diff --git a/config.nix b/config.nix
index 7a8b91f..0f14194 100644
--- a/config.nix
+++ b/config.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,53 @@
 {
+
+ # configure holonix itself
+ holonix = {
+
+  # true = use a github repository as the holonix base (recommended)
+  # false = use a local copy of holonix (useful for debugging)
+  use-github = true;
+
+  # configure the remote holonix github when use-github = true
+  github = {
+
+   # can be any github ref
+   # branch, tag, commit, etc.
+   ref = "0.0.15";
+
+   # the sha of what is downloaded from the above ref
+   # note: even if you change the above ref it will not be redownloaded until
+   #       the sha here changes (the sha is the cache key for downloads)
+   # note: to get a new sha, get nix to try and download a bad sha
+   #       it will complain and tell you the right sha
+   sha256 = "0pxlfz6pvzxlqjh6dz8lgrgc3k5s62zm7d0gllqmdvfw4qy3ffqy";
+
+   # the github owner of the holonix repo
+   owner = "holochain";
+
+   # the name of the holonix repo
+   repo = "holonix";
+  };
+
+  # configuration for when use-github = false
+  local = {
+   # the path to the local holonix copy
+   path = ./.;
+  };
+
+ };
+
  release = {
   # the commit hash that the release process should target
   # this will always be behind what ends up being deployed
   # the release process needs to add some commits for changelog etc.
-  commit = "0095ae8451d954ca4fef76aac76c4aa40add0dad";
+  commit = "b759e5ff3beda2e15ad3797073829de7ac1adf1a";
 
   # the semver for prev and current releases
   # the previous version will be scanned/bumped by release scripts
   # the current version is what the release scripts bump *to*
   version = {
-   current = "0.0.2";
-   previous = "0.0.1-alpha2";
+   current = "0.0.3";
+   previous = "0.0.2";
   };
 
   github = {
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 448ffe5..402fafa 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -5,55 +5,19 @@ let
 
  # point this to your local config.nix file for this project
  # example.config.nix shows and documents a lot of the options
- project-config = import ./config.nix;
-
- config = {
-
-  # true = use a github repository as the holonix base (recommended)
-  # false = use a local copy of holonix (useful for debugging)
-  use-github = true;
-
-  # configure the remote holonix github when use-github = true
-  github = {
-
-   # can be any github ref
-   # branch, tag, commit, etc.
-   ref = "0.0.12";
-
-   # the sha of what is downloaded from the above ref
-   # note: even if you change the above ref it will not be redownloaded until
-   #       the sha here changes (the sha is the cache key for downloads)
-   # note: to get a new sha, get nix to try and download a bad sha
-   #       it will complain and tell you the right sha
-   sha256 = "1hlfd2vr8x0faa8d8zhrnkqadvn6wmvwnl9zl920vb1p08qg24ka";
-
-   # the github owner of the holonix repo
-   owner = "holochain";
-
-   # the name of the holonix repo
-   repo = "holonix";
-  };
-
-  # configuration for when use-github = false
-  local = {
-   # the path to the local holonix copy
-   path = ./.;
-  };
-
- };
+ config = import ./config.nix;
 
  # START HOLONIX IMPORT BOILERPLATE
  holonix = import (
-  if ! config.use-github
-  then config.local.path
+  if ! config.holonix.use-github
+  then config.holonix.local.path
   else fetchTarball {
-   url = "https://github.com/${config.github.owner}/${config.github.repo}/tarball/${config.github.ref}";
-   sha256 = config.github.sha256;
+   url = "https://github.com/${config.holonix.github.owner}/${config.holonix.github.repo}/tarball/${config.holonix.github.ref}";
+   sha256 = config.holonix.github.sha256;
   }
- ) { config = project-config; };
+ ) { config = config; };
  # END HOLONIX IMPORT BOILERPLATE
 
- # holonix = callPackage ../holonix { config = (import ./config.nix) };
 in
 with holonix.pkgs;
 {
@@ -62,6 +26,8 @@ with holonix.pkgs;
 
   buildInputs = [ ]
    ++ holonix.shell.buildInputs
+
+   # main test script
    ++ (holonix.pkgs.callPackage ./test {
     pkgs = holonix.pkgs;
    }).buildInputs