diff --git a/lib/walk.js b/lib/walk.js
index 4903c7f..04fbf91 100644
--- a/lib/walk.js
+++ b/lib/walk.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   // Array.prototype.forEachAsync(next, item, i, collection)
   require('futures/forEachAsync');
 
+  function noop() {}
+
   var fs = require('fs'),
     EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter,
     TypeEmitter = require('./node-type-emitter');
@@ -18,14 +20,15 @@
     function walk() { 
       fs.readdir(curpath, function(err, files) {
         if (err) {
-          emitter.emit('error', curpath, err);
+          emitter.emit('directoryError', curpath, { error: err }, noop);
+          //emitter.emit('error', curpath, { error: err });
         }
         // XXX bug was here. next() was omitted
         if (!files || 0 == files.length) {
           return next();
         }
-        var stats = [],
-          fnodeGroups = TypeEmitter.createNodeGroups();
+
+        var fnodeGroups = TypeEmitter.createNodeGroups();
 
         // TODO could allow user to selectively stat
         // and don't stat if there are no stat listeners
@@ -33,22 +36,25 @@
         files.forEachAsync(function (cont, file) {
           emitter.emit('name', curpath, file);
           fs.lstat(curpath + '/' + file, function (err, stat) {
-            if (err) {
-              emitter.emit('error', curpath, err);
-            }
-            if (!stat) {
-              cont();
-            }
+            stat = stat || {};
             stat.name = file;
-            stats.push(stat);
-            //emitter.emit('stat', curpath, file, stat);
-            TypeEmitter.sortFnodesByType(stat, fnodeGroups);
-            TypeEmitter.emitNodeType(emitter, curpath, stat, cont);
+            if (err) {
+              stat.error = err;
+              //emitter.emit('error', curpath, stat);
+              emitter.emit('nodeError', curpath, stat, noop);
+              fnodeGroups.errors.push(stat);
+              cont();
+            } else {
+              TypeEmitter.sortFnodesByType(stat, fnodeGroups);
+              TypeEmitter.emitNodeType(emitter, curpath, stat, cont);
+            }
           });
         }).then(function () {
-          var dirs = []
-          //emitter.emit('stats', curpath, files, stats);
+          if (fnodeGroups.errors.length) {
+            emitter.emit('errors', curpath, fnodeGroups.errors);
+          }
           TypeEmitter.emitNodeTypeGroups(emitter, curpath, fnodeGroups, function () {
+            var dirs = [];
             fnodeGroups.directories.forEach(function (stat) {
               dirs.push(stat.name);
             });
diff --git a/profile/walk-test.js b/profile/walk-test.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bb6dfb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profile/walk-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+(function () {
+  "use strict";
+
+  var walk = require('../lib/walk'),
+    count = 0,
+    saneCount = 0;
+
+  function sort(a,b) {
+    a= a.toLowerCase();
+    b= b.toLowerCase();
+    if (a > b) return -1;
+    if (a < b) return  1;
+    else       return  0;
+  }
+
+  process.argv.forEach(function(startpath, index) {
+    if (index > 1) {
+      emitter = walk(startpath);
+
+  // Non-`stat`ed Nodes
+      emitter.on('name', function (path, file, stat) {
+        saneCount += 1;
+        //console.log( ["[", count, "] ", path, '/', file].join('') )
+        console.log( [path, '/', file].join('') )
+      });
+      /*
+      emitter.on('names', function (path, files, stats) {
+        files.sort(sort);
+        //console.log('sort: ' + files.join(' ; '));
+      });
+      */
+
+
+  // Single `stat`ed Nodes
+      emitter.on('error', function (path, err, next) {
+        // ignore
+      });
+      emitter.on('directoryError', function (path, stats, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('nodeError', function (path, stats, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      /*
+      emitter.on('node', function (path, stat, next) {
+        count += 1;
+        console.log( [path, '/', stat.name].join('') )
+        //console.log( ["[", count, "] ", path, '/', stat.name].join('') )
+        next();
+      });
+      */
+      emitter.on('file', function (path, stat, next) {
+        count += 1;
+        console.log( [path, '/', stat.name].join('') )
+        //console.log( ["[", count, "] ", path, '/', stat.name].join('') )
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('directory', function (path, stat, next) {
+        count += 1;
+        console.log( [path, '/', stat.name].join('') )
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('symbolicLink', function (path, stat, next) {
+        count += 1;
+        console.log( [path, '/', stat.name].join('') )
+        next();
+      });
+      /*
+      */
+      /*
+      emitter.on('blockDevice', function (path, stat, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('characterDevice', function (path, stat, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('FIFO', function (path, stat, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('socket', function (path, stat, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      */
+
+    // Grouped `stat`ed Nodes
+      emitter.on('errors', function (path, stats, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      /*
+      emitter.on('nodes', function (path, stats, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      */
+      emitter.on('files', function (path, stats, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('directories', function (path, stats, next) {
+        //delete stats[1];
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('symbolicLinks', function (path, stats, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      /*
+      emitter.on('blockDevices', function (path, stats, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('characterDevices', function (path, stats, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('FIFOs', function (path, stats, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      emitter.on('sockets', function (path, stats, next) {
+        next();
+      });
+      */
+
+    // The end of all things
+      emitter.on('end', function () {
+        console.log("The eagle has landed. [" + count + " == " + saneCount + "]");
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+}());