diff --git a/skynet/dgpu/__init__.py b/skynet/dgpu/__init__.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 173dc32..aaf84f7
--- a/skynet/dgpu/__init__.py
+++ b/skynet/dgpu/__init__.py
@@ -4,27 +4,36 @@ import trio
 
 from hypercorn.config import Config
 from hypercorn.trio import serve
+from quart_trio import QuartTrio as Quart
 
 from skynet.dgpu.compute import SkynetMM
 from skynet.dgpu.daemon import SkynetDGPUDaemon
 from skynet.dgpu.network import SkynetGPUConnector
 
 
-async def open_dgpu_node(config: dict):
+async def open_dgpu_node(config: dict) -> None:
+    '''
+    Open a top level "GPU mgmt daemon", keep the
+    `SkynetDGPUDaemon._snap: dict[str, list|dict]` table and *maybe*
+    serve a `hypercorn` web API.
+
+    '''
     conn = SkynetGPUConnector(config)
     mm = SkynetMM(config)
     daemon = SkynetDGPUDaemon(mm, conn, config)
 
-    api = None
+    api: Quart|None = None
     if 'api_bind' in config:
         api_conf = Config()
         api_conf.bind = [config['api_bind']]
-        api = await daemon.generate_api()
+        api: Quart = await daemon.generate_api()
 
-    async with trio.open_nursery() as n:
-        n.start_soon(daemon.snap_updater_task)
+    tn: trio.Nursery
+    async with trio.open_nursery() as tn:
+        tn.start_soon(daemon.snap_updater_task)
 
         if api:
-            n.start_soon(serve, api, api_conf)
+            tn.start_soon(serve, api, api_conf)
 
+        # block until cancelled
         await daemon.serve_forever()