diff --git a/piker/tsp/__init__.py b/piker/tsp/__init__.py
index 324f8229..417b5f30 100644
--- a/piker/tsp/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/tsp/__init__.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ from ..storage import TimeseriesNotFound
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from bidict import bidict
     from ..service.marketstore import StorageClient
-    from .feed import _FeedsBus
+    # from .feed import _FeedsBus
 
 
 # `ShmArray` buffer sizing configuration:
@@ -1352,9 +1352,7 @@ def iter_dfs_from_shms(
             readonly=True,
         )
         assert not opened
-        ohlcv = shm.array
-
-        from ._anal import np2pl
+        ohlcv: np.ndarray = shm.array
         df: pl.DataFrame = np2pl(ohlcv)
 
         yield (
diff --git a/piker/tsp/_anal.py b/piker/tsp/_anal.py
index c8044bef..d99607c7 100644
--- a/piker/tsp/_anal.py
+++ b/piker/tsp/_anal.py
@@ -620,7 +620,11 @@ def detect_price_gaps(
     ...
 
 
-def dedupe(src_df: pl.DataFrame) -> tuple[
+def dedupe(
+    src_df: pl.DataFrame,
+    sort: bool = True,
+
+) -> tuple[
     pl.DataFrame,  # with dts
     pl.DataFrame,  # gaps
     pl.DataFrame,  # with deduplicated dts (aka gap/repeat removal)
@@ -634,6 +638,8 @@ def dedupe(src_df: pl.DataFrame) -> tuple[
 
     '''
     df: pl.DataFrame = with_dts(src_df)
+
+    # TODO: enable passing existing `with_dts` df for speedup?
     gaps: pl.DataFrame = detect_time_gaps(df)
 
     # if no gaps detected just return carbon copies
@@ -651,8 +657,10 @@ def dedupe(src_df: pl.DataFrame) -> tuple[
         subset=['dt'],
         maintain_order=True,
     )
+    if sort:
+        deduped = deduped.sort(by='time')
 
-    deduped_gaps = detect_time_gaps(deduped)
+    deduped_gaps: pl.DataFrame = detect_time_gaps(deduped)
 
     diff: int = (
         df.height
@@ -660,7 +668,8 @@ def dedupe(src_df: pl.DataFrame) -> tuple[
         deduped.height
     )
     log.warning(
-        f'Gaps found:\n{gaps}\n'
+        f'TIME GAPs FOUND:\n'
+        # f'{gaps}\n'
         f'deduped Gaps found:\n{deduped_gaps}'
     )
     return (