diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc8683e..3d7a726 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,18 +3,23 @@ BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d_%H%M)
 
 test: goimports build test
 
-full: clean goimports auto vet install
+full: clean goimports auto vet build
 
 vet:
 	@GO111MODULE=off go vet
 	@echo this go binary package should build okay
 
-cleanbuild:
-	rm -f auto.marshal.pb.go auto.sort.pb.go autogenpb
+# autogen uses autogen to build. keep a working copy somewhere
+recover:
+	make clean
+	./autogenpb.last --proto file.proto --package main
+	make goimports
+	make build
 
 build:
 	GO111MODULE=off go build \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
+	cp -f autogenpb autogenpb.${BUILDTIME}
 
 bak:
 	mv -f autogenpb autogenpb.last
diff --git a/file.proto b/file.proto
index 87e6836..740761d 100644
--- a/file.proto
+++ b/file.proto
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ message MsgName {
         repeated string unique	= 8;    // if the fields should have AppendUnique() functions
 }
 
-message File {                                  // `autogenpb:nomarshal`
+message File {
         string   Package 	   = 1;    // whatever the package name is at the top of the .go file
         string   filename	   = 2;    // yellow.proto
         string   pbfilename	   = 3;    // yellow.pb.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ message File {                                  // `autogenpb:nomarshal`
         MsgName  base              = 8;    // the primary repeated message for the master struct
 
         // every struct in this proto file, this file has: "Apple", "Apples", ... "File", etc...
-        repeated MsgName msgNames  = 9;    // `autogenpb:unique`  // in this file
+        repeated MsgName msgNames  = 9;
 }
 
 // I know, I know, the whole point of using protobuf