diff --git a/btrdb/endpoint.py b/btrdb/endpoint.py
index 79a3b72..a28dfa6 100644
--- a/btrdb/endpoint.py
+++ b/btrdb/endpoint.py
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 import io
 import typing
 import uuid
+import grpc
+import asyncio
 
-from btrdb.exceptions import BTrDBError, check_proto_stat, error_handler
+from btrdb.exceptions import BTrDBError, check_proto_stat, error_handler, handle_grpc_error
 from btrdb.grpcinterface import btrdb_pb2, btrdb_pb2_grpc
 from btrdb.point import RawPoint
 from btrdb.utils.general import unpack_stream_descriptor
@@ -221,8 +223,7 @@ def setStreamTags(self, uu, expected, tags, collection):
         result = self.stub.SetStreamTags(params)
         check_proto_stat(result.stat)
 
-    @error_handler
-    def create(self, uu, collection, tags, annotations):
+    def _create_params(self, uu, collection, tags, annotations):
         tagkvlist = []
         for k, v in tags.items():
             kv = btrdb_pb2.KeyOptValue(key=k, val=btrdb_pb2.OptValue(value=v))
@@ -231,12 +232,42 @@ def create(self, uu, collection, tags, annotations):
         for k, v in annotations.items():
             kv = btrdb_pb2.KeyOptValue(key=k, val=btrdb_pb2.OptValue(value=v))
             annkvlist.append(kv)
-        params = btrdb_pb2.CreateParams(
+        return btrdb_pb2.CreateParams(
             uuid=uu.bytes, collection=collection, tags=tagkvlist, annotations=annkvlist
         )
+
+    @error_handler
+    def create(self, uu, collection, tags, annotations):
+        params = self._create_params(uu, collection, tags, annotations)
         result = self.stub.Create(params)
         check_proto_stat(result.stat)
 
+    async def create_async(self, uu, collection, tags, annotations):
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        params = self._create_params(uu, collection, tags, annotations)
+        fut = self.stub.Create.future(params)
+        async_fut = loop.create_future()
+
+        def async_done_cb(async_fut):
+            if async_fut.cancelled():
+                fut.cancel()
+
+        def done_cb(fut):
+            if fut.cancelled():
+                return
+            try:
+                try: # XXX it would be nice to avoid this double try nesting.
+                    result = fut.result()
+                    loop.call_soon_threadsafe(async_fut.set_result, result)
+                except grpc.RpcError as e:
+                    handle_grpc_error(e)
+            except Exception as e:
+                loop.call_soon_threadsafe(async_fut.set_exception, e)
+
+        fut.add_done_callback(done_cb)
+        async_fut.add_done_callback(async_done_cb)
+        return await async_fut
+
     @error_handler
     def listCollections(self, prefix):
         """
diff --git a/btrdb/exceptions.py b/btrdb/exceptions.py
index 9777679..9cdc25f 100644
--- a/btrdb/exceptions.py
+++ b/btrdb/exceptions.py
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ def wrap(*args, **kwargs):
 
     return wrap
 
-
 ##########################################################################
 ## gRPC error handling
 ##########################################################################
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ def check_proto_stat(stat):
             raise BTRDBServerError(stat.msg)
         raise BTrDBError(stat.msg)
 
-
 ##########################################################################
 ## BTrDB Exceptions
 ##########################################################################
diff --git a/btrdb/transformers.py b/btrdb/transformers.py
index 9bcf7b5..f01787f 100644
--- a/btrdb/transformers.py
+++ b/btrdb/transformers.py
@@ -138,18 +138,13 @@ def arrow_to_series(streamset, agg="mean", name_callable=None):
     return [arrow_df[col] for col in arrow_df]
 
 
-def arrow_to_dataframe(
-    streamset, columns=None, agg=None, name_callable=None
-) -> pd.DataFrame:
+def arrow_to_dataframe(streamset, agg=None, name_callable=None) -> pd.DataFrame:
     """
     Returns a Pandas DataFrame object indexed by time and using the values of a
     stream for each column.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    columns: sequence
-        column names to use for DataFrame.  Deprecated and not compatible with name_callable.
-
     agg : List[str], default: ["mean"]
         Specify the StatPoint fields (e.g. aggregating function) to create the dataframe
         from. Must be one or more of "min", "mean", "max", "count", "stddev", or "all". This
@@ -175,13 +170,6 @@ def arrow_to_dataframe(
         raise ImportError(
             f"Please install Pandas and pyarrow to use this transformation function. ErrorMessage: {err}"
         )
-    # deprecation warning added in v5.8
-    if columns:
-        warn(
-            "the columns argument is deprecated and will be removed in a future release",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
 
     if agg is None:
         agg = ["mean"]
@@ -227,16 +215,13 @@ def arrow_to_dataframe(
     return tmp.to_pandas(date_as_object=False, types_mapper=pd.ArrowDtype)
 
 
-def to_dataframe(streamset, columns=None, agg="mean", name_callable=None):
+def to_dataframe(streamset, agg="mean", name_callable=None):
     """
     Returns a Pandas DataFrame object indexed by time and using the values of a
     stream for each column.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    columns: sequence
-        column names to use for DataFrame.  Deprecated and not compatible with name_callable.
-
     agg : str, default: "mean"
         Specify the StatPoint field (e.g. aggregating function) to create the Series
         from. Must be one of "min", "mean", "max", "count", "stddev", or "all". This
@@ -253,14 +238,6 @@ def to_dataframe(streamset, columns=None, agg="mean", name_callable=None):
     except ImportError:
         raise ImportError("Please install Pandas to use this transformation function.")
 
-    # deprecation warning added in v5.8
-    if columns:
-        warn(
-            "the columns argument is deprecated and will be removed in a future release",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
-
     # TODO: allow this at some future point
     if agg == "all" and name_callable is not None:
         raise AttributeError(
@@ -288,7 +265,7 @@ def to_dataframe(streamset, columns=None, agg="mean", name_callable=None):
             ]
             df.columns = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(stream_names)
         else:
-            df.columns = columns if columns else _stream_names(streamset, name_callable)
+            df.columns = _stream_names(streamset, name_callable)
 
     return df
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 80f656d..d3c9f94 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ version = "5.31.0"
 authors = [
     {name="PingThingsIO", email="support@pingthings.io"},
 ]
+maintainers = [
+    {name="PingThingsIO", email="support@pingthings.io"},
+]
 description = "Bindings to interact with the Berkeley Tree Database using gRPC."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {file="LICENSE.txt"}
@@ -65,8 +68,7 @@ all = [
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
-"Homepage" = "https://btrdb.io"
-"Docs" = "https://btrdb.readthedocs.io"
+"Docs" = "https://btrdb-python.readthedocs.io/"
 "Repository" = "https://github.com/pingthingsio/btrdb-python.git"
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3f445b3..8d1166f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
-description-file = DESCRIPTION.md
-license_file = LICENSE.txt
+description_file = DESCRIPTION.md
+license_files = LICENSE.txt
 
 [aliases]
 test=pytest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a5b82d1..df6ad76 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 REPOSITORY = "https://github.com/PingThingsIO/btrdb-python"
 PACKAGE = "btrdb"
 URL = "http://btrdb.io/"
-DOCS_URL = "https://btrdb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
+DOCS_URL = "https://btrdb-python.readthedocs.io/"
 
 ## Define the keywords
 KEYWORDS = ("btrdb", "berkeley", "timeseries", "database", "bindings" "gRPC")
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ def get_description_type(path=PKG_DESCRIBE):
     "license": LICENSE,
     "author": AUTHOR,
     "author_email": EMAIL,
-    "url": URL,
     "maintainer": MAINTAINER,
     "maintainer_email": EMAIL,
     "project_urls": {
diff --git a/tests/btrdb/test_transformers.py b/tests/btrdb/test_transformers.py
index 833de69..c7ce719 100644
--- a/tests/btrdb/test_transformers.py
+++ b/tests/btrdb/test_transformers.py
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ def test_to_series(self, streamset):
 
     def test_to_series_name_lambda(self, streamset):
         """
-        assert to_dateframe uses name lambda
+        assert to_series uses name lambda
         """
         result = streamset.to_series(name_callable=lambda s: s.name)
         assert [s.name for s in result] == ["stream0", "stream1", "stream2", "stream3"]
@@ -691,23 +691,16 @@ def test_to_dataframe(self, streamset):
         df.set_index("time", inplace=True)
         assert to_dataframe(streamset).equals(df)
 
-    def test_to_dataframe_column_issues_warning(self, statpoint_streamset):
+    def test_to_dataframe_column_issues_error(self, statpoint_streamset):
         """
-        assert to_dateframe with column argument issues warning
+        assert to_dateframe with column argument issues error
         """
         columns = ["test/cats", "test/dogs", "test/horses", "test/fishes"]
-        with pytest.deprecated_call():
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError) as unexpected_key_err:
             statpoint_streamset.to_dataframe(columns=columns)
-
-    def test_to_dataframe_column(self, statpoint_streamset):
-        """
-        assert to_dateframe with column argument actually renames columns
-        """
-        columns = ["test/cats", "test/dogs", "test/horses", "test/fishes"]
-        with pytest.deprecated_call():
-            df = statpoint_streamset.to_dataframe(columns=columns)
-
-        assert df.columns.tolist() == columns
+        assert "got an unexpected keyword argument 'columns'" in str(
+            unexpected_key_err.value
+        )
 
     def test_to_dataframe_multindex(self, statpoint_streamset):
         """