diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 40edd20..c81e658
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "src/read-lines.js",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "./node_modules/.bin/mocha --timeout 30000",
+    "test": "mocha --timeout 30000",
     "testd": "UCI_ENV=dev ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon --exec './node_modules/.bin/mocha --timeout 30000' || exit 0",
     "testdd": "UCI_LOG_LEVEL='trace' npm run testd",
     "testde": "UCI_LOG_LEVEL='warn' npm run testd",
@@ -29,14 +29,13 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/uCOMmandIt/uci-utils#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uci-utils/logger": "^0.1.0",
-    "p-settle": "^4.1.1"
+    "p-settle": "^5.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "chai": "^4.3.4",
+    "chai": "^5.1.2",
     "chai-arrays": "^2.2.0",
-    "dirname-filename-esm": "^1.0.2",
-    "mocha": "^8.3.2",
-    "nodemon": "^2.0.7"
+    "dirname-filename-esm": "^1.1.2",
+    "mocha": "^11.0.1",
+    "nodemon": "^3.1.9"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/read-lines.js b/src/read-lines.js
index c7e005f..51c3127 100644
--- a/src/read-lines.js
+++ b/src/read-lines.js
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import { readFile, writeFile } from 'fs'
 const read = promisify(readFile)
 const write = promisify(writeFile)
 import settle from 'p-settle'
-import logger from '@uci-utils/logger'
-let log = logger({ package:'@uci-utils/read-lines', file:'src/read-lines.js'})
+// import logger from '@uci-utils/logger'
+// let log = logger({ package:'@uci-utils/read-lines', file:'src/read-lines.js'})
 
 // read lines from one or more files
 function readLines (files=[],dir) {
-  log.debug({files:files,dir:dir,msg:'additional files'})
+  // log.debug({files:files,dir:dir,msg:'additional files'})
   let list = []
   if (!Array.isArray(files)) files=[files]
   // each set in an the array is new line delimited set of ignore patterns
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ function readLines (files=[],dir) {
   return settle(files.map(file => {
     // console.log('directory',path.dirname(file))
     if (path.dirname(file)==='.') file = dir+'/'+file
-    log.debug({function:'readLines',file:file,msg:'reading a file of lines into array'})
+    // log.debug({function:'readLines',file:file,msg:'reading a file of lines into array'})
     return read(file)
   }))
     .then((sets) => {
       sets.forEach( set =>  {
         if (set.isFulfilled) list.push(...set.value.toString().match(/.+/g))
-        else log.warn({function:'readLines', error:set.reason, msg:' was unable to read file'})
+        else 
+         console.log("unable to read file")
+      // log.warn({function:'readLines', error:set.reason, msg:' was unable to read file'})
       })
       return Promise.resolve(list)
     })
@@ -38,10 +40,10 @@ function writeLines (filePath,list) {
 
   return write(filePath,list.join('\n'))
     .then(() => {
-      log.info({function:'writeLines', file:filePath, msg:'wrote array to file of lines'})
+      // log.info({function:'writeLines', file:filePath, msg:'wrote array to file of lines'})
     })
     .catch( err => {
-      log.fatal({function:'writeLines', error:err, msg:'unable to write array to file of lines'})
+      // log.fatal({function:'writeLines', error:err, msg:'unable to write array to file of lines'})
     })
 }
 
diff --git a/test/read-lines.test.js b/test/read-lines.test.js
index 4e34ad7..a70bdc8 100644
--- a/test/read-lines.test.js
+++ b/test/read-lines.test.js
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 // let ignoreFiles = ['.npmignore','.gitignore']
 
 import { readLines, writeLines }  from '../src/read-lines.js'
-import chai from 'chai'
-import assertArrays from 'chai-arrays'
 import { it } from 'mocha'
 import { dirname } from 'dirname-filename-esm';
 const __dirname = dirname(import.meta);
 
-chai.use(assertArrays)
-const expect = chai.expect
+import { expect, use as chaiuse } from 'chai';
+import assertArrays from 'chai-arrays'
+chaiuse(assertArrays)
 
 describe (
   'Read a File of Lines to Array and vice versa',