diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7466598..1380f9a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ recover:
 	make goimports
 	make build
 
-build: goimports
+build:
 	GO111MODULE=off go build \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 	# autogen uses autogen to build. keep a working copy somewhere
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3f6f73b..75f82ba 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -73,21 +73,6 @@ func main() {
 		badExit(fmt.Errorf("Base was nil. 'message %s {` did not exist", pf.Filebase))
 	}
 
-	/*
-		// prep the output file
-		if !argv.DryRun {
-			var err error
-			fsort, err = os.OpenFile(pf.Filebase+".newsort.pb.go", os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
-			if err != nil {
-				badExit(err)
-			}
-			defer fsort.Close()
-
-			header(fsort, pf)
-			pf.syncLock(fsort)
-		}
-	*/
-
 	// if you have gotten here, at least the .proto buf file is OK
 	if argv.DryRun {
 		// show the protobuf of the protobuf. It's like Inception
diff --git a/protoParse.go b/protoParse.go
index 2c995fe..c039028 100644
--- a/protoParse.go
+++ b/protoParse.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"golang.org/x/text/cases"
 	"golang.org/x/text/language"
@@ -69,6 +70,13 @@ func (pb *Files) protoParse(pf *File) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	uuid, version, err := fhelp.ValidProtobuf(pf.Filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	pb.Uuid = uuid
+	pb.Version = version
+
 	// read in the .proto file
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(pf.Filename)
 	if err != nil {