diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 08fde9f..0479cf4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,3 +29,11 @@ forgeConfig.pb.go: forgeConfig.proto
 
 patchset.pb.go: patchset.proto
 	autogenpb --proto patchset.proto
+
+protoc-test:
+	cd ~/go/src && protoc \
+	    --proto_path=. \
+	    --go_out=. \
+	    --go_opt=Mgo.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb/patchset.proto=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb \
+	    --go_opt=Mgo.wit.com/lib/protobuf/httppb/httpRequest.proto=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/httppb \
+	    go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb/patchset.proto
diff --git a/patchset.proto b/patchset.proto
index d0df121..b3dece4 100644
--- a/patchset.proto
+++ b/patchset.proto
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 
 package forgepb;
 
+import "go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/httppb/httpRequest.proto";
 import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
 
 //    Forge doesn't need this kind of specificity
@@ -60,22 +61,10 @@ message Patch {
 
 // this is a "PATCH: [1/x]" series
 message Patches {                                             // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:gui:Patch`
-        message HttpRequest {                              // HttpRequest represents the essential fields of an incoming HTTP request.
-                string                method         = 1;  // The request method, e.g., "GET", "POST".
-                string                url            = 2;  // The full URL of the request, including scheme, host, path, and query string.
-                string                route          = 3;  // just the route: "/add/" or "/find/"
-                string                proto          = 4;  // The protocol version, e.g., "HTTP/1.1", "HTTP/2.0".
-                map<string, string>   headers        = 5;  // The map of request headers. Header names are case-insensitive,
-                string                remoteAddr     = 6;  // The remote IP address of the client, after resolving proxies.
-                string                host           = 7;  // The host on which the URL is sought (www.wit.com)
-                string                hostname       = 8;  // The hostname of the client if passed from the client (mylaptop.fun.me)
-                bytes                 body           = 9;  // The request body as raw bytes.
-                string                namespace      = 10; // When the body is a pb (always!). This is the pb namespace ("go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/virtpb")
-        }
         string                      uuid                = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:2679065e-c81d-4a00-aca4-03c158a834fb`
         string                      version             = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v2.0.0`
         repeated Patch              Patches             = 3;
-        HttpRequest                 httpRequest         = 4;  // who connected // rename httpRequest? This might make sense in our case
+        httppb.HttpRequest          httpRequest         = 4;  // who connected // rename httpRequest? This might make sense in our case
         string                      Error               = 5;  // when passing these around, if there is an error, store it here
 }
 message Patchset {                                            // `autogenpb:marshal`