@mix hmm, I am unable to reproduce with a fresh install. Can you try again? (pull again to get fully up to date deps)
If it's still broken, please post some version of pull-level, level, and leveldown, I get:
> $ npm ls pull-level level level-down
ssb-tunnel@1.1.2 /home/dominic/c/ssb-tunnel
`-- scuttlebot@12.2.2
+-- pull-level@2.0.4
+-- secure-scuttlebutt@18.3.3
| +-- flumeview-level@3.0.6
| | +-- level@3.0.2 deduped
| | `-- pull-level@2.0.4 deduped
| +-- level@3.0.2
| +-- level-sublevel@6.6.5
| | `-- pull-level@2.0.4 deduped
| `-- pull-level@2.0.4 deduped
`-- ssb-blobs@1.1.5
+-- level@3.0.2 deduped
`-- pull-level@2.0.4 deduped