diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58bbb82..ab22970 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci/socket",
-  "version": "0.2.33",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "JSON packet intra(named)/inter(TCP) host communication over socket",
   "main": "src",
   "scripts": {
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "esm": "^3.2.25",
-    "mocha": "^6.2.2",
-    "nodemon": "^2.0.0"
+    "mocha": "^7.1.0",
+    "nodemon": "^2.0.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@uci-utils/logger": "^0.0.16",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "clone": "^2.1.2",
     "death": "^1.1.0",
     "delay": "^4.3.0",
-    "make-dir": "^3.0.0",
+    "make-dir": "^3.0.2",
     "p-reflect": "^2.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/consumer.js b/src/consumer.js
index 4daa344..f9853c7 100644
--- a/src/consumer.js
+++ b/src/consumer.js
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ class SocketConsumer extends Socket {
     this._connection = 'offline'
     this._first = true  // first connection or not
     this._pingTimeout // value sent from socket upon connect
-    console.log('consumer.js @uci/socket package tag 0.2.33')
   }
 
   get connected() { return this._connected}
@@ -190,7 +189,6 @@ class SocketConsumer extends Socket {
         if (err)
           resolve({error: 'unable to serialize packet for sending',packet: packet})
         if (this.active && this.writable) {
-          console.log('writable can write')
           let res2 = await this.__write(res)
           if (res2.error) resolve(res2)
           // if no write error then wait for send response
@@ -295,7 +293,6 @@ async function handshake (packet) {
     this.notify('handshake')
     const authPacket = Object.assign(this._authenticate() || {}, {_authenticate:true, data:this._data})
     // console.log('----------------authentication packet---------------',authPacket)
-    console.log('authenticate writable',this.writable)
     let res ={}
     if (!this.writable) res.error ='socket stream not writable'
     else  res = await this._authenticateSend(authPacket)
diff --git a/src/socket-class.js b/src/socket-class.js
index 80ee406..d24d0f5 100644
--- a/src/socket-class.js
+++ b/src/socket-class.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export default function socketClass(Server) {
       this.pingInterval = opts.pingInterval === false ? 0 : (opts.pingInterval * 1000 || 5000)
       this.consumers = new Map() // track consumers (i.e. clients) TODO use a Map
       this.nextConsumerID = 0 // incrementer for default initial consumer ID
-      this.conPackets = opts.conPackets || opts.conPacket
+      this.conPackets = opts.conPackets || [opts.conPacket]
       this.opts = opts // for use to recover from selected errors
       this.errorCount = 0
       //self bindings
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ export default function socketClass(Server) {
         class: 'Socket',
         id: this.id
       })
-      console.log('socket-class: @uci/socket package tag 0.2.33')
     } // end constructor
 
 
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ export default function socketClass(Server) {
                 log.info({method:'create', line:99, res: res, socket: this.opts.path, msg:'socket already exists.....deleted'})
                 // try again
                 this.removeAllListeners('listening')
-                return await this.create()
+                resolve(await this.create())
               }
               log.error({method:'create', line:102, err: err, msg:'error deleting socket.  Can not establish a socket'})
             }
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ export default function socketClass(Server) {
             await mkdir(path.dirname(this.opts.path))
             log.debug({method:'create', line:109, socket: this.opts.path, msg:'directory created'})
             this.removeAllListeners('listening')
-            return await this.create()
+            resolve(await this.create())
           }
           // otherwise fatally exit
           log.error({method:'create', line:113, err:err, opts:this.opts, msg:`error creating socket server ${this.name}`})
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ export default function socketClass(Server) {
           if (opts.consumer) opts.consumers = [opts.consumer]
           consumers = Array.from(this.consumers).filter(([sid,consumer]) =>
             opts.consumers.some(con=> {
-              console.log(consumer.sid,consumer.data,con)
+              // console.log('filtering consumers', consumer.sid,consumer.data,con)
               return (
                 con === ( (consumer.data ||{}).name || (consumer.data ||{}).id ) ||
                 con.sid=== sid ||
@@ -412,18 +411,15 @@ export default function socketClass(Server) {
       // all's set enable main incoming message processor
       stream.on('message', messageProcess.bind(this, consumer))
 
-      if (this.conPackets) {
-        this.conPackets = Array.isArray(this.conPackets) ? this.conPackets : [this.conPackets]
-        log.debug({method:'_listen', line:171, conPacket: this.opts.conPacket, msg:'pushing a preset command to just connected consumer'})
-        // FIXME, don't use forEach and use promise map.
-        this.conPackets.forEach(packet => {
-          if (packet) {
-            packet._header = {type:'on connection packet', id: 'pushed'}
-            this._send(consumer,packet) // send a packet command on to consumer on connection
-          }
-        })
+      if (this.conPackets.length) {
+        // console.log({conPackets: this.conPackets, msg:'pushing preset packets to just connected consumer'})
+        for (let packet of this.conPackets) {
+          packet._header = {type:'on connection packet', id: 'pushed'}
+          await this._send(consumer,packet) // send a packet command on to consumer on connection
+        }
       }
 
+
       this.emit('log',{level:'info', msg:'a consumer connected and authenticated', name:consumer.name, id:consumer.id})
       this.emit('connection:consumer',{state:'connected', msg:`consumer ${(consumer.data ||{}).name} connected and authenticated to socket ${this.id}`,
         name:(consumer.data ||{}).name ||(consumer.data ||{}).id || consumer.sid,