diff --git a/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobEntry.jl b/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobEntry.jl
index 31d37a23..b92a6f49 100644
--- a/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobEntry.jl
+++ b/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobEntry.jl
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ function getBlobEntry(var::VariableDFG, key::Symbol)
     return var.blobEntries[findfirst(x -> x.label == key, var.blobEntries)]
 end
 
+#TODO maybe rename to getBlobEntryFirst
 function getBlobEntry(var::AbstractDFGVariable, blobId::UUID)
     for (k, v) in var.dataDict
         if blobId in [v.originId, v.blobId]
@@ -121,7 +122,14 @@ function getBlobEntryFirst(var::VariableDFG, key::Regex)
 end
 
 function getBlobEntryFirst(dfg::AbstractDFG, label::Symbol, key::Regex)
-    return getBlobEntryFirst(getVariable(dfg, label), key)
+    els = listBlobEntries(dfg, label)
+    firstIdx = findfirst(contains(key), string.(els))
+    isnothing(firstIdx) && throw(
+        KeyError(
+            "No blobEntry with label matching regex $(key) found in variable $(label)",
+        ),
+    )
+    return getBlobEntry(dfg, label, els[firstIdx])
 end
 
 # TODO Consider autogenerating all methods of the form:
diff --git a/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobStores.jl b/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobStores.jl
index 1ac5580c..7ca2469c 100644
--- a/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobStores.jl
+++ b/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobStores.jl
@@ -83,9 +83,17 @@ end
 ##==============================================================================
 
 function getBlob(dfg::AbstractDFG, entry::BlobEntry)
-    # cannot use entry.blobstore because the blob can be in any one of the blobstores
     stores = getBlobStores(dfg)
-    for (k, store) in stores
+    storekeys = collect(keys(stores))
+    # first check the saved blobstore and then fall back to the rest
+    fidx = findfirst(==(entry.blobstore), storekeys)
+    if !isnothing(fidx)
+        skey = storekeys[fidx]
+        popat!(storekeys, fidx)
+        pushfirst!(storekeys, skey)
+    end
+    for k in storekeys
+        store = stores[k]
         try
             blob = getBlob(store, entry)
             return blob
@@ -181,6 +189,9 @@ struct FolderStore{T} <: AbstractBlobStore{T}
     folder::String
 end
 
+#TODO added in v0.25 to avoid a breaking change in deserialization old DFGs, remove.
+StructTypes.StructType(::Type{<:FolderStore}) = StructTypes.OrderedStruct()
+
 function FolderStore(foldername::String; label = :default_folder_store, createfolder = true)
     if createfolder && !isdir(foldername)
         @info "Folder '$foldername' doesn't exist - creating."
diff --git a/src/GraphsDFG/services/GraphsDFG.jl b/src/GraphsDFG/services/GraphsDFG.jl
index 53c23908..f238b97c 100644
--- a/src/GraphsDFG/services/GraphsDFG.jl
+++ b/src/GraphsDFG/services/GraphsDFG.jl
@@ -527,9 +527,17 @@ function getGraphBlobEntry(fg::GraphsDFG, label::Symbol)
     return fg.graphBlobEntries[label]
 end
 
-function getGraphBlobEntries(fg::GraphsDFG, startwith::Union{Nothing, String} = nothing)
+function getGraphBlobEntries(
+    fg::GraphsDFG,
+    filt::Union{Nothing, String, Base.Fix2} = nothing,
+)
     entries = collect(values(fg.graphBlobEntries))
-    !isnothing(startwith) && filter!(e -> startswith(string(e.label), startwith), entries)
+    if !isnothing(filt) && isa(filt, String)
+        @warn "String filter is deprecated, use startswith(filt_string) instead"
+        filter!(e -> startswith(string(e.label), filt), entries)
+    elseif !isnothing(filt)
+        filter!(e -> filt(string(e.label)), entries)
+    end
     return entries
 end