diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d8a8906..951c100 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci/logger",
-  "version": "0.0.4",
+  "version": "0.0.6",
   "description": "Parent Logger for all UCI modules",
   "main": "src/logger",
   "scripts": {
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
     "test": "mocha -r esmtest/*.test.mjs",
     "testci": "istanbul cover ./node_modules/.bin/_mocha  --report lcovonly -- -R spec --recursive && codecov || true",
     "example": "node -r esm example/example",
-    "dev": "./node_modules/.bin/nodemon -r esm-e mjs  example/example"
+    "dev": "UCI_DEV=true ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon -r esm example/example",
+    "log": "UCI_LOG=true ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon -r esm example/example"
   },
   "author": "David Kebler",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -26,15 +27,16 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/uCOMmandIt/uci-changeme#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "pino": "^4.10.3"
+    "pino": "^5.9.0",
+    "pino-pretty": "^2.4.0"
   },
-
   "devDependencies": {
-    "nodemon": "^1.14.3",
-    "chai": "^4.1.2",
+    "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
-    "codecov": "^3.0.0",
+    "codecov": "^3.1.0",
+    "esm": "^3.0.84",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
-    "mocha": "^4.0.1"
+    "mocha": "^5.2.0",
+    "nodemon": "^1.18.7"
   }
 }
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 08155c4..e274a84 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-# uCOMmandIt Template Package Repository
-
-<!-- find and replace the package name to match -->
-[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/uCOMmandIt/uci-pkg-template.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/uCOMmandIt/uci-pkg-template)
-[![Inline docs](http://inch-ci.org/github/uCOMmandIt/uci-pkg-template.svg?branch=master)](http://inch-ci.org/github/uCOMmandIt/uci-pkg-template)
-[![Dependencies](https://img.shields.io/david/uCOMmandIt/uci-pkg-template.svg)](https://david-dm.org/uCOMmandIt/uci-pkg-template)
-[![devDependencies](https://img.shields.io/david/dev/uCOMmandIt/uci-pkg-template.svg)](https://david-dm.org/uCOMmandIt/uci-pkg-template?type=dev)
-[![codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/uCOMmandIt/uci-pkg-template/master.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/uCOMmandIt/uci-pkg-template)
+# uCOMmandIt JSON Logger
 
 runtime module logger based on pino
+
+run example as either
+
+`npm run log`
+for json logging
+
+or for pretty output `npm run dev`
+
+
+for search/filter use environment variable
+
+`UCI_LOG_SEARCH='key == `\`value\``' npm run dev`
+
+note: ALL search values regardless of type MUST be escaped with ``
diff --git a/src/logger.js b/src/logger.js
index 8db9eee..caa8aa4 100644
--- a/src/logger.js
+++ b/src/logger.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import pino from 'pino'
 
-
-let pretty = null
+let pretty = false
 if(process.env.UCI_DEV) {
-  pretty = pino.pretty()
-  pretty.pipe(process.stdout)
+  pretty = process.env.UCI_LOG_PRETTY || {translateTime:true, colorize:true, levelFirst:true }
+  pretty.search = process.env.UCI_LOG_SEARCH
 }
 
 let LOG = process.env.UCI_LOG || process.env.UCI_DEV
@@ -16,8 +15,9 @@ const logger = pino({
   serializers: {
     req: pino.stdSerializers.req,
     res: pino.stdSerializers.res
-  }
-},pretty)
+  },
+  prettyPrint: pretty
+})
 
 function child (opts) {
   const LOG_OPTS = {
diff --git a/test/amodule.test.js b/test/amodule.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fe35e74..0000000
--- a/test/amodule.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import aClass from  '../src'
-import chai from 'chai'
-import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised'
-
-chai.use(chaiAsPromised)
-const expect = chai.expect
-
-describe(
-  'Testing ',
-  function () {
-    hooks()
-    sometests()
-    someothertests()
-  })
-
-//****************** TESTS **********************
-function sometests() {
-  it('==> test something', async function () {
-
-    let result = await someasyncfunction()
-    expect(result, 'test failed').to.equal('expectedresult')
-
-  })
-}
-
-function someothertests() {
-  it('==> test something', async function () {
-
-    let result = await someasyncfunction()
-    expect(result, 'test failed').to.equal('expectedresult')
-
-  })
-}
-
-function hooks() {
-
-  before(async() => {
-    await someasyncfunctiontodobefore()
-  })
-
-  beforeEach(async() => {
-    await someasyncfunctiontodobeforeeachtest()
-  })
-
-  after(async() => {
-    await someasyncfunctiontodoaftereeachtest()
-  })
-
-}
diff --git a/test/apromise.test.js b/test/apromise.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 29fd4e7..0000000
--- a/test/apromise.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import changeme from  '../src/changeme'
-import path from 'path'
-import chai from 'chai'
-import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised'
-
-const { assert } = chai;
-chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
-
-const expect = chai.expect
-
-describe('Promise Stuff - ', function () {
-
-  it('Can test a promise', function () {
-
-    return expect(changeme.apromise).to.eventually.equal('some promise hey')
-    return Promise.resolve().then(() => expect(changeme.apromise).to.eventually.equal('some promise hey'))
-
-  })
-})