diff --git a/currentVersions.go b/currentVersions.go
index d93df8d..624762e 100644
--- a/currentVersions.go
+++ b/currentVersions.go
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-func (repo *Repo) InitVersions() {
+func (repo *Repo) reloadVersions() {
 	repo.setMasterVersion()
 	repo.setDevelVersion()
 	repo.setUserVersion()
+	repo.setLastTag()
+	repo.setCurrentBranchName()
+	repo.setCurrentBranchVersion()
 }
 
 func (repo *Repo) setMasterVersion() {
diff --git a/reload.go b/reload.go
index 5b41ff0..24c92d7 100644
--- a/reload.go
+++ b/reload.go
@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@ func (repo *Repo) Reload() error {
 	if repo.GoInfo == nil {
 		repo.GoInfo = new(GoInfo)
 	}
-	repo.ParseGoSum()
-
-	repo.setLastTag()
-	repo.setCurrentBranchName()
-	repo.setCurrentBranchVersion()
-
+	repo.ParseGoSum() // also sets GoPrimitive
+	repo.reloadVersions()
 	repo.setRepoType()
 
 	// everything has been checked, now save the mtime's
diff --git a/reloadRepoType.go b/reloadRepoType.go
index e1c1735..309e500 100644
--- a/reloadRepoType.go
+++ b/reloadRepoType.go
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ func (repo *Repo) GetRepoType() string {
 	if repo.GoInfo.GoLibrary {
 		return "library"
 	}
-	return "err"
+	// todo: figure out what to do here. for now, binary is easiest
+	return "binary"
 }
 
 func (repo *Repo) setRepoType() {