diff --git a/fafbseg/flywire/synapses.py b/fafbseg/flywire/synapses.py
index f59e47d..a0d0d4b 100644
--- a/fafbseg/flywire/synapses.py
+++ b/fafbseg/flywire/synapses.py
@@ -465,7 +465,8 @@ def get_synapses(
             "Querying synapse table with `filtered=True` already removes "
             "synaptic connections with cleft_score <= 50. If you want less "
             "confident connections set `filtered=False`. Note that this will "
-            "also drop the de-duplication (see docstring)."
+            "also drop the de-duplication! "
+            "See `help(fafbseg.flywire.get_synapses)` for details."
         )
         navis.config.logger.warning(msg)
 
@@ -674,8 +675,9 @@ def get_synapses(
 def get_adjacency(
     sources,
     targets=None,
+    square=True,
     materialization="auto",
-    neuropils=None,
+    neuropils=False,
     filtered=True,
     min_score=None,
     batch_size=1000,
@@ -709,10 +711,14 @@ def get_adjacency(
                     the root ID. If you have a neuron (in FlyWire space) but
                     don't know its ID, use :func:`fafbseg.flywire.neuron_to_segments`
                     first. If ``None``, will assume ```targets = sources``.
-    neuropils :     str | list of str, optional
-                    Provide neuropil (e.g. ``'AL_R'``) or list thereof (e.g.
-                    ``['AL_R', 'AL_L']``) to filter connectivity to these ROIs.
-                    Prefix neuropil with a tilde (e.g. ``~AL_R``) to exclude it.
+    square :        bool, optional
+                    Whether to return a square matrix. If False, will return
+                    a DataFrame with sources as rows and targets as columns.
+    neuropils :     bool | str | list of str, optional
+                      - if True, will return neuropils. This requires `square=False`!
+                      - a neuropil name (e.g. ``'AL_R'``) or list thereof (e.g.
+                        ``['AL_R', 'AL_L']``) to filter connectivity to these ROIs.
+                      - prefix neuropils with a tilde (e.g. ``~AL_R``) to exclude them.
     filtered :      bool
                     Whether to use the filtered synapse table. Briefly, this
                     filter removes redundant and low confidence (<= 50 cleft score)
@@ -767,6 +773,17 @@ def get_adjacency(
     720575940631406673                   5
 
     """
+    # This avoids some issues with asking "if neuropils"
+    if isinstance(neuropils, np.ndarray):
+        neuropils = neuropils.tolist()
+
+    if isinstance(neuropils, bool) and neuropils and square:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "To return neuropils, `square` must be False. "
+            "Set `square=False` to return a DataFrame with sources as rows "
+            "and targets as columns."
+        )
+
     if isinstance(targets, type(None)):
         targets = sources
 
@@ -798,7 +815,9 @@ def get_adjacency(
     else:
         _check_ids(both, materialization=materialization, dataset=dataset)
 
-    columns = ["pre_pt_root_id", "post_pt_root_id", "cleft_score", "id"]
+    columns = ["pre_pt_root_id", "post_pt_root_id", "cleft_score", "id"] + (
+        ["neuropil"] if neuropils else []
+    )
     sv_cols = ["pre_pt_supervoxel_id", "post_pt_supervoxel_id"]
 
     if materialization == "live" and filtered:
@@ -821,7 +840,13 @@ def get_adjacency(
         has_view = "valid_connection_v2" in client.materialize.get_views(
             materialization
         )
-        no_np = isinstance(neuropils, type(None))
+        # Check if we need to pull neuropils (in which case we can't pull connections
+        # from the view but have to pull individual synapses)
+        no_np = False
+        if isinstance(neuropils, type(None)):
+            no_np = True
+        elif isinstance(neuropils, bool):
+            no_np = not neuropils
         no_score_thresh = not min_score or min_score == 50
         if has_view & no_np & no_score_thresh:
             columns = ["pre_pt_root_id", "post_pt_root_id", "n_syn"]
@@ -879,13 +904,17 @@ def get_adjacency(
     # Combine results from batches
     if len(syn):
         syn = pd.concat(syn, axis=0, ignore_index=True)
-    else:
+    elif square:
         adj = pd.DataFrame(
             np.zeros((len(sources), len(targets))), index=sources, columns=targets
         )
         adj.index.name = "source"
         adj.columns.name = "target"
         return adj
+    elif neuropils:
+        return pd.DataFrame([], columns=["pre", "post", "weight", "neuropil"])
+    else:
+        return pd.DataFrame([], columns=["pre", "post", "weight"])
 
     # Depending on how queries were batched, we need to drop duplicate synapses
     if "id" in syn.columns:
@@ -896,7 +925,7 @@ def get_adjacency(
         )
 
     # Subset to the desired neuropils
-    if not isinstance(neuropils, type(None)):
+    if isinstance(neuropils, (str, list, np.ndarray)):
         neuropils = make_iterable(neuropils)
 
         if len(neuropils):
@@ -927,19 +956,26 @@ def get_adjacency(
         syn = syn[syn.cleft_score >= min_score]
 
     # Aggregate
+    # (if "weight" is in column then we're not dealing with individual synapses)
     if "weight" not in syn.columns:
-        cn = syn.groupby(["pre", "post"], as_index=False).size()
+        if isinstance(neuropils, bool) and neuropils:
+            cn = syn.groupby(["pre", "post", "neuropil"], as_index=False).size()
+        else:
+            cn = syn.groupby(["pre", "post"], as_index=False).size()
     else:
         cn = syn
-    cn.columns = ["source", "target", "weight"]
+    cn.columns = ["source", "target", "weight"] + (["neuropil"] if 'neuropil' in cn.columns else [])
 
     # Pivot
-    adj = cn.pivot(index="source", columns="target", values="weight").fillna(0)
+    if square:
+        adj = cn.pivot(index="source", columns="target", values="weight").fillna(0)
 
-    # Index to match order and add any missing neurons
-    adj = adj.reindex(index=sources, columns=targets).fillna(0)
+        # Index to match order and add any missing neurons
+        adj = adj.reindex(index=sources, columns=targets).fillna(0)
 
-    return adj
+        return adj
+    else:
+        return cn
 
 
 @parse_neuroncriteria()