diff --git a/core/http.go b/core/http.go
index 7d6c1e8c2..24c0b3f3a 100644
--- a/core/http.go
+++ b/core/http.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ func (self *WebService) HandleQuery(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.Error(w, "Provide a valid query string (pql)", http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
+	_, bits := r.Form["bits"]
 
 	results, err := self.service.Executor.RunPQL(database_name, pql)
 	switch r := results.(type) { //a hack to handle empty sets
@@ -295,6 +297,15 @@ func (self *WebService) HandleQuery(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			results = []int{}
 
 		}
+	case []byte: //can i figure out the type of the compressed string here?
+		if bits {
+			reader, _ := gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(r))
+			b, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+			result := index.NewBitmap()
+			result.FromBytes(b)
+			results = result.Bits()
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	if results == nil {
diff --git a/core/query.go b/core/query.go
index c51d15862..c88345721 100644
--- a/core/query.go
+++ b/core/query.go
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 )
 
+/*
+func (self *Service) RecallQueryStepHandler(msg *db.Message) {
+	qs := msg.Data.(query.RecallQueryStep)
+
+	result_message := db.Message{Data: query.RecallQueryResult{&query.BaseQueryResult{Id: qs.Id, Data: count}}}
+	self.Transport.Send(&result_message, qs.Destination.ProcessId)
+}
+*/
 func (self *Service) CountQueryStepHandler(msg *db.Message) {
 	//spew.Dump("COUNT QUERYSTEP")
 	qs := msg.Data.(query.CountQueryStep)
@@ -150,7 +158,7 @@ func (self *Service) StashQueryStepHandler(msg *db.Message) {
 		}(input, part)
 	}
 	//just collect all the handles and return them
-	result := query.Stash{make([]query.CacheItem, 0)}
+	result := query.NewStash() //query.Stash{make([]query.CacheItem, 0), false}
 	for i := 0; i < num_parts; i++ {
 		value := <-part
 
@@ -176,7 +184,6 @@ func (self *Service) StashQueryStepHandler(msg *db.Message) {
 
 func (self *Service) CatQueryStepHandler(msg *db.Message) {
 	qs := msg.Data.(query.CatQueryStep)
-	spew.Dump("CAT QUERYSTEP")
 	var handles []index.BitmapHandle
 	return_type := "bitmap-handles"
 	var sum uint64
diff --git a/db/topology.go b/db/topology.go
index 824ee550a..e5916d5ea 100644
--- a/db/topology.go
+++ b/db/topology.go
@@ -299,6 +299,15 @@ func (self *FrameSliceIntersect) GetFragments() []*Fragment {
 	return self.fragments
 }
 
+func (d *Database) GetFragment(fragment_id util.SUUID) (*Fragment, error) {
+	for _, fsi := range d.frame_slice_intersects {
+		f, err := fsi.GetFragment(fragment_id)
+		if err == nil {
+			return f, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, FragmentDoesNotExistError
+}
 func (self *FrameSliceIntersect) GetFragment(fragment_id util.SUUID) (*Fragment, error) {
 	for _, fragment := range self.fragments {
 		if fragment.id == fragment_id {
diff --git a/executor/executor.go b/executor/executor.go
index a6f839db9..ae1db3673 100644
--- a/executor/executor.go
+++ b/executor/executor.go
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ func (self *Executor) NewJob(job *db.Message) {
 		self.service.RangeQueryStepHandler(job)
 	case query.StashQueryStep:
 		self.service.StashQueryStepHandler(job)
-		//	case query.MaskQueryStep:
-		//		self.service.MaskQueryStepHandler(job)
+	//case query.RecallQueryStep:
+	//	self.service.RecallQueryStepHandler(job)
+	//	case query.MaskQueryStep:
+	//		self.service.MaskQueryStepHandler(job)
 	default:
 		fmt.Println("unknown")
 	}
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ func (self *Executor) RunPQL(database_name string, pql string) (interface{}, err
 		}
 		return final, nil
 
-	} else {
+	} else { //want to refactor this down to just RunPlugin(tokens)
 		plugins_dir := config.GetString("plugins")
 		plugins_file := plugins_dir + "/" + outer_token + ".js"
 		filter := query.TokensToString(tokens)
diff --git a/query/planner.go b/query/planner.go
index 85923075c..35d7d9674 100644
--- a/query/planner.go
+++ b/query/planner.go
@@ -436,6 +436,12 @@ func (self *QueryPlanner) buildTree(query *Query, slice int) (QueryTree, error)
 		return tree, nil
 	}
 
+	if query.Operation == "recall" {
+
+		tree = &RecallQueryTree{query.Args["stash"].(Stash)}
+		return tree, nil
+	}
+
 	// handle the remaining operations, taking slice into consideration
 	//I'm kinda thinking for stash it needs a differnt handler..i guess for now I'll see if i can use the cathandler
 	if slice == -1 {
@@ -581,6 +587,15 @@ func (self *QueryPlanner) flatten(qt QueryTree, id *util.GUID, location *db.Loca
 			plan = append(plan, *subq_steps...)
 		}
 		plan = append(plan, step)
+		/*} else if recall, ok := qt.(*RecallQueryTree); ok {
+		//need to go through the stash and fetch
+		//from self.Database i can fetch the locations
+		step := RecallQueryStep{&BaseQueryStep{id, "recall", loc, location}, recall.Stash}
+
+		plan := QueryPlan{step}
+		return &plan, nil
+		*/
+
 	} else if stash, ok := qt.(*StashQueryTree); ok {
 		inputs := make([]*util.GUID, len(stash.subqueries))
 		loc, err := stash.getLocation(self.Database)
@@ -801,6 +816,10 @@ type Stash struct {
 	incomplete bool
 }
 
+func NewStash() Stash {
+	return Stash{make([]CacheItem, 0), false}
+}
+
 func (st *Stash) Add(i util.SUUID) {
 	item := CacheItem{i, 0}
 	st.Stash = append(st.Stash, item)
@@ -846,3 +865,19 @@ func (qt *StashQueryTree) getLocation(d *db.Database) (*db.Location, error) {
 	}
 	return qt.location, err
 }
+
+type RecallQueryStep struct {
+	*BaseQueryStep
+	Stash Stash
+}
+type RecallQueryTree struct {
+	Stash Stash
+}
+
+func (rqt *RecallQueryTree) getLocation(d *db.Database) (*db.Location, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+type RecallQueryResult struct {
+	*BaseQueryResult
+}