diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 139963b..44809f1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci/base",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "description": "Mutli Level/Transport Message/Event Classes",
   "main": "src/base",
   "scripts": {
@@ -28,15 +28,16 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/uCOMmandIt/message#readme",
   "@std/esm": "cjs",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@std/esm": "^0.18.0",
+    "@std/esm": "^0.22.0",
     "chai": "^4.1.2",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "codecov": "^3.0.0",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
-    "mocha": "^4.0.1",
+    "mocha": "^5.0.1",
     "nodemon": "^1.14.12"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uci/socket": "^0.1.0"
+    "@uci/socket": "^0.1.1",
+    "@uci/utils": "^0.1.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/base.mjs b/src/base.mjs
index 23688e9..44c4000 100644
--- a/src/base.mjs
+++ b/src/base.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-// import { Socket, Consumer } from '@uci/socket'
-import UCISocket from '../../uci-socket/src'
+import UCISocket from '@uci/socket'
+// import UCISocket from '../../uci-socket/src'
 import EventEmitter from 'events'
+import { bindFuncs } from '@uci/utils/src/function'
 
 import { processor, commands, namespaces } from './processing.mjs'
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ export default class Base extends EventEmitter {
       Object.assign(this.socket[socket.name],socket) // copy socket info props to new socket
       this.socket[socket.name]._packetProcess = this._packetProcess.bind(this,socket.name)
     })
+    this.bindFuncs = bindFuncs
+    // console.log('base opts', opts)
 
   } // end constructor
 
@@ -41,17 +44,20 @@ export default class Base extends EventEmitter {
         sockets.push(this.socket[name].connect())
       }
     }
-    await Promise.all(sockets)
+    // TODO maybe throw if one fails
+    return Promise.all(sockets).then(() => {return 'ready'}).catch((err) => {return err})
 
   } // init
 
+  async end(name) {} // TODO  end all or named sockets
+
   async send (name,packet) {
     if (typeof name !== 'string') {
       packet = name
       let sends = []
       for(let name of Object.keys(this.socket)){
         if (this.socket[name].type ==='c') {
-          // console.log(name)
+          // console.log(name, this.socket[name])
           sends.push(this.socket[name].send.bind(this.socket[name]))
         }
       }
@@ -94,6 +100,8 @@ export default class Base extends EventEmitter {
     return found
   }
 
+
+  // TODO confirm Object.assign will be ok as it is not a deep copy
   amendConsumerProcessing(funcs,trans) {
     if (trans) {
       if (!this._defaultCmds.c[trans]) this._defaultCmds.c[trans] ={}
@@ -120,8 +128,10 @@ export default class Base extends EventEmitter {
     }
   }
 
-  beforeHook (type,funcs){}
-  afterHook(type,funcs){}
+  // takes and returns a packet
+  beforeWriteHook (type,funcs){}  // TODO before packet send
+  afterReceiveHook(type,funcs){}  // TODO after receiv
+  afterProcessHook(type,funcs){}  // TODO
 
   // here you can add namespaced functions for packet commands
   consumersProcessor(func) {
@@ -154,6 +164,8 @@ export default class Base extends EventEmitter {
     this._packetProcess = func
   }
 
+
+
   /*
   *
   * Private Methods
diff --git a/src/processing.mjs b/src/processing.mjs
index 706a021..c69793a 100644
--- a/src/processing.mjs
+++ b/src/processing.mjs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const commands ={
   },
   c:{
     error: function (packet) {
-      console.log('==============Packet ERROR==========')
+      console.log('==============Packet ERROR [consumer]==========')
       console.log(packet.error )
       console.dir(packet.packet)
       console.log('===========================')