diff --git a/examples/livesync/components/Drawer/actions.ts b/examples/livesync/components/Drawer/actions.ts
index c69bae1..d715c27 100644
--- a/examples/livesync/components/Drawer/actions.ts
+++ b/examples/livesync/components/Drawer/actions.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export const fetchIssueById = async (id: number) => {
 
 export const fetchComments = async (id: number) => {
   const data = await sql.begin(async (sql) => {
-    const comments = await sql<CommentData[]>`
+    const result = await sql<CommentData[]>`
       SELECT
         c.id, c.content, c.updated_at, u.last_name, u.first_name, u.color
       FROM comments c
@@ -54,9 +54,13 @@ export const fetchComments = async (id: number) => {
         ON u.id = c.user_id
       WHERE issue_id = ${id}
       ORDER BY c.updated_at DESC
-    `;
+    `.cursor();
 
     const ids = await sql`SELECT COALESCE(MAX(sequence_id), 0) FROM outbox`;
+    let comments: CommentData[] = [];
+    for await (const [row] of result) {
+      comments.push(row);
+    }
 
     return { data: comments, sequenceId: ids[0].coalesce };
   });
diff --git a/examples/livesync/components/modelsClient/useCommentsModel.ts b/examples/livesync/components/modelsClient/useCommentsModel.ts
index 2f408b4..997199a 100644
--- a/examples/livesync/components/modelsClient/useCommentsModel.ts
+++ b/examples/livesync/components/modelsClient/useCommentsModel.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ export const useCommentsModel = (issueId: number | null): [CommentData[] | undef
     if (!issueId) return;
 
     const model = modelsClient().models.get({
-      name: `comments:${issueId}`,
       channelName: `comments:${issueId}`,
       sync: fetchComments,
-      // @ts-ignore - types to be fixed for merge functions later in COL-651 https://ably.atlassian.net/browse/COL-651
       merge,
     });
 
diff --git a/examples/livesync/components/modelsClient/useIssueModel.ts b/examples/livesync/components/modelsClient/useIssueModel.ts
index 7ce863a..9091204 100644
--- a/examples/livesync/components/modelsClient/useIssueModel.ts
+++ b/examples/livesync/components/modelsClient/useIssueModel.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export const useIssueModel = (issueId: number | null): [IssueType | undefined, M
     const model: ModelType = modelsClient().models.get({
       channelName: `issue:${issueId}`,
       sync: fetchIssueById,
-      // @ts-ignore - types to be fixed for merge functions later in COL-651 https://ably.atlassian.net/browse/COL-651
       merge,
     });