diff --git a/mdb/mbigquery/bigquery.go b/mdb/mbigquery/bigquery.go
index 33c292f..24eeaa6 100644
--- a/mdb/mbigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/mdb/mbigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/m"
-	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/mcfg"
+	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/mctx"
 	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/mdb"
+	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/merr"
 	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/mlog"
+	"github.com/mediocregopher/mediocre-go-lib/mrun"
 
 	"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
 	"google.golang.org/api/googleapi"
@@ -41,27 +42,40 @@ type BigQuery struct {
 	tableUploaders map[[2]string]*bigquery.Uploader
 }
 
-// Cfg configures and returns a BigQuery instance which will be usable once Run
-// is called on the passed in Cfg instance.
-func Cfg(cfg *mcfg.Cfg) *BigQuery {
-	cfg = cfg.Child("bigquery")
-	bq := BigQuery{
-		gce:            mdb.CfgGCE(cfg),
+// MNew returns a BigQuery instance which will be initialized and configured
+// when the start event is triggered on ctx (see mrun.Start). The BigQuery
+// instance will have Close called on it when the stop event is triggered on ctx
+// (see mrun.Stop).
+//
+// gce is optional and can be passed in if there's an existing gce object which
+// should be used, otherwise a new one will be created with mdb.MGCE.
+func MNew(ctx mctx.Context, gce *mdb.GCE) *BigQuery {
+	if gce == nil {
+		gce = mdb.MGCE(ctx, "")
+	}
+
+	ctx = mctx.ChildOf(ctx, "bigquery")
+	bq := &BigQuery{
+		gce:            gce,
 		tables:         map[[2]string]*bigquery.Table{},
 		tableUploaders: map[[2]string]*bigquery.Uploader{},
+		log:            mlog.From(ctx),
 	}
-	bq.log = m.Log(cfg, &bq)
-	cfg.Start.Then(func(ctx context.Context) error {
+	bq.log.SetKV(bq)
+	mrun.OnStart(ctx, func(innerCtx mctx.Context) error {
 		bq.log.Info("connecting to bigquery")
 		var err error
-		bq.Client, err = bigquery.NewClient(ctx, bq.gce.Project, bq.gce.ClientOptions()...)
-		return mlog.ErrWithKV(err, &bq)
+		bq.Client, err = bigquery.NewClient(innerCtx, bq.gce.Project, bq.gce.ClientOptions()...)
+		return merr.WithKV(err, bq.KV())
 	})
-	return &bq
+	mrun.OnStop(ctx, func(mctx.Context) error {
+		return bq.Client.Close()
+	})
+	return bq
 }
 
 // KV implements the mlog.KVer interface.
-func (bq *BigQuery) KV() mlog.KV {
+func (bq *BigQuery) KV() map[string]interface{} {
 	return bq.gce.KV()
 }
 
@@ -84,17 +98,17 @@ func (bq *BigQuery) Table(
 		return table, bq.tableUploaders[key], nil
 	}
 
-	kv := mlog.KV{"dataset": dataset, "table": tableName}
+	kv := mlog.KV{"bigQueryDataset": dataset, "bigQueryTable": tableName}
 	bq.log.Debug("creating/grabbing table", kv)
 
 	schema, err := bigquery.InferSchema(schemaObj)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, mlog.ErrWithKV(err, bq, kv)
+		return nil, nil, merr.WithKV(err, bq.KV(), kv.KV())
 	}
 
 	ds := bq.Dataset(dataset)
 	if err := ds.Create(ctx, nil); err != nil && !isErrAlreadyExists(err) {
-		return nil, nil, mlog.ErrWithKV(err, bq, kv)
+		return nil, nil, merr.WithKV(err, bq.KV(), kv.KV())
 	}
 
 	table := ds.Table(tableName)
@@ -103,7 +117,7 @@ func (bq *BigQuery) Table(
 		Schema: schema,
 	}
 	if err := table.Create(ctx, meta); err != nil && !isErrAlreadyExists(err) {
-		return nil, nil, mlog.ErrWithKV(err, bq, kv)
+		return nil, nil, merr.WithKV(err, bq.KV(), kv.KV())
 	}
 	uploader := table.Uploader()