diff --git a/src/base.mjs b/src/base.mjs
index 50318c6..62a3f08 100644
--- a/src/base.mjs
+++ b/src/base.mjs
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
-import { Socket, Consumer } from '@uci/socket'
-// import { Socket, Consumer } from '../../uci-socket/src'
+// import { Socket, Consumer } from '@uci/socket'
+import { Socket, Consumer } from '../../uci-socket/src'
 import packet from './packet.mjs'
 import EventEmitter from 'events'
 
 const USOCKET = __dirname + '/unix.sock'
 
-const delay = time => new Promise(res=>setTimeout(()=>res(),time))
-
 export default class Base extends EventEmitter {
   constructor(opts={}) {
     super()
     opts.path = opts.path || USOCKET
-    this.id = opts.id  // a unique ecosystem wide id, could be generated
+    this.id = opts.id || opts.name || 'uci:'+ Math.random()*100
     this.desc = opts.desc // additional details for humans
-    // attach unix socket OR consumer(default) only if path is supplied
     this.socket={}
     opts.sockets.split(/[,:|\s]+/).forEach( sock => {
-      opts.name = this.id +':'+sock
+      opts.id = this.id +':'+sock
       if (!opts[sock]) opts[sock] = {}
       switch (sock) {
       case
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ export default class Base extends EventEmitter {
 
   async init (context) {
     let sockets = []
-    context = context || this // additional context is Base instance (or callsite) if not supplied
+    context = context || this // additional context is Base instance (or callsite) if none supplied
     this.registerPacketContext(context)
     for(let type of Object.keys(this.socket)){
       if (type.indexOf('s')!==-1) {
@@ -59,11 +56,11 @@ export default class Base extends EventEmitter {
 
   registerPacketContext(type, context) {
     if (typeof type === 'string') {
-      this.socket[type].packet.context = Object.assign({},context)
+      this.socket[type].packet.context = context
     } else {
       context=type
       for(let type of Object.keys(this.socket)){
-        this.socket[type].packet.context = Object.assign({},context)
+        this.socket[type].packet.context = context
       }
     }
   }
@@ -121,7 +118,7 @@ export default class Base extends EventEmitter {
         }
       }
     }
-    this.emit('packet', packet)  // intra process, need to set a 'packet' listener to process
+    this.emit('packet', packet)  // intra process, need to set a 'packet' listener to process it
   }
 
 } // end class