diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 659462c..91ba649 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
 
 all:
 	@echo run this from the autotypist dir:
-	@echo "   GUIREASON=blah guireleaser"
+	@echo "   GUIRELEASE_REASON=notsure guireleaser"
 	@echo then:
 	@echo "   make prepare-release"
 	@echo then:
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ install:
 	GO111MODULE=off go install -v -x -ldflags " \
                 -X main.VERSION=${VERSION}"
 
+test: build
+	GUIRELEASE_REASON=minor ./guireleaser
+
 check-git-clean:
 	@git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || (echo "Git repository is dirty, please commit your changes first"; exit 1)
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8cb05e2..05f2da3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -60,14 +60,16 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	// sanity check of things that might be around that mess
-	// up things later
-	// check to make sure we have a go.sum here
-	gosum := filepath.Join(homeDir, "go/src/go.wit.com/apps/guireleaser/go.sum")
-	if !shell.Exists(gosum) {
-		log.Info("go.sum must exist here")
-		os.Exit(0)
-	}
+	/*
+		// sanity check of things that might be around that mess
+		// up things later
+		// check to make sure we have a go.sum here
+		gosum := filepath.Join(homeDir, "go/src/go.wit.com/apps/guireleaser/go.sum")
+		if !shell.Exists(gosum) {
+			log.Info("go.sum must exist here")
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
+	*/
 
 	log.Info("Creating the Release Window")
 
diff --git a/releaseBox.go b/releaseBox.go
index 14b0c94..8a430f1 100644
--- a/releaseBox.go
+++ b/releaseBox.go
@@ -169,35 +169,8 @@ func createReleaseBox(box *gui.Node) {
 
 	group = me.release.box.NewGroup("experimental and potentially dangerous stuff")
 	grid = group.NewGrid("buildOptions", 0, 0)
-	grid.NewButton("rm -f go.mod go.sum", func() {
-		me.Disable()
-		for _, repo := range me.repos.View.AllRepos() {
-			if whitelist(repo.GoPath()) {
-				continue
-			}
-			if repo.Status.ReadOnly() {
-				continue
-			}
-			repo.Status.Run([]string{"rm", "-f", "go.mod", "go.sum"})
-		}
-		me.Enable()
-	})
-
-	grid.NewButton("git reset --hard", func() {
-		me.Disable()
-		for _, repo := range me.repos.View.AllRepos() {
-			if whitelist(repo.GoPath()) {
-				log.Warn("skipping whitelist", repo.Name())
-				continue
-			}
-			log.Warn("running git reset --hard", repo.Name())
-			repo.Status.Run([]string{"git", "reset", "--hard"})
-		}
-		me.Enable()
-	})
 
 	grid.NewButton("git ls-files |grep go.mod", func() {
-		// var all []string
 		for _, repo := range me.repos.View.AllRepos() {
 			log.Info("repo:", repo.Name())
 			if repo.Status.ReadOnly() {