diff --git a/Deployment/ConfigurationBootstrapper.cs b/Deployment/ConfigurationBootstrapper.cs
index 991c6c4..5b5f244 100644
--- a/Deployment/ConfigurationBootstrapper.cs
+++ b/Deployment/ConfigurationBootstrapper.cs
@@ -43,93 +43,44 @@ namespace greyn.Deployment
         internal static void populateExpando<T>(T config, ref ExpandoObject fromFile)
         {
             if (config == null) return;
-            Console.WriteLine("config is not null");
-
-            Console.WriteLine($"fromfile null: {fromFile == null}");
             if (fromFile == null)
             {
                 fromFile = new ExpandoObject();
-                // var expandoPopulated = new ExpandoObject();
-                // var dictionaryFromExpandoPopulated = (IDictionary<string, object?>)expandoPopulated;
-                // foreach (var memberInfo in config.GetType().GetMembers())
-                // {
-                //     switch (memberInfo.MemberType)
-                //     {
-                //         case MemberTypes.Field:
-                //             dictionaryFromExpandoPopulated.Add(memberInfo.Name, ((FieldInfo)memberInfo).GetValue(config));
-                //             break;
-                //         case MemberTypes.Property:
-                //             dictionaryFromExpandoPopulated.Add(memberInfo.Name, ((PropertyInfo)memberInfo).GetValue(config));
-                //             break;
-                //         default:
-                //             break;
-                //     }
-                // }
-                // expandoPopulated = (ExpandoObject)dictionaryFromExpandoPopulated;
-                // fromFile = expandoPopulated;
-                // return;
             }
             var dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile = (IDictionary<string, object?>)fromFile;
-            Console.WriteLine($"{config.GetType().GetMembers().Count()} members on {config.GetType()}");
+            
             foreach (var memberInfo in config.GetType().GetMembers())
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine($"checking property: {memberInfo.Name}");
-                
+            {   
                 if(memberInfo.DeclaringType == typeof(System.Object))
                 {
-                    Console.WriteLine($"junk from system.object, don't care");
                     continue;
                 }
                 if(memberInfo.MemberType != MemberTypes.Field && memberInfo.MemberType != MemberTypes.Property)
                 {
-                    Console.WriteLine($"type I don't know how to handle ({memberInfo.MemberType})");
                     continue;
                 }
                 
                 if (dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile.TryGetValue(memberInfo.Name, out object? valueFromDict))
                 {
-                    Console.WriteLine($"dictionary has it - {valueFromDict}");
                     if (valueFromDict != null)
                     {
-                        Console.WriteLine($"value from configuration file is not null");
-
                         switch (memberInfo.MemberType)
                         {
                             case MemberTypes.Field:
                                 var asField = (FieldInfo)memberInfo;
-                                
-                                //if ((asField.FieldType.GetMembers(BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly)?.Count() ?? 0) > 0)
+                                if (dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile[asField.Name] is ExpandoObject childMemberField)
                                 {
-                                    Console.WriteLine($"{asField.Name} (as field) has {asField.FieldType.GetMembers() .Count()} members.");
-                                    Console.WriteLine($"{dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile[asField.Name]}");
-                                    
-                                    var childMember = dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile[asField.Name] as ExpandoObject;
-                                    if(childMember != null)
-                                    {
-                                        populateExpando(asField.GetValue(config), ref childMember);
-                                        //asField.SetValue(fromFile, childMember); //you don't have to set it back. the expandoobject *implements* IDictionary
-                                        // so when you cast it, it's not a copy; you just access it as a dictionary. So you can change it dynamically.
-                                        // and we ref'd it so it got the underlying one.
-                                        //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4938397/dynamically-adding-properties-to-an-expandoobject
-                                    }
+                                    populateExpando(asField.GetValue(config), ref childMemberField);
                                 }
                                 break;
                             case MemberTypes.Property:
                                 var asProperty = (PropertyInfo)memberInfo;
-                                //if ((asProperty.PropertyType.GetMembers(BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly)?.Count() ?? 0) > 0)
+                                if (dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile[asProperty.Name] is ExpandoObject childMemberProperty)
                                 {
-                                    Console.WriteLine($"{asProperty.Name} (as property) has {asProperty.PropertyType.GetMembers() .Count()} members.");
-                                    Console.WriteLine($"{dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile[asProperty.Name]}");
-                                    var childMember = dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile[asProperty.Name] as ExpandoObject; //  (ExpandoObject)asProperty.GetValue(fromFile);
-                                    if(childMember != null)
-                                    {
-                                        populateExpando(asProperty.GetValue(config), ref childMember);
-                                        //asProperty.SetValue(fromFile, childMember);
-                                    }
+                                    populateExpando(asProperty.GetValue(config), ref childMemberProperty);
                                 }
                                 break;
                             default:
-                                Console.WriteLine($"membertype unhanlded. {memberInfo.MemberType}");
                                 break;
                         }
 
@@ -137,24 +88,19 @@ namespace greyn.Deployment
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    Console.WriteLine($"dictionary didn't have it. so let's add to fromFile");
                     switch (memberInfo.MemberType)
                     {
                         case MemberTypes.Field:
-                            var addTry = fromFile.TryAdd(memberInfo.Name, ((FieldInfo)memberInfo).GetValue(config));
-                    Console.WriteLine($"ostensibly, succeeded? {addTry}");
+                            fromFile.TryAdd(memberInfo.Name, ((FieldInfo)memberInfo).GetValue(config));
                             break;
                         case MemberTypes.Property:
-                            var addTry2 = fromFile.TryAdd(memberInfo.Name, ((PropertyInfo)memberInfo).GetValue(config));
-                            Console.WriteLine($"ostensibly, succeeded? {addTry2}");
+                            fromFile.TryAdd(memberInfo.Name, ((PropertyInfo)memberInfo).GetValue(config));
                             break;
                         default:
-                            Console.WriteLine($"type I don't know how to handle ({memberInfo.MemberType})");
                             break;
                     }
                     
                 }
-                Console.WriteLine($"{memberInfo.Name} handled");
             }
         }
         internal static void readFromExpando<T>(ref T config, ExpandoObject readFromFile)