diff --git a/goDep.parseGoSum.go b/goDep.parseGoSum.go
index 5bf3f29..e275f0e 100644
--- a/goDep.parseGoSum.go
+++ b/goDep.parseGoSum.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) ParseGoSum() (bool, error) {
 	// check of the repo is a primative
 	// that means, there is not a go.sum file
 	// because the package is completely self contained!
-	if ok, _ := repo.IsPrimitive(); ok {
+	if err := repo.SetPrimitive(); err == nil {
 		log.Info("This repo is primative!")
 		return true, nil
 	}
diff --git a/isPrimitive.go b/isPrimitive.go
index 0455799..7755cfb 100644
--- a/isPrimitive.go
+++ b/isPrimitive.go
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
+// deprecate use of IsPrimitive() to this function
+// this assumes go.mod and go.sum are in a releasable state
+func (repo *Repo) SetPrimitive() error {
+	_, err := repo.IsPrimitive()
+	return err
+}
+
 // Detect a 'Primative' package. Sets the isPrimative flag
 // will return true if the repo is truly not dependent on _anything_ else
 // like spew or lib/widget
@@ -43,9 +50,9 @@ func (repo *Repo) IsPrimitive() (bool, error) {
 				return false, errors.New("go.mod file is not primative")
 			}
 			if parts[0] == "go" {
-				if parts[1] != "1.20" {
-					log.Log(GITPBWARN, "go not set to 1.20 for", repo.GoPath)
-					return false, errors.New("go not set to 1.20 for " + repo.GoPath)
+				if parts[1] != "1.21" {
+					log.Log(GITPBWARN, "go not set to 1.21 for", repo.GoPath)
+					// return false, errors.New("go not set to 1.21 for " + repo.GoPath)
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/isTracked.go b/isTracked.go
index 2fc8ddf..b15db02 100644
--- a/isTracked.go
+++ b/isTracked.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package gitpb
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 func (repo *Repo) isTracked(file string) (bool, error) {
@@ -30,34 +33,40 @@ func (repo *Repo) isIgnored(file string) (bool, error) {
 	return false, nil
 }
 
-func (repo *Repo) RepoIgnoresGoMod() (bool, error) {
+// is it a good idea to run go-mod-clean in this repo?
+// for now, check if this repo should be ignored
+// TODO: go.mod and go.sum should be moved to git tag metadata
+func (repo *Repo) RepoIgnoresGoMod() error {
 	file := "go.mod"
 	if tracked, err := repo.isTracked(file); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("%s Error checking if %s tracked: %v\n", repo.GoPath, file, err)
-		return false, err
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("%s Error checking if %s tracked: %v\n", repo.GoPath, file, err)
+		log.Info("gitpb:", msg)
+		return err
 	} else {
 		if tracked {
-			fmt.Printf("%s %s is tracked by Git.\n", repo.GoPath, file)
-			return false, nil
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s is tracked by Git.\n", repo.GoPath, file)
+			log.Info("gitpb:", msg)
+			return errors.New(msg)
 		}
 	}
 
 	if ignored, err := repo.isIgnored(file); err != nil {
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("%s Error checking if ignored: %v\n", repo.GoPath, err)
-			return false, err
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("%s Error checking if ignored: %v\n", repo.GoPath, err)
+			log.Info("gitpb:", msg)
+			return err
 		}
 	} else {
-
 		if ignored {
 			fmt.Printf("%s %s is ignored by Git.\n", repo.GoPath, file)
-			return true, nil
+			return nil
 		}
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("%s %s is neither tracked nor ignored by Git.\n", repo.GoPath, file)
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s is neither tracked nor ignored by Git.\n", repo.GoPath, file)
 	// this means, if you make a go.mod file, it'll add it to the repo to be tracked
 	// so you need to either add it to .gitignore (this is what should happen)
 	// or accept you want an auto-generated file to put endless garbage in your git repo
 	// this obviously exposes my opinion on this subject matter
-	return false, nil
+	log.Info("gitpb:", msg)
+	return errors.New(msg)
 }