diff --git a/scopes-core.asd b/scopes-core.asd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44dc066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scopes-core.asd
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+(in-package #:asdf-user)
+
+(defsystem :scopes-core
+  :author "cyberconcepts.org Team <team@cyberconcepts.org>"
+  :license "MIT"
+  :version "0.0.1"
+  :homepage "https://www.cyberconcepts.org"
+  :description "Core packages of the scopes project."
+  :depends-on (:alexandria :com.inuoe.jzon :local-time :log4cl :str)
+  :components ((:file "config")
+               (:file "forge/forge")
+               (:file "testing")
+               (:file "test/test-config" :depends-on ("testing" "config"))
+               (:file "test/test-forge" :depends-on ("testing" "forge/forge")))
+  :long-description "scopes/core: The core packages of the scopes project."
+  :in-order-to ((test-op (test-op "scopes-core/test"))))
+
+(defsystem :scopes-core/test
+  :depends-on (:scopes-core)
+  :components ((:file "test/test-config")
+               (:file "test/test-forge"))
+  :perform (test-op (o c) 
+    (symbol-call :scopes/test-config :run)
+    (symbol-call :scopes/test-forge :run)))
diff --git a/scopes-forge.asd b/scopes-forge.asd
deleted file mode 100644
index c98e227..0000000
--- a/scopes-forge.asd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-(in-package #:asdf-user)
-
-(defsystem :scopes-forge
-  :author "cyberconcepts.org Team <team@cyberconcepts.org>"
-  :license "MIT"
-  :version "0.0.1"
-  :homepage "https://www.cyberconcepts.org"
-  :description ""
-  :depends-on (:alexandria :com.inuoe.jzon :local-time :log4cl :str)
-  :components ((:file "forge/forge")
-               (:file "testing")
-               (:file "test/test-forge" :depends-on ("testing" "forge/forge")))
-  :long-description "scopes/forge: A Forth-like stack-oriented language"
-  :in-order-to ((test-op (test-op "scopes-forge/test"))))
-
-(defsystem :scopes-forge/test
-  :depends-on (:scopes-forge)
-  :components ((:file "test/test-forge"))
-  :perform (test-op (o c) (symbol-call :scopes/test-forge :run)))
diff --git a/scopes.asd b/scopes.asd
index 0c2a3d2..fa79568 100644
--- a/scopes.asd
+++ b/scopes.asd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   :license "MIT"
   :version "0.0.1"
   :homepage "https://www.cyberconcepts.org"
-  :description ""
+  :description "Generic data processing."
   :depends-on (:alexandria :chanl :cl-dotenv :com.inuoe.jzon :dbi 
                :local-time :log4cl :str :sxql)
   :components ((:file "config")
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
                (:file "storage/storage")
                (:file "storage/tracking" :depends-on ("storage/storage"))
                (:file "testing")
+               (:file "test/test-config" :depends-on ("testing" "config"))
                (:file "test/test-forge" :depends-on ("testing" "forge/forge"))
                (:file "test/test-storage" 
                       :depends-on ("testing" "storage/storage" "storage/tracking")))
-  :long-description "scopes: generic data processing facilities"
+  :long-description "scopes: generic data processing facilities."
   ;;#.(uiop:read-file-string
   ;;   (uiop:subpathname *load-pathname* "README.md")))
   :in-order-to ((test-op (test-op "scopes/test"))))