diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 3ae444c..65ba448 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2023 Anders Hoff
+Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Anders Hoff
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/docs/lqn.md b/docs/lqn.md
index ab4e5fe..e748790 100644
--- a/docs/lqn.md
+++ b/docs/lqn.md
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 ```
 
 ```
- ; LQN:@@
+ ; LQN:@GET
  ;   [symbol]
  ; 
- ; @@ names a compiled function:
+ ; @GET names a compiled function:
  ;   Lambda-list: (A PATH &OPTIONAL D)
  ;   Derived type: (FUNCTION (T T &OPTIONAL T) *)
  ;   Documentation:
diff --git a/src/init.lisp b/src/init.lisp
index 2c814be..daf2f7d 100644
--- a/src/init.lisp
+++ b/src/init.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 (defvar *opt* '(optimize (speed 3) (safety 1)))
 (defvar *fxns* '(:err :wrn :nope :noop :lst :lit :qt :hld :ghv :pnum :inum :cnt :λ
                  :fmt :out :jsnstr
-                 :fn :fi :ctx  :par :itr :key :val :compct :?? :@@ :@*
+                 :fn :fi :ctx  :par :itr :key :val :compct :?? :@get :@*
                  :read? :some? :all? :none? :smth? :size?
                  :new* :new$ :cat* :cat$
                  :ind* :sel :seq :apply* :grp :uniq
diff --git a/src/io.lisp b/src/io.lisp
index 449e089..83c7974 100644
--- a/src/io.lisp
+++ b/src/io.lisp
@@ -135,5 +135,5 @@ as alists. see ldnload."
                   0.7332 0.7602 0.7834 0.8037 0.9999)))
     (loop with s = (clmp s) for i from 0 for v across dens
           if (>= v s) do (return-from ascii (aref chars i)))
-    (@@ chars -1 nil)))
+    (@get chars -1 nil)))
 
diff --git a/src/packages.lisp b/src/packages.lisp
index 1ca9392..b3c7149 100644
--- a/src/packages.lisp
+++ b/src/packages.lisp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   (:nicknames #:cl-lqn)
   (:export #:d? #:v?
     #:qry #:qrydb #:qryd #:jsnqryf #:qryl #:proc-qry
-    #:jsnloads #:jsnloadf #:jsnout #:ldnout #:ldnload #:fmt #:out #:jsnstr #:@* #:@@ #:??
+    #:jsnloads #:jsnloadf #:jsnout #:ldnout #:ldnload #:fmt #:out #:jsnstr #:@* #:@get #:??
     #:read? #:some? #:none? #:all? #:empty? #:size? #:is?
     #:path? #:subdir #:subfiles #:ls #:dir? #:file? #:cwd #:now #:cmd
     #:some? #:all? #:none? #:cd #:keys?
diff --git a/src/qry-operators.lisp b/src/qry-operators.lisp
index dae9800..f885260 100755
--- a/src/qry-operators.lisp
+++ b/src/qry-operators.lisp
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
        ,∇-))))
 
 (defun compile/@ (rec conf d &aux (dat (gk conf :dat)))
-  (case (length d) (0 `(@@ ,dat 0 nil))
-                   (1 `(@@ ,dat ,(funcall rec conf (car d))))
-                   (2 `(@@ ,dat ,@(funcall rec conf d)))
-                   (3 `(@@ ,@(funcall rec conf d)))
+  (case (length d) (0 `(@get ,dat 0 nil))
+                   (1 `(@get ,dat ,(funcall rec conf (car d))))
+                   (2 `(@get ,dat ,@(funcall rec conf d)))
+                   (3 `(@get ,@(funcall rec conf d)))
                    (otherwise (error "@: expected 0-3 arguments. got:~%~a." d))))
 
 (defun compile/?map (rec conf d) ; #(...) ; do this sequence of expressions on each item
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
      (labels ((select-do-ht (&aux (,kres ,(if (car- dat? d) `(make$ ,par) `(new$)))) ,(opstr d)
                 (██∈ (:par ,par)
                    ,@(loop for (m kk expr) in (strip-all d)
-                       collect `(let ((,dat (@@ ,par ,kk)))
+                       collect `(let ((,dat (@get ,par ,kk)))
                                   (declare (ignorable ,dat))
                                   (██∈ (:key ,kk)
                                      ,(compile/$add rec
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
                    for ,kvres of-type hash-table = ,(if (car- dat? d) `(make$ ,itr) `(new$))
                    do (██∈ (:par ,par :cnt ,i :itr ,itr)
                          ,@(loop for (m kk expr) in (strip-all d)
-                             collect `(let ((,dat (@@ ,itr ,kk)))
+                             collect `(let ((,dat (@get ,itr ,kk)))
                                         (declare (ignorable ,dat))
                                         (██∈ (:key ,kk) ,(compile/$add rec
                                                          (dat/new conf dat) m kvres kk expr))))
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
                    do (██∈ (:par ,par :cnt ,i :itr ,itr)
                          ,(when (car- dat? d) (compile/*add rec conf :+ vres itr))
                          ,@(loop for (m kk expr) in (strip-all d) collect
-                             `(let ((,dat (@@ ,itr ,kk)))
+                             `(let ((,dat (@get ,itr ,kk)))
                                 (declare (ignorable ,dat))
                                 (██∈ (:key ,kk) ,(compile/*add rec
                                                  (dat/new conf dat) m vres expr))))))
diff --git a/src/qry-utils.lisp b/src/qry-utils.lisp
index 5b1f8ff..871a8ea 100644
--- a/src/qry-utils.lisp
+++ b/src/qry-utils.lisp
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ match. If b is an expression, a is compared to the evaluated value of b."
   "evaluate expr only if a is not nil. returns the result of expr or res; or nil."
   `(and ,a ,expr ,@(if res `(,res))))
 
-(defun @@ (a path &optional d) (declare #.*opt*)
+(defun @get (a path &optional d) (declare #.*opt*)
   "get nested key (e.g. aa/2/bb) from nested structure of kv/vec"
-  (labels ((err (p) (error "@@: unexpected path: ~a" p))
-           (wrn (p) (warn "@@: unexpected path: ~a" p))
+  (labels ((err (p) (error "@get: unexpected path: ~a" p))
+           (wrn (p) (warn "@get: unexpected path: ~a" p))
            (gkv (a* k) (typecase a* (hash-table (gethash k a*)) (otherwise nil)))
            (ind (a* k) (if (< k 0) (+ (length a*) k) k))
            (gv (a* k) (when (vec? a*)
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ match. If b is an expression, a is compared to the evaluated value of b."
                  (otherwise o*))))
     (rec o)))
 
-(defun @* (a d &rest rest &aux l) (declare #.*opt*) ; TODO: use @@ for all
+(defun @* (a d &rest rest &aux l) (declare #.*opt*) ; TODO: use @get for all
   "pick these indices/keys from sequence/hash-table into new vector."
   (labels ((lt (l) (or (nth l a) d))
-           (kv (k) (@@ a k d))
+           (kv (k) (@get a k d))
            (gt (i) (if (< i l) (aref a i) d)))
     (typecase a (vector (setf l (length a)) (map 'vector #'gt rest))
                 (hash-table (map 'vector #'kv rest))
diff --git a/test/test-lqn-2.lisp b/test/test-lqn-2.lisp
index f98f1a5..880d01a 100644
--- a/test/test-lqn-2.lisp
+++ b/test/test-lqn-2.lisp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
   (is (lqn:uniq (lqn:new* 5 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 5)) #(1 2 3 4 5) :test #'equalp))
 
-(subtest "lqn qry @@/@"
+(subtest "lqn qry @get/@"
   (is (lqn:qryd (lqn:jsnloads "{\"a\": {\"b\": 3, \"c\": 7}}") (|| (@ "a") (@ "b"))) 3)
   (is (lqn:qryd (lqn:jsnloads "{\"a\": {\"b\": 3, \"c\": 7}}") (|| (@ "a") (@ "b"))) 3)
   (is (lqn:qryd (lqn:jsnloads "{\"a\": {\"b\": 3, \"c\": 7}}") (|| (@ :a) (@ :b))) 3)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
                     (|| #[:things] (flatn* _) #((cat$ {:id} {:?@extra})))))
       #(((:ID . 0) (:EXTRA . "extra99")) ((:ID . 10) (:EXTRA . "extra1"))
         ((:ID . 11) (:EXTRA . "extra2")) ((:ID . 12)) ((:ID . 31)) ((:ID . 32))) :test #'equalp)
-  (is-str (lqn::jsnstr (lqn:jsnqryf *test-data-fn* (|| (@@ _ "*/things/*/extra"))))
+  (is-str (lqn::jsnstr (lqn:jsnqryf *test-data-fn* (|| (@get _ "*/things/*/extra"))))
            "[[\"extra99\"],[\"extra1\",\"extra2\"]]")
 
   (is (lqn:qry "1 x 1 x 7 x 100" (splt _ :x) int!? (?fld 0 +)) 109)