diff --git a/bin/digd.js b/bin/digd.js
index 4fd908a..e15964d 100755
--- a/bin/digd.js
+++ b/bin/digd.js
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ cli.main(function (args, cli) {
           id: query.header.id // require('crypto').randomBytes(2).readUInt16BE(0)
         , qr: 0
         , opcode: 0
-        , aa: query.header.aa ? 1 : 0 // NA? not sure what this would do
+        , aa: 0 // query.header.aa ? 1 : 0 // NA? not sure what this would do
         , tc: 0     // NA
         , rd: 1
         , ra: 0     // NA
@@ -363,8 +363,11 @@ cli.main(function (args, cli) {
     }
 
     // TODO get local answer first, if available
-    require('../lib/dns-store').query(cli.input, query, function (err, resp) {
-      if (err) { console.log('[DEV] answer not found in local db, recursing'); recurse(); return; }
+    var path = require('path');
+    require('../lib/dns-store').query(path.resolve(cli.input), query, function (err, resp) {
+      if (err) { console.log('[DEV] answer not found in local db, recursing'); console.error(err); recurse(); return; }
+
+      if (SERVFAIL === resp.header.rcode) { console.log('[DEV] local cache miss, recursing'); recurse(); return; }
 
       sendResponse(resp);
     });
diff --git a/lib/dns-store.js b/lib/dns-store.js
index 4df187f..8781679 100644
--- a/lib/dns-store.js
+++ b/lib/dns-store.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports.ask = function (query, cb) {
 };
 */
 
-var SUCCESS = 0;
+var NOERROR = 0;
 var NXDOMAIN = 3;
 var REFUSED = 5;
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ module.exports.query = function (input, query, cb) {
     , tc: 0
     , rd: query.header.rd   // duh
     , ra: 0                 // will be changed by cli.norecurse
-    , rcode: SUCCESS        // 0 SUCCESS, 3 NXDOMAIN, 5 REFUSED
+    , rcode: NOERROR        // 0 NOERROR, 3 NXDOMAIN, 5 REFUSED
     }
   , question: [], answer: [], authority: [], additional: []
   };
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ module.exports.query = function (input, query, cb) {
     myRecords.forEach(function (r) {
       results.answer.push(dbToResourceRecord(r));
     });
+    results.header.rcode = NOERROR;
+    cb(null, results);
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/samples/zones.js b/samples/zones.js
index 7953a55..ccf4042 100644
--- a/samples/zones.js
+++ b/samples/zones.js
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 'use strict';
 
 module.exports = {
-  "domain": [
+  "domains": [
     { "id": "daplie.me", "revokedAt": 0 }
   , { "id": "oneal.daplie.me", "revokedAt": 0 }
   , { "id": "aj.oneal.daplie.me", "revokedAt": 0 }
   ]
 , "records": [
     // zone daplie.me should be able to have some records on its own
-    { "zone": "daplie.me", "type": "A", "domain": "www.daplie.me"
+    { "zone": "daplie.me", "type": "A", "domain": "daplie.me"
+    , "tld": "me", "sld": "daplie", "sub": "", "value": "23.228.168.108", "aname": "tardigrade.devices.daplie.me" }
+
+  , { "zone": "daplie.me", "type": "A", "domain": "www.daplie.me"
     , "tld": "me", "sld": "daplie", "sub": "www", "value": "23.228.168.108", "aname": "tardigrade.devices.daplie.me" }
 
   , { "zone": "daplie.me", "type": "CNAME", "domain": "email.daplie.me"