diff --git a/scopes-core.asd b/scopes-core.asd
index 163d7fe..d286756 100644
--- a/scopes-core.asd
+++ b/scopes-core.asd
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   :version "0.0.1"
   :homepage "https://www.cyberconcepts.org"
   :description "Core packages of the scopes project."
-  :depends-on (:alexandria :cl-dotenv :com.inuoe.jzon 
+  :depends-on (:alexandria :chanl :cl-dotenv :com.inuoe.jzon 
                :local-time :log4cl :str)
   :components ((:file "config" :depends-on ("util"))
                (:file "core/core" 
diff --git a/scopes-web.asd b/scopes-web.asd
index 88e99f6..81e1263 100644
--- a/scopes-web.asd
+++ b/scopes-web.asd
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   :version "0.0.1"
   :homepage "https://www.cyberconcepts.org"
   :description "Web client and server functionality."
-  :depends-on (:alexandria :clack :com.inuoe.jzon :dexador :lack :log4cl :str
+  :depends-on (:clack :dexador :lack
                :scopes-core)
   :components ((:file "web/client")
                (:file "web/server"))
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   :in-order-to ((test-op (test-op "scopes-web/test"))))
 
 (defsystem :scopes-web/test
-  :depends-on (:scopes-web :scopes-core/test)
+  :depends-on (:scopes-web)
   :components ((:file "test/test-web"))
   :perform (test-op (o c) 
     (symbol-call :scopes/test-web :run)))
diff --git a/scopes.asd b/scopes.asd
index 8ee7d92..81d7f9b 100644
--- a/scopes.asd
+++ b/scopes.asd
@@ -6,22 +6,18 @@
   :version "0.0.1"
   :homepage "https://www.cyberconcepts.org"
   :description "Generic data processing."
-  :depends-on (:alexandria :chanl :cl-dotenv :com.inuoe.jzon :dbi 
-               :local-time :log4cl :str :sxql
+  :depends-on (:dbi :sxql
                :scopes-core :scopes-web)
   :components ((:file "storage/storage")
                (:file "storage/tracking" :depends-on ("storage/storage")))
   :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"))))
+  :in-order-to ((test-op 
+                  (test-op "scopes-core/test" "scopes-web/test" "scopes/test"))))
 
 (defsystem :scopes/test
-  :depends-on (:scopes :scopes-core/test :scopes-web/test)
+  :depends-on (:scopes)
   :components ((:file "test/test-storage"))
   :perform (test-op (o c) 
-    (symbol-call :scopes/test-config :run)
-    (symbol-call :scopes/test-core :run)
-    (symbol-call :scopes/test-forge :run)
-    (symbol-call :scopes/test-web :run)
     (symbol-call :scopes/test-storage :run-all)))