegexPattern('users', '@bolt_*', true);
+			reg.setSenderLocalpart('bot.bolt');
+			reg.addRegexPattern('users', `@bolt-.+_.+:${this.config.domain}`, true);
 			reg.outputAsYaml(this.config.reg_path);
 		}
-		await this.bot.run(this.config.port || 8081);
+		this.bot.run(this.config.port || 8081);
 	}
-	bridgeSupport = { text: true };
+
 	// deno-lint-ignore require-await
-	async createSenddata(channelId: string) {
+	async create_bridge(channelId: string) {
 		return channelId;
 	}
-	async bridgeMessage(data: BoltBridgeMessageArgs) {
-		const intent = this.bot.getIntent(
-			`${data.data.platform.name}_${
-				'author' in data.data ? data.data.author.id : 'deletion'
-			}`
-		);
-		const room = data.data.bridgePlatform.senddata as string;
-		switch (data.type) {
-			case 'create':
-			case 'update': {
-				const message = coreToMessage(
-					data.data as unknown as BoltMessage<unknown>
-				);
-				let editinfo = {};
-				if (data.type === 'update') {
-					editinfo = {
-						'm.new_content': message,
-						'm.relates_to': {
-							rel_type: 'm.replace',
-							event_id: data.data.id
-						}
-					};
+
+	is_bridged(_msg: message<unknown>) {
+		// TODO: implement this
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	async create_message(
+		msg: message<unknown>,
+		platform: bridge_platform,
+		edit = false
+	) {
+		const room = platform.senddata as string;
+		const name = `@${platform.plugin}_${msg.author.id}:${this.config.domain}`;
+		const intent = this.bot.getIntent(name);
+		// check for profile
+		await intent.ensureProfile(msg.author.username);
+		const store = this.bot.getUserStore();
+		let storeUser = await store?.getMatrixUser(name);
+		if (!storeUser) {
+			storeUser = new MatrixUser(name);
+		}
+		if (storeUser?.get('avatar') != msg.author.profile) {
+			storeUser?.set('avatar', msg.author.profile);
+			const b = await (await fetch(msg.author.profile || '')).blob();
+			const newMxc = await intent.uploadContent(
+				Buffer.from(await b.arrayBuffer()),
+				{ type: b.type }
+			);
+			await intent.ensureProfile(msg.author.username, newMxc);
+			await store?.setMatrixUser(storeUser);
+		}
+		// now to our message
+		const message = coreToMessage(msg);
+		let editinfo = {};
+		if (edit) {
+			editinfo = {
+				'm.new_content': message,
+				'm.relates_to': {
+					rel_type: 'm.replace',
+					event_id: msg.id
 				}
-				const result = await intent.sendMessage(room, {
-					...message,
-					...editinfo
-				});
-				return {
-					channel: room,
-					id: result.event_id,
-					plugin: 'bolt-matrix',
-					senddata: room
-				};
-			}
-			case 'delete': {
-				await intent.sendEvent(room, 'm.room.redaction', {
-					content: {
-						reason: 'bridge message deletion'
-					},
-					redacts: data.data.id
-				});
-				return {
-					channel: room,
-					id: data.data.id,
-					plugin: 'bolt-matrix',
-					senddata: room
-				};
-			}
+			};
 		}
+		const result = await intent.sendMessage(room, {
+			...message,
+			...editinfo
+		});
+		return {
+			channel: room,
+			id: result.event_id,
+			plugin: 'bolt-matrix',
+			senddata: room
+		};
+	}
+
+	async edit_message(
+		msg: message<unknown>,
+		platform: bridge_platform & { id: string }
+	) {
+		return await this.create_message(msg, platform, true);
+	}
+
+	async delete_message(
+		_msg: message<unknown>,
+		platform: bridge_platform & { id: string }
+	) {
+		const room = platform.senddata as string;
+		const intent = this.bot.getIntent();
+		await intent.botSdkIntent.underlyingClient.redactEvent(
+			room,
+			platform.id,
+			'bridge message deletion'
+		);
+		return {
+			channel: room,
+			id: platform.id,
+			plugin: 'bolt-matrix',
+			senddata: room
+		};
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/bolt/utils/plugins.ts b/packages/bolt/utils/plugins.ts
index bfee511..68831d9 100644
--- a/packages/bolt/utils/plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/bolt/utils/plugins.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export type plugin_events = {
 	create_message: [message<unknown>];
 	create_command: [command_arguments];
 	create_nonbridged_message: [message<unknown>];
+	debug: [unknown];
 	edit_message: [message<unknown>];
 	delete_message: [deleted_message<unknown>];
 	ready: [];