diff --git a/findNext.go b/findNext.go
index 6f4cd25..de6365d 100644
--- a/findNext.go
+++ b/findNext.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func findNext() bool {
 		}
 		if godepsNew == nil {
 			// don't check godepsNew, but check to make sure go mod tidy actually ran without error
+			os.Unsetenv("GO111MODULE")
 			cmd := []string{"go", "mod", "tidy"}
 			_, err := check.RunVerbose(cmd)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ func setCurrentRepo(check *gitpb.Repo, s string, note string) bool {
 	}
 	me.release.status.SetText(s)
 	me.release.notes.SetText(note)
-	me.release.openrepo.Enable()
+	// me.release.openrepo.Enable()
 
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/globalDisplayOptions.go b/globalDisplayOptions.go
index 0446dda..fcc8283 100644
--- a/globalDisplayOptions.go
+++ b/globalDisplayOptions.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/debugger"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/logsettings"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 func globalDisplayOptions(box *gui.Node) {
@@ -12,17 +11,18 @@ func globalDisplayOptions(box *gui.Node) {
 
 	group1 := vbox.NewGroup("Global Display Options")
 
-	hidegrid := group1.NewGrid("hidecfg", 0, 0)
-
-	hidegrid.NewButton("Show Repository Window", func() {
-		if me.repos.Hidden() {
-			me.repos.Show()
-		} else {
-			me.repos.Hide()
-		}
-		log.Info("showing reposwin")
-	})
-	hidegrid.NextRow()
+	/*
+		hidegrid := group1.NewGrid("hidecfg", 0, 0)
+			hidegrid.NewButton("Show Repository Window", func() {
+				if me.repos.Hidden() {
+					me.repos.Show()
+				} else {
+					me.repos.Hide()
+				}
+				log.Info("showing reposwin")
+			})
+			hidegrid.NextRow()
+	*/
 
 	group1 = vbox.NewGroup("prep for release")
 	grid := group1.RawGrid()
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index d6633b0..5c4346b 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ func okHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 		// log.Info(me.current.StandardHeader())
 		log.Info(me.forge.StandardReleaseHeader(me.current, "todoing"))
-	case "/rescanAll":
-		me.repos.View.ScanRepositoriesOld()
 	case "/setCurrentRepo":
 		log.Info("repo: " + repoName)
 		log.Info("version: " + version)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9fd672d..4510363 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
@@ -65,14 +66,17 @@ func main() {
 	me.myGui.Default()
 
 	// our main window
-	me.mainWindow = me.myGui.NewWindow("GUI release manager " + VERSION)
+	me.mainWindow = gadgets.RawBasicWindow("GUI release manager " + VERSION)
 	me.mainWindow.Custom = func() {
 		log.Warn("Window closed. forge configsave")
 		// sets the hidden flag to false so Toggle() works
 		me.forge.ConfigSave()
 		okExit("")
 	}
-	me.mainBox = me.mainWindow.NewBox("bw hbox", true)
+	me.mainWindow.Make()
+	me.mainWindow.Show()
+
+	me.mainBox = me.mainWindow.Box()
 
 	// sanity check of things that might be around that mess
 	// up things later
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// initialize the repo list window
 	// which should be all the git repositories in ~/go/src & the .config file
-	me.repos = makeRepoView()
+	// me.repos = makeRepoView()
 
 	// the left side of the window options
 	globalDisplayOptions(me.mainBox)
@@ -102,7 +106,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// scan in the State of all the repos
 	// TODO: should not really be necessary directly after init()
-	me.repos.View.ScanRepositoriesOld()
+	// me.repos.View.ScanRepositoriesOld()
 
 	// todo: add this to forgepb
 	me.startRepo = me.forge.FindWorkingDirRepo()
diff --git a/releaseBox.go b/releaseBox.go
index 5e25b8f..1b6e5a5 100644
--- a/releaseBox.go
+++ b/releaseBox.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type releaseStruct struct {
 	releaseVersionB *gui.Node
 	reason          *gadgets.BasicEntry
 
-	openrepo *gui.Node
+	// openrepo *gui.Node
 
 	goGetB       *gui.Node
 	checkGoSumB  *gui.Node
@@ -77,12 +77,14 @@ func createReleaseBox(box *gui.Node) {
 	me.release.grid.NextRow()
 
 	me.release.repo = gadgets.NewOneLiner(me.release.grid, "repo")
-	me.release.openrepo = me.release.grid.NewButton("Configure", func() {
-		if repov := me.repos.View.FindByPath(me.current.GetGoPath()); repov != nil {
-			repov.Status.Toggle()
-		}
-	})
-	me.release.openrepo.Disable()
+	/*
+		me.release.openrepo = me.release.grid.NewButton("Configure", func() {
+			if repov := me.repos.View.FindByPath(me.current.GetGoPath()); repov != nil {
+				repov.Status.Toggle()
+			}
+		})
+		me.release.openrepo.Disable()
+	*/
 	me.release.grid.NextRow()
 	me.release.status = gadgets.NewOneLiner(me.release.grid, "status")
 	me.release.grid.NextRow()
diff --git a/repoview.go b/repoview.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5180887..0000000
--- a/repoview.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/repolist"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-
-	"go.wit.com/gui"
-)
-
-type repoWindow struct {
-	win  *gadgets.BasicWindow
-	box  *gui.Node
-	View *repolist.RepoList
-}
-
-func (r *repoWindow) Hidden() bool {
-	return r.win.Hidden()
-}
-
-func (r *repoWindow) Show() {
-	r.win.Show()
-}
-
-func (r *repoWindow) Hide() {
-	r.win.Hide()
-}
-
-func (r *repoWindow) Disable() {
-	r.box.Disable()
-}
-
-func (r *repoWindow) Enable() {
-	r.box.Enable()
-}
-
-// you can only have one of these
-func makeRepoView() *repoWindow {
-	if me.repos != nil {
-		return me.repos
-	}
-	r := new(repoWindow)
-	r.win = gadgets.RawBasicWindow("GUI repositories in ~/go/src/")
-	r.win.Make()
-
-	r.box = r.win.Box().NewBox("bw vbox", false)
-	r.win.Custom = func() {
-		log.Warn("GOT HERE: main() gadgets.NewBasicWindow() close")
-		log.Warn("Should I do something special here?")
-	}
-
-	// reposbox.SetExpand(false)
-	group1 := r.box.NewGroup("Run on all repos:")
-
-	hbox := group1.Box()
-	// hbox.Horizontal()
-	hbox.Vertical()
-
-	r.View = repolist.InitBox(me.forge, r.box)
-	r.View.Enable()
-
-	r.View.ScanRepositoriesOld()
-
-	/*
-		r.View = repolist.GuireleaserView(r.box)
-
-		showncount := r.View.MirrorShownCount()
-		box2.Append(showncount)
-		duration := r.View.MirrorScanDuration()
-		box2.Append(duration)
-	*/
-	return r
-}
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 4fda32c..4930d55 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ type autoType struct {
 	startRepo *gitpb.Repo
 
 	// guireleaser window
-	mainWindow *gui.Node
+	mainWindow *gadgets.BasicWindow
 	mainBox    *gui.Node
 
 	// our view of the repositories
-	repos *repoWindow
+	// repos *repoWindow
 
 	// your customized repo preferences and settings
 	forge *forgepb.Forge