diff --git a/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py b/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py
index 12e0944f..d7d888a9 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/deribit/api.py
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class Client:
         kind: str = 'option',
         expired: bool = False
 
-    ) -> dict[str, dict]:
+    ) -> dict[str, Pair] | Pair:
         '''
         Get symbol infos.
 
@@ -412,14 +412,29 @@ class Client:
             params,
         )
         # convert to symbol-keyed table
+        pair_type: Type = PAIRTYPES[kind]
         results: list[dict] | None = resp.result
-        instruments: dict[str, dict] = {
-            item['instrument_name'].lower(): item
-            for item in results
-        }
+        
+        instruments: dict[str, Pair] = {}
+        for item in results:
+            symbol=item['instrument_name'].lower()
+            try:
+                pair: Pair = pair_type(
+                    symbol=symbol,
+                    **item
+                )
+            except Exception as e:
+                e.add_note(
+                    "\nDon't panic, prolly stupid deribit changed their symbology schema again..\n"
+                    'Check out their API docs here:\n\n'
+                    'https://docs.deribit.com/?python#deribit-api-v2-1-1'
+                )
+                raise
+
+            instruments[symbol] = pair
 
         if instrument is not None:
-            return instruments[instrument]
+            return instruments[instrument.lower()]
         else:
             return instruments