diff --git a/lib/commands/pin-rpc.js b/lib/commands/pin-rpc.js
index af2c32c64..6fc05c202 100644
--- a/lib/commands/pin-rpc.js
+++ b/lib/commands/pin-rpc.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var getFreeSpace = Pinning.getFreeSpace = function (Env, safeKey, cb) {
     });
 };
 
-var getHash = Pinning.getHash = function (Env, safeKey, cb) {
+Pinning.getHash = function (Env, safeKey, cb) {
     getChannelList(Env, safeKey, function (channels) {
         Env.hashChannelList(channels, cb);
     });
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Pinning.pinChannel = function (Env, safeKey, channels, cb) {
         });
 
         if (toStore.length === 0) {
-            return void getHash(Env, safeKey, cb);
+            return void cb();
         }
 
         getMultipleFileSize(Env, toStore, function (e, sizes) {
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ Pinning.unpinChannel = function (Env, safeKey, channels, cb) {
         });
 
         if (toStore.length === 0) {
-            return void getHash(Env, safeKey, cb);
+            return void cb();
         }
 
         Env.pinStore.message(safeKey, JSON.stringify(['UNPIN', toStore, +new Date()]),
@@ -222,15 +222,14 @@ Pinning.unpinChannel = function (Env, safeKey, channels, cb) {
     });
 };
 
-Pinning.resetUserPins = function (Env, safeKey, channelList, cb) {
+Pinning.resetUserPins = function (Env, safeKey, channelList, _cb) {
+    var cb = Util.once(Util.mkAsync(_cb));
     if (!Array.isArray(channelList)) { return void cb('INVALID_PIN_LIST'); }
     var session = Core.getSession(Env.Sessions, safeKey);
 
-    if (!channelList.length) {
-        return void getHash(Env, safeKey, function (e, hash) {
-            if (e) { return cb(e); }
-            cb(void 0, hash);
-        });
+
+    if (!channelList.length) { // XXX wut
+        return void cb();
     }
 
     var pins = {};
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test-rpc.js b/scripts/tests/test-rpc.js
index 0fd0abc37..b92cf6287 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test-rpc.js
+++ b/scripts/tests/test-rpc.js
@@ -122,14 +122,11 @@ var createUser = function (config, cb) {
             });
         }));
     }).nThen(function (w) {
-        user.rpc.reset([], w(function (err, hash) {
+        user.rpc.reset([], w(function (err) {
             if (err) {
                 w.abort();
                 user.shutdown();
-                return console.log("RESET_ERR");
-            }
-            if (!hash || hash !== EMPTY_ARRAY_HASH) {
-                throw new Error("EXPECTED EMPTY ARRAY HASH");
+                return console.log("TEST_RESET_ERR");
             }
         }));
     }).nThen(function (w) {
@@ -214,17 +211,17 @@ var createUser = function (config, cb) {
         // TODO check your quota usage
 
     }).nThen(function (w) {
-        user.rpc.unpin([user.mailboxChannel], w(function (err, hash) {
+        user.rpc.unpin([user.mailboxChannel], w(function (err) {
             if (err) {
                 w.abort();
                 return void cb(err);
             }
+        }));
+    }).nThen(function (w) {
+        user.rpc.getServerHash(w(function (err, hash) {
+            console.log(hash);
 
-            if (hash[0] !== EMPTY_ARRAY_HASH) {
-                //console.log('UNPIN_RESPONSE', hash);
-                throw new Error("UNPIN_DIDNT_WORK");
-            }
-            user.latestPinHash = hash[0];
+            user.latestPinHash = hash;
         }));
     }).nThen(function (w) {
         // clean up the pin list to avoid lots of accounts on the server
@@ -304,7 +301,8 @@ nThen(function  (w) {
     }, w(function (err, roster) {
         if (err) {
             w.abort();
-            return void console.trace(err);
+            console.error(err);
+            return void console.error("ROSTER_ERROR");
         }
         oscar.roster = roster;
         oscar.destroy.reg(function () {
diff --git a/www/common/pinpad.js b/www/common/pinpad.js
index 7e9cd4ee2..de93f066f 100644
--- a/www/common/pinpad.js
+++ b/www/common/pinpad.js
@@ -26,23 +26,19 @@ var factory = function (Util, Rpc) {
             exp.send = rpc.send;
 
             // you can ask the server to pin a particular channel for you
-            exp.pin = function (channels, cb) {
+            exp.pin = function (channels, _cb) {
+                var cb = Util.once(Util.mkAsync(_cb));
                 if (!Array.isArray(channels)) {
-                    setTimeout(function () {
-                        cb('[TypeError] pin expects an array');
-                    });
-                    return;
+                    return void cb('[TypeError] pin expects an array');
                 }
                 rpc.send('PIN', channels, cb);
             };
 
             // you can also ask to unpin a particular channel
-            exp.unpin = function (channels, cb) {
+            exp.unpin = function (channels, _cb) {
+                var cb = Util.once(Util.mkAsync(_cb));
                 if (!Array.isArray(channels)) {
-                    setTimeout(function () {
-                        cb('[TypeError] pin expects an array');
-                    });
-                    return;
+                    return void cb('[TypeError] pin expects an array');
                 }
                 rpc.send('UNPIN', channels, cb);
             };
@@ -70,23 +66,12 @@ var factory = function (Util, Rpc) {
             };
 
             // if local and remote hashes don't match, send a reset
-            exp.reset = function (channels, cb) {
+            exp.reset = function (channels, _cb) {
+                var cb = Util.once(Util.mkAsync(_cb));
                 if (!Array.isArray(channels)) {
-                    setTimeout(function () {
-                        cb('[TypeError] pin expects an array');
-                    });
-                    return;
+                    return void cb('[TypeError] pin expects an array');
                 }
-                rpc.send('RESET', channels, function (e, response) {
-                    if (e) {
-                        return void cb(e);
-                    }
-                    if (!response.length) {
-                        console.log(response);
-                        return void cb('INVALID_RESPONSE');
-                    }
-                    cb(e, response[0]);
-                });
+                rpc.send('RESET', channels, cb);
             };
 
             // get the combined size of all channels (in bytes) for all the