diff --git a/.travis/in-urbit.ls b/.travis/in-urbit.ls
index 02d90cb20..09470c5d8 100644
--- a/.travis/in-urbit.ls
+++ b/.travis/in-urbit.ls
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require! <[ split ]>
 {through} = require 'promise-streams'
 {Urbit,ERROR} = require './runner.ls'
 
-urbit = new Urbit process.argv[2 to]
+urbit = new Urbit process.argv[3 to]
 
 urbit.expect ERROR .then -> process.exit 1
 
diff --git a/.travis/pin-vere-commit.txt b/.travis/pin-vere-commit.txt
index 33a3ba110..e0667f69a 100644
--- a/.travis/pin-vere-commit.txt
+++ b/.travis/pin-vere-commit.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ab4b327e82ff4ee21a332df8ccc426ed7c7a1897
\ No newline at end of file
+89479463e5a39ef9ede4e5c414ca5c5721520100
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis/runner.ls b/.travis/runner.ls
index 125f3d5e2..40c82113b 100644
--- a/.travis/runner.ls
+++ b/.travis/runner.ls
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export class Urbit
     @pty = pty.spawn \urbit args
     @pty.on \data ~> @stdout.write it # TODO pipe?
     console.log "FIXME Running Ubuntu 14.04, which causes a libtinfo version info warning. Should update to 16.04."
+    console.log "starting vere with the following arguments:"
+    console.log args
     #
     @last-output = Date.now()
     @pty.on \data ~> @last-output = Date.now()
diff --git a/.travis/test.ls b/.travis/test.ls
index 8dd19ef28..f0772cb8e 100644
--- a/.travis/test.ls
+++ b/.travis/test.ls
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ Promise.resolve urbit
     <- urb.expect-echo "%dojo-booted" .then
     urb.reset-listeners!
   ]
+.then (urb)->
+  urb.note "Running /===/tests"
+  errs = "" #REVIEW stream reduce?
+  urb.every /(\/[ -~]* (FAILED|CRASHED))/, ([_,result])->
+    if !errs => urb.warn "First error"
+    errs += "\n  #result"
+  <- urb.line "+test, =defer |, =seed `@uvI`(shaz %reproducible)" .then
+  <- urb.expect-echo "%ran-tests" .then
+  if errs => throw Error errs
+  urb.reset-listeners!
 .then (urb)->
   urb.note "Testing compilation"
   errs = {} #REVIEW stream reduce?
@@ -44,16 +54,6 @@ Promise.resolve urbit
   errs := Object.keys errs
   if errs.length => throw Error "in #errs"
   urb.reset-listeners!
-.then (urb)->
-  urb.note "Running /===/tests"
-  errs = "" #REVIEW stream reduce?
-  urb.every /(\/[ -~]* (FAILED|CRASHED))/, ([_,result])->
-    if !errs => urb.warn "First error"
-    errs += "\n  #result"
-  <- urb.line "+test, =defer |, =seed `@uvI`(shaz %reproducible)" .then
-  <- urb.expect-echo "%ran-tests" .then
-  if errs => throw Error errs
-  urb.reset-listeners!
 .then ->
   urbit.exit 0
 .catch (err)->
diff --git a/sys/vane/ford.hoon b/sys/vane/ford.hoon
index 90dc751de..87b9a60aa 100644
--- a/sys/vane/ford.hoon
+++ b/sys/vane/ford.hoon
@@ -1561,6 +1561,11 @@
       |=  =build-status
       %_    build-status
           clients
+        ::  if we've already encountered :i.subs, don't overwrite
+        ::
+        ?:  (~(has by clients.build-status) [%cache new-id])
+          clients.build-status
+        ::
         =/  old-clients-on-duct  (~(get ju clients.build-status) [%duct duct])
         ::
         =-  (~(del by -) [%duct duct])
@@ -1725,7 +1730,9 @@
       =.  builds.state
         %+  ~(jab by builds.state)  new-sub
         |=  =build-status
-        build-status(clients (~(put ju clients.build-status) [%duct duct] new-client))
+        %_  build-status
+          clients  (~(put ju clients.build-status) [%duct duct] new-client)
+        ==
       ::
       state
     --
@@ -5500,22 +5507,6 @@
       ::  nothing depends on :build, so we'll remove it
       ::
       :-  removed=&
-      ^+  state
-      ::
-      =/  subs=(list ^build)  ~(tap in ~(key by subs.build-status))
-      ::  for each sub, remove :build from its :clients
-      ::
-      =.  builds.state
-        |-  ^+  builds.state
-        ?~  subs  builds.state
-        ::
-        =?  builds.state  (~(has by builds.state) i.subs)
-          ::
-          %+  ~(jab by builds.state)  i.subs
-          |=  build-status=^build-status
-          build-status(clients (~(del ju clients.build-status) [%duct duct] build))
-        ::
-        $(subs t.subs)
       ::
       %_    state
           builds-by-schematic