diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aecdf95..7be8812 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci-utils/sync",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
+  "version": "0.0.9",
   "description": "module to copy, maintain, and launch hardware modules on other machines",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "bin": {
@@ -31,22 +31,22 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/uCOMmandIt/uci-remote-code#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uci-utils/logger": "0.0.13",
-    "@uci-utils/read-lines": "^0.2.1",
+    "@uci-utils/logger": "^0.0.15",
+    "@uci-utils/read-lines": "^0.2.2",
     "@uci-utils/watcher": "^0.2.4",
     "aggregation": "^1.2.5",
     "await-to-js": "^2.1.1",
-    "conf": "^2.2.0",
-    "debounce-fn": "^1.0.0",
-    "esm": "^3.2.7",
+    "conf": "^5.0.0",
+    "debounce-fn": "^3.0.1",
     "fs-read-data": "^1.0.4",
-    "path-exists": "^3.0.0",
-    "yargs": "^13.2.1"
+    "path-exists": "^4.0.0",
+    "yargs": "^13.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
+    "esm": "^3.2.25",
     "mocha": "^6.x",
-    "nodemon": "^1.18.10",
+    "nodemon": "^1.19.1",
     "ondeath": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/sync.js b/src/sync.js
index 163282c..f44ded7 100644
--- a/src/sync.js
+++ b/src/sync.js
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ class Sync extends merge(Rsync, Emitter) {
     }
     let cmd = []
     // TODO allow all openssh client options
+    // check if no leading / on path, then check KEYS_DIR if not then add ~/.ssh
     if (options.privateKeyPath)  cmd.push(`-i ${options.privateKeyPath}`)
     if (options.port)  cmd.push(`-p ${options.port}`)
     if (options.configFile)  cmd.push(`-F ${options.configFile}`)
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ class Sync extends merge(Rsync, Emitter) {
           log.info({cmd:cmd, status:status, msg:'sync run'})
           if (!errors) this.emit('sync',status)
           resolve({cmd:cmd, errors:errors, status:status, msg:'sync run'})
-        }.bind(this), 
+        }.bind(this),
         function(data) {
           status += data.toString()
           if (opts.cli) process.stdout.write(data.toString())