diff --git a/piker/accounting/__init__.py b/piker/accounting/__init__.py
index d8d1fec9..28dd88b4 100644
--- a/piker/accounting/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/accounting/__init__.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def get_likely_pair(
     dst: str,
     bs_mktid: str,
 
-) -> str:
+) -> str | None:
     '''
     Attempt to get the likely trading pair matching a given destination
     asset `dst: str`.
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ def get_likely_pair(
         # positions where the src fiat was used to
         # buy some other dst which was furhter used
         # to buy another dst..)
-        log.warning(
-            f'No src fiat {src} found in {bs_mktid}?'
-        )
+        # log.warning(
+        #     f'No src fiat {src} found in {bs_mktid}?'
+        # )
         return
 
     likely_dst = bs_mktid[:src_name_start]
diff --git a/piker/accounting/_ledger.py b/piker/accounting/_ledger.py
index 8025ec3d..564ba9fe 100644
--- a/piker/accounting/_ledger.py
+++ b/piker/accounting/_ledger.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ from pendulum import (
     datetime,
     parse,
 )
-import tomli
 import toml
 
 from .. import config
@@ -227,30 +226,12 @@ def open_trade_ledger(
     name as defined in the user's ``brokers.toml`` config.
 
     '''
-    ldir: Path = config._config_dir / 'ledgers'
-    if not ldir.is_dir():
-        ldir.mkdir()
-
-    fname = f'trades_{broker}_{account}.toml'
-    tradesfile: Path = ldir / fname
-
-    if not tradesfile.is_file():
-        log.info(
-            f'Creating new local trades ledger: {tradesfile}'
-        )
-        tradesfile.touch()
-
-    with tradesfile.open(mode='rb') as cf:
-        start = time.time()
-        ledger_dict = tomli.load(cf)
-        log.info(f'Ledger load took {time.time() - start}s')
-        cpy = ledger_dict.copy()
-
+    ledger_dict, fpath = config.load_ledger(broker, account)
+    cpy = ledger_dict.copy()
     ledger = TransactionLedger(
         ledger_dict=cpy,
-        file_path=tradesfile,
+        file_path=fpath,
     )
-
     try:
         yield ledger
     finally:
diff --git a/piker/accounting/_pos.py b/piker/accounting/_pos.py
index 12c2e19f..60ba104c 100644
--- a/piker/accounting/_pos.py
+++ b/piker/accounting/_pos.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Position(Struct):
             inline_table = toml.TomlDecoder().get_empty_inline_table()
 
             # serialize datetime to parsable `str`
-            dtstr = inline_table['dt'] = str(data['dt'])
+            dtstr = inline_table['dt'] = data['dt'].isoformat('T')
             assert 'Datetime' not in dtstr
 
             # insert optional clear fields in column order
@@ -670,8 +670,7 @@ class PpTable(Struct):
 
         pos: Position
         for bs_mktid, pos in active.items():
-
-            # keep the minimal amount of clears that make up this
+            # NOTE: we only store the minimal amount of clears that make up this
             # position since the last net-zero state.
             pos.minimize_clears()
             pos.ensure_state()
@@ -679,7 +678,7 @@ class PpTable(Struct):
             # serialize to pre-toml form
             fqme, asdict = pos.to_pretoml()
 
-            # assert 'Datetime' not in asdict['dt']
+            assert 'Datetime' not in asdict['clears'][0]['dt']
             log.info(f'Updating active pp: {fqme}')
 
             # XXX: ugh, it's cuz we push the section under
@@ -807,9 +806,7 @@ def open_pps(
     '''
     conf: dict
     conf_path: Path
-    conf, conf_path = config.load(
-        f'pps.{brokername}.{acctid}',
-    )
+    conf, conf_path = config.load_account(brokername, acctid)
 
     if brokername in conf:
         log.warning(
diff --git a/piker/accounting/cli.py b/piker/accounting/cli.py
index 7e68ce6f..5cdd4a58 100644
--- a/piker/accounting/cli.py
+++ b/piker/accounting/cli.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def broker_init(
         # enabled.append('piker.data.feed')
 
     # non-blocking setup of brokerd service nursery
-    from ..brokers import _setup_persistent_brokerd
+    from ..brokers._daemon import _setup_persistent_brokerd
 
     return (
         start_actor_kwargs,  # to `ActorNursery.start_actor()`
@@ -217,4 +217,4 @@ def sync(
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    ledger()
+    ledger()  # this is called from ``>> ledger <accountname>``