diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2564bf4..0de3a5a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func findPwdRepo() *gitpb.Repo {
 
 func saveAsMetadata(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 	cname := repo.GetCurrentBranchName()
-	if repo.GoInfo.GoPrimitive {
+	if repo.GetGoPrimitive() {
 		if err := repo.AutogenSave([]string{"go.mod"}, cname, true); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/redoGoMod.go b/redoGoMod.go
index f9b8fb5..956b920 100644
--- a/redoGoMod.go
+++ b/redoGoMod.go
@@ -53,28 +53,30 @@ func redoGoMod(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 	}
 
 	repo.GoDeps = nil
-	repo.GoInfo.GoPrimitive = false
+	repo.SetGoPrimitive(false)
 
 	// if there is not a go.sum file, it better be a primitive golang project
 	if !repo.Exists("go.sum") {
 		// todo. fix this logic
-		ok, err := repo.IsPrimitive()
+		err := repo.SetPrimitive()
 		if err != nil {
 			// this means this repo does not depend on any other package
 			log.Info("PRIMATIVE repo error:", repo.GetGoPath(), "err =", err)
 			return err
 		}
-
-		if ok {
-			// this means the repo is primitive so there is no go.sum
-			repo.GoInfo.GoPrimitive = true
-			repo.GoDeps = new(gitpb.GoDeps)
-			return nil
-		}
 	}
 
+	// now check if GoPrimitive is true
+	if repo.GetGoPrimitive() {
+		// perfect!
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// well, it's not a primitive and we are still missing the go.sum file
 	if !repo.Exists("go.sum") {
-		// this should never happen
+		// this means something else went wrong!
+		// display the go.mod file and try to figure out what happened
+		// maybe the format of go.mod changed in some future version of golang
 		data, _ := repo.ReadFile("go.mod")
 		log.Info(string(data))
 		return errors.New("missing go.sum file on non-primitive go.mod")