diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 49e9729..e29f56b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ exports.init = function (sbot, config) {
 
   function serveFeeds(req, res, following, channelSubscriptions, feedId, name) {
       pull(
-	  sbot.createLogStream({ reverse: true, limit: 2500 }),
+	  sbot.createLogStream({ reverse: true, limit: 5000 }),
 	  pull.filter((msg) => {
 	      return !msg.value ||
 		  (msg.value.author in following ||
 		   msg.value.content.channel in channelSubscriptions)
 	  }),
-	  pull.take(100),
+	  pull.take(150),
 	  pull.collect(function (err, logs) {
 	      if (err) return respond(res, 500, err.stack || err)
 	      res.writeHead(200, {
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ exports.init = function (sbot, config) {
     if (format === null) return respond(res, 415, 'Invalid format')
 
     pull(
-      sbot.links({dest: id, values: true, rel: 'root'}),
+      sbot.links({dest: id, values: true }),
       includeRoot && prepend(getMsg, id),
       pull.unique('key'),
       pull.collect(function (err, links) {
diff --git a/render.js b/render.js
index b21878a..e604ddb 100644
--- a/render.js
+++ b/render.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ MdRenderer.prototype.urltransform = function(href) {
     case "%":
       return this.opts.msg_base + encodeURIComponent(href);
     case "@":
+      href = this.opts.mentions[href.substr(1)] || href;
       return this.opts.feed_base + encodeURIComponent(href);
     case "&":
       return this.opts.blob_base + encodeURIComponent(href);
@@ -56,11 +57,14 @@ MdRenderer.prototype.image = function(href, title, text) {
 
 function renderEmoji(emoji) {
   var opts = this.renderer.opts;
-  return emoji in emojis
+  var mentions = opts.mentions;
+  var url = mentions[emoji]
+    ? opts.blob_base + encodeURIComponent(mentions[emoji])
+    : emoji in emojis && opts.emoji_base + escape(emoji) + '.png';
+  return url
     ? '<img src="' +
-        opts.emoji_base +
-        escape(emoji) +
-        '.png"' +
+        url +
+        '"' +
         ' alt=":' +
         escape(emoji) +
         ':"' +
@@ -354,7 +358,7 @@ function renderMsg(opts, msg) {
             escape(msg.value.author) +
             '"' +
             ">" + msg.author.name + "</a>" +
-            msgTimestamp(msg, name) +
+            msgTimestamp(msg, opts.base + name) +
           '</figcaption>' +
         '</figure>' +
       '</header>' +
@@ -446,13 +450,13 @@ function renderRss(opts, msg) {
   );
 }
 
-function msgTimestamp(msg, name) {
+function msgTimestamp(msg, link) {
   var date = new Date(msg.value.timestamp);
   var isoStr = date.toISOString();
   return (
     '<time class="ssb-timestamp" datetime="' + isoStr + '">' +
       '<a ' +
-      'href="#' + name + '" ' +
+      'href="' + link + '" ' +
       'title="' + isoStr + '" ' +
       '>' + formatDate(date) + '</a>' +
     '</time>'
@@ -561,6 +565,10 @@ function render(opts, c) {
 }
 
 function renderPost(opts, c) {
+  opts.mentions = {};
+  if (Array.isArray(c.mentions)) c.mentions.forEach(function (link) {
+    if (link && link.name && link.link) opts.mentions[link.name] = link.link;
+  });
   return '<section>' + marked(String(c.text), opts.marked) + "</section>";
 }