diff --git a/example/example.js b/example/example.js
index b458cb6..404935c 100644
--- a/example/example.js
+++ b/example/example.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Sync from '@uci-utils/sync'
+import Sync from '../src/sync'
 import onDeath from  'ondeath'
 
 (async () => {
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import onDeath from  'ondeath'
 
   await sync.runJob('remote')
   // await sync.loadJob('local')
-  sync.watch('on')
-  console.log('ready and waiting')
+  // sync.watch('on')
+  // console.log('ready and waiting')
 
   onDeath( () => {
     console.log('\nHe\'s dead Jim')
diff --git a/example/source/example.js b/example/source/example.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..476f184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/source/example.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// this is a js file sent via the sync package
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7be8812..0466b65 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci-utils/sync",
-  "version": "0.0.9",
+  "version": "0.0.10",
   "description": "module to copy, maintain, and launch hardware modules on other machines",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "bin": {
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/uCOMmandIt/uci-remote-code#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uci-utils/logger": "^0.0.15",
+    "@uci-utils/class-merge": "^1.0.3",
+    "@uci-utils/logger": "^0.0.16",
     "@uci-utils/read-lines": "^0.2.2",
     "@uci-utils/watcher": "^0.2.4",
-    "aggregation": "^1.2.5",
     "await-to-js": "^2.1.1",
     "conf": "^5.0.0",
     "debounce-fn": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/src/sync.js b/src/sync.js
index f44ded7..05f05e5 100644
--- a/src/sync.js
+++ b/src/sync.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Rsync from './rsync'
 import { EventEmitter as Emitter } from 'events'
 import { dirname, normalize } from 'path'
 // third party elements
-import merge from 'aggregation/es6'
+import merge from '@uci-utils/class-merge'
 import { readFile } from 'fs-read-data'
 import Conf from 'conf'
 import debounce from 'debounce-fn'