diff --git a/Deployment/ConfigurationBootstrapper.cs b/Deployment/ConfigurationBootstrapper.cs
index 979be10..991c6c4 100644
--- a/Deployment/ConfigurationBootstrapper.cs
+++ b/Deployment/ConfigurationBootstrapper.cs
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ namespace greyn.Deployment
                             Console.WriteLine($"ostensibly, succeeded? {addTry2}");
                             break;
                         default:
+                            Console.WriteLine($"type I don't know how to handle ({memberInfo.MemberType})");
                             break;
                     }
                     
diff --git a/deployment.tests/ConfigTests.cs b/deployment.tests/ConfigTests.cs
index 1c8b536..8c70791 100644
--- a/deployment.tests/ConfigTests.cs
+++ b/deployment.tests/ConfigTests.cs
@@ -350,10 +350,10 @@ public class ConfigTests
     {
         var actualConfig = parse("{}");
         greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
-        var casted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)actualConfig; 
+        dynamic casted = actualConfig; 
         Console.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(casted,  Formatting.Indented));
-        var subtypeCasted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)casted["subtyped"];
-        Console.WriteLine(subtypeCasted["aValueTypeButNotAField"]);
+        
+        Console.WriteLine(casted.subtyped.aValueTypeButNotAField);
         Assert.Pass();
     }
     [Test]