diff --git a/client/core.go b/client/core.go
index 24ab4ea576..18440733d7 100644
--- a/client/core.go
+++ b/client/core.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	blocks "github.com/ipfs/go-block-format"
 	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
-	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
+	badgerds "github.com/sourcenetwork/defradb/datastores/badger/v3"
 )
 
 type DB interface {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type DB interface {
 type Sequence interface{}
 
 type Txn interface {
-	ds.Txn
+	badgerds.IterableTxn
 	core.MultiStore
 	Systemstore() core.DSReaderWriter
 	IsBatch() bool
diff --git a/core/txn.go b/core/txn.go
index 0edf98a2f1..886c9d4df3 100644
--- a/core/txn.go
+++ b/core/txn.go
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@
 package core
 
 import (
-	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
+	//ds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
+	ds "github.com/sourcenetwork/defradb/datastores/badger/v3"
 )
 
 // Txn is a common interface to the db.Txn struct
 type Txn interface {
-	ds.Txn
+	ds.IterableTxn
 	MultiStore
 	Systemstore() DSReaderWriter
 }
diff --git a/datastores/badger/v3/datastore.go b/datastores/badger/v3/datastore.go
index ac414da230..fbcde489c3 100644
--- a/datastores/badger/v3/datastore.go
+++ b/datastores/badger/v3/datastore.go
@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@ func (d *Datastore) newImplicitTransaction(readOnly bool) *txn {
 	return &txn{d, d.DB.NewTransaction(!readOnly), true}
 }
 
+func (d *Datastore) NewIterableTransaction(ctx context.Context, readOnly bool) (IterableTxn, error) {
+	d.closeLk.RLock()
+	defer d.closeLk.RUnlock()
+	if d.closed {
+		return nil, ErrClosed
+	}
+
+	return &txn{d, d.DB.NewTransaction(!readOnly), false}, nil
+}
+
 func (d *Datastore) Put(ctx context.Context, key ds.Key, value []byte) error {
 	d.closeLk.RLock()
 	defer d.closeLk.RUnlock()
diff --git a/datastores/badger/v3/iterator.go b/datastores/badger/v3/iterator.go
index 74921b1d9c..205a27eaf2 100644
--- a/datastores/badger/v3/iterator.go
+++ b/datastores/badger/v3/iterator.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package badger
 
 // this is quite similar in principle to https://github.com/MikkelHJuul/bIter/blob/main/iterator.go that John linked - maybe just use/wrap that
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
 	badger "github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3"
@@ -10,6 +11,19 @@ import (
 	goprocess "github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
 )
 
+type IterableTxn interface {
+	ds.Txn
+	Iterable
+}
+
+// TxnDatastore is an interface that should be implemented by datastores that
+// support iterable transactions.
+type IterableTxnDatastore interface {
+	ds.TxnDatastore
+
+	NewIterableTransaction(ctx context.Context, readOnly bool) (IterableTxn, error)
+}
+
 type Iterable interface {
 	GetIterator(q dsq.Query) (Iterator, error)
 }
diff --git a/db/fetcher/fetcher.go b/db/fetcher/fetcher.go
index 29ea3541b6..3bf1061736 100644
--- a/db/fetcher/fetcher.go
+++ b/db/fetcher/fetcher.go
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
 	dsq "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore/query"
+	badgerds "github.com/sourcenetwork/defradb/datastores/badger/v3"
 
 	"github.com/sourcenetwork/defradb/core"
 	"github.com/sourcenetwork/defradb/db/base"
@@ -54,10 +57,12 @@ type DocumentFetcher struct {
 	decodedDoc  *document.Document
 	initialized bool
 
-	kv     *core.KeyValue
-	kvIter dsq.Results
-	kvEnd  bool
+	kv            *core.KeyValue
+	kvIter        badgerds.Iterator
+	kvResultsIter dsq.Results
+	kvEnd         bool
 	// kvIndex int
+	priorPrefixes map[ds.Key]struct{}
 
 	indexKey []byte
 }
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ func (df *DocumentFetcher) Init(col *base.CollectionDescription, index *base.Ind
 	df.initialized = true
 	df.doc = new(document.EncodedDocument)
 	df.doc.Schema = &col.Schema
+	df.priorPrefixes = make(map[ds.Key]struct{})
 
 	df.schemaFields = make(map[uint32]base.FieldDescription)
 	for _, field := range col.Schema.Fields {
@@ -122,14 +128,29 @@ func (df *DocumentFetcher) Start(ctx context.Context, txn core.Txn, spans core.S
 	}
 
 	var err error
-	if df.kvIter != nil {
+	/*if df.kvIter != nil { don't need to do this any more
 		// If an existing iterator is to be replaced, we must still may sure it is properly closed
 		err = df.kvIter.Close()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+	}*/
+	if df.kvIter == nil { // todo
+		df.kvIter, err = txn.GetIterator(q)
+	} else if _, exists := df.priorPrefixes[spans[0].Start().ToDS()]; exists {
+		df.priorPrefixes = make(map[ds.Key]struct{})
+		df.kvIter, err = txn.GetIterator(q)
 	}
-	df.kvIter, err = txn.Query(ctx, q)
+	df.priorPrefixes[spans[0].Start().ToDS()] = struct{}{}
+
+	if df.kvResultsIter != nil {
+		err = df.kvResultsIter.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	df.kvResultsIter = df.kvIter.IteratePrefix(spans[0].Start().ToDS())
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -197,12 +218,14 @@ func (df *DocumentFetcher) nextKey() (docDone bool, err error) {
 // - Returns true if the entire iterator/span is exhausted
 // - Returns a kv pair instead of internally updating
 func (df *DocumentFetcher) nextKV() (iterDone bool, kv *core.KeyValue, err error) {
-	res, available := df.kvIter.NextSync()
+	res, available := df.kvResultsIter.NextSync()
 	if !available {
+		fmt.Println("!available")
 		return true, nil, nil
 	}
 	err = res.Error
 	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("err")
 		return true, nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -350,5 +373,5 @@ func (df *DocumentFetcher) ReadIndexKey(key core.Key) core.Key {
 }
 
 func (df *DocumentFetcher) Close() error {
-	return df.kvIter.Close()
+	return df.kvResultsIter.Close()
 }
diff --git a/db/txn.go b/db/txn.go
index f161e7606b..b7f6c56267 100644
--- a/db/txn.go
+++ b/db/txn.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
 	ktds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore/keytransform"
+	badgerds "github.com/sourcenetwork/defradb/datastores/badger/v3"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ var _ client.Txn = (*Txn)(nil)
 // If the rootstore is a ds.MemoryStore than it'll only have the Batching
 // semantics. With no Commit/Discord functionality
 type Txn struct {
-	ds.Txn
+	//ds.Txn
+	badgerds.IterableTxn
 
 	// wrapped DS
 	systemstore core.DSReaderWriter // wrapped txn /system namespace
@@ -60,15 +62,21 @@ func (db *DB) newTxn(ctx context.Context, readonly bool) (*Txn, error) {
 	txn := new(Txn)
 
 	// check if our datastore natively supports transactions or Batching
-	txnStore, ok := db.rootstore.(ds.TxnDatastore)
-	if ok { // we support transactions
-		dstxn, err := txnStore.NewTransaction(ctx, readonly)
+	if iterableTxnStore, ok := db.rootstore.(badgerds.IterableTxnDatastore); ok {
+		dstxn, err := iterableTxnStore.NewIterableTransaction(ctx, readonly)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		txn.Txn = dstxn
+		//txn.Txn = dstxn
+		txn.IterableTxn = dstxn
+	} else if txnStore, ok := db.rootstore.(ds.TxnDatastore); ok { // we support transactions
+		_, err := txnStore.NewTransaction(ctx, readonly)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 
+		//txn.IterableTxn = dstxn todo!!!
 	} else if batchStore, ok := db.rootstore.(ds.Batching); ok { // we support Batching
 		batcher, err := batchStore.Batch(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -79,8 +87,9 @@ func (db *DB) newTxn(ctx context.Context, readonly bool) (*Txn, error) {
 		rb := shimBatcherTxn{
 			Read:  batchStore,
 			Batch: batcher,
+			//Iterable: , todo!!
 		}
-		txn.Txn = rb
+		txn.IterableTxn = rb
 	} else {
 		// our datastore supports neither TxnDatastore or Batching
 		// for now return error
@@ -89,7 +98,7 @@ func (db *DB) newTxn(ctx context.Context, readonly bool) (*Txn, error) {
 
 	// add the wrapped datastores using the existing KeyTransform functions from the db
 	// @todo Check if KeyTransforms are nil beforehand
-	shimStore := shimTxnStore{txn.Txn}
+	shimStore := shimTxnStore{txn.IterableTxn}
 	txn.systemstore = ktds.Wrap(shimStore, db.ssKeyTransform)
 	txn.datastore = ktds.Wrap(shimStore, db.dsKeyTransform)
 	txn.headstore = ktds.Wrap(shimStore, db.hsKeyTransform)
@@ -120,17 +129,17 @@ func (txn *Txn) DAGstore() core.DAGStore {
 }
 
 func (txn *Txn) IsBatch() bool {
-	_, ok := txn.Txn.(shimBatcherTxn)
+	_, ok := txn.IterableTxn.(shimBatcherTxn)
 	return ok
 }
 
 // Shim to make ds.Txn support ds.Datastore
 type shimTxnStore struct {
-	ds.Txn
+	badgerds.IterableTxn
 }
 
 func (ts shimTxnStore) Sync(ctx context.Context, prefix ds.Key) error {
-	return ts.Txn.Commit(ctx)
+	return ts.IterableTxn.Commit(ctx)
 }
 
 func (ts shimTxnStore) Close() error {
@@ -142,6 +151,7 @@ func (ts shimTxnStore) Close() error {
 type shimBatcherTxn struct {
 	ds.Read
 	ds.Batch
+	badgerds.Iterable
 }
 
 func (shimBatcherTxn) Discard(_ context.Context) {