diff --git a/src/core/components/files-mfs.js b/src/core/components/files-mfs.js
index 2fd44d2979..e42e495b30 100644
--- a/src/core/components/files-mfs.js
+++ b/src/core/components/files-mfs.js
@@ -3,38 +3,37 @@
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
 const mfs = require('ipfs-mfs/core')
 
-module.exports = self => {
-  const mfsSelf = Object.assign({}, self)
-
-  // A patched dag API to ensure preload doesn't happen for MFS operations
-  // (MFS is preloaded periodically)
-  mfsSelf.dag = Object.assign({}, self.dag, {
-    get: promisify((cid, path, opts, cb) => {
-      if (typeof path === 'function') {
-        cb = path
-        path = undefined
-      }
-
-      if (typeof opts === 'function') {
-        cb = opts
-        opts = {}
-      }
-
-      opts = Object.assign({}, opts, { preload: false })
-
-      return self.dag.get(cid, path, opts, cb)
-    }),
-    put: promisify((node, opts, cb) => {
-      if (typeof opts === 'function') {
-        cb = opts
-        opts = {}
-      }
-
-      opts = Object.assign({}, opts, { preload: false })
-
-      return self.dag.put(node, opts, cb)
-    })
-  })
-
-  return mfs(mfsSelf, mfsSelf._options)
+module.exports = (self) => {
+  const proxy = {
+    add: self.add,
+    dag: {
+      get: promisify((cid, path, opts, cb) => {
+        if (typeof path === 'function') {
+          cb = path
+          path = undefined
+        }
+
+        if (typeof opts === 'function') {
+          cb = opts
+          opts = {}
+        }
+
+        opts = Object.assign({}, opts, { preload: false })
+
+        return self.dag.get(cid, path, opts, cb)
+      }),
+      put: promisify((node, opts, cb) => {
+        if (typeof opts === 'function') {
+          cb = opts
+          opts = {}
+        }
+
+        opts = Object.assign({}, opts, { preload: false })
+
+        return self.dag.put(node, opts, cb)
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  return mfs(proxy, self._options)
 }
diff --git a/test/core/files.spec.js b/test/core/files.spec.js
index 77f99739ca..d1c6e96662 100644
--- a/test/core/files.spec.js
+++ b/test/core/files.spec.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const pull = require('pull-stream')
 const IPFSFactory = require('ipfsd-ctl')
 const IPFS = require('../../src/core')
 
-describe('files', () => {
+describe.only('files', () => {
   let ipfsd, ipfs
 
   before(function (done) {