diff --git a/digilines/inventory.lua b/digilines/inventory.lua
index 693f882..dcf86cc 100644
--- a/digilines/inventory.lua
+++ b/digilines/inventory.lua
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ minetest.register_node("digilines:chest", {
 			return
 		end
 		if fields.channel ~= nil then
-			minetest.get_meta(pos):set_string("channel",fields.channel)
+			minetest.get_meta(pos):set_string("channel", fields.channel)
 		end
 	end,
 	digiline = {
@@ -81,70 +81,32 @@ minetest.register_node("digilines:chest", {
 		}
 	},
 	tube = {
+		insert_object = function(pos, node, stack, direction)
+			local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos)
+			local inv = meta:get_inventory()
+			return inv:add_item("main", stack)
+		end,
+		can_insert = function(pos, node, stack, direction)
+			local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos)
+			local inv = meta:get_inventory()
+			return inv:room_for_item("main", stack)
+		end,
 		connect_sides = {left=1, right=1, back=1, front=1, bottom=1, top=1},
-		connects = function(i,param2)
-			return not pipeworks.connects.facingFront(i,param2)
-		end,
 		input_inventory = "main",
-		can_insert = function(pos, _, stack)
-			return can_insert(pos, stack)
-		end,
-		insert_object = function(pos, _, stack)
-			local inv = minetest.get_meta(pos):get_inventory()
-			local leftover = inv:add_item("main", stack)
-			local count = leftover:get_count()
-			if count == 0 then
-				local derpstack = stack:get_name()..' 1'
-				if not inv:room_for_item("main", derpstack) then
-					-- when you can't put a single more of whatever you just put,
-					-- you'll get a put for it, then a full
-					sendMessage(pos,"full "..maybeString(stack)..' '..tostring(count))
-				end
-			else
-				-- this happens when the chest has received two stacks in a row and
-				-- filled up exactly with the first one.
-				-- You get a put for the first stack, a put for the second
-				-- and then a overflow with the first in stack and the second in leftover
-				-- and NO full?
-				sendMessage(pos,"overflow "..maybeString(stack)..' '..tostring(count))
-			end
-			return leftover
-		end,
 	},
-	allow_metadata_inventory_put = function(pos, _, _, stack)
-		if not can_insert(pos, stack) then
-			sendMessage(pos,"uoverflow "..maybeString(stack))
-		end
-		return stack:get_count()
-	end,
 	on_metadata_inventory_move = function(pos, _, _, _, _, _, player)
 		minetest.log("action", player:get_player_name().." moves stuff in chest at "..minetest.pos_to_string(pos))
 	end,
 	on_metadata_inventory_put = function(pos, _, _, stack, player)
 		local channel = minetest.get_meta(pos):get_string("channel")
-		local send = function(msg)
-			sendMessage(pos,msg,channel)
-		end
-		-- direction is only for furnaces
-		-- as the item has already been put, can_insert should return false if the chest is now full.
-		local derpstack = stack:get_name()..' 1'
-		if can_insert(pos,derpstack) then
-			send("uput "..maybeString(stack))
-		else
-			send("ufull "..maybeString(stack))
-		end
+		sendMessage(pos, "uput "..maybeString(stack), channel)
 		minetest.log("action", player:get_player_name().." puts stuff into chest at "..minetest.pos_to_string(pos))
 	end,
 	on_metadata_inventory_take = function(pos, listname, _, stack, player)
-		local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos)
-		local channel = meta:get_string("channel")
-		local inv = meta:get_inventory()
-		if inv:is_empty(listname) then
-			sendMessage(pos, "empty", channel)
-		end
-		sendMessage(pos,"utake "..maybeString(stack))
+		local channel = minetest.get_meta(pos):get_string("channel")
+		sendMessage(pos, "utake "..maybeString(stack), channel)
 		minetest.log("action", player:get_player_name().." takes stuff from chest at "..minetest.pos_to_string(pos))
-	end
+	end,
 })
 
 minetest.register_craft({