diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 6f0fb28b..2e1c40b5 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -153,21 +153,6 @@ fn main() {
         let entry_path = entry.unwrap().path();
         let package_name = entry_path.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
 
-        if ![
-            "app_store",
-            "chess",
-            "homepage",
-            "http_proxy",
-            "key_value",
-            "qns_indexer",
-            "sqlite",
-            "terminal",
-        ]
-        .contains(&package_name)
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
-
         // If Cargo.toml is present, build the app
         let parent_pkg_path = format!("{}/pkg", entry_path.display());
         if entry_path.join("Cargo.toml").exists() {
diff --git a/modules/app_store/app_store/src/lib.rs b/modules/app_store/app_store/src/lib.rs
index c75ea539..563b635b 100644
--- a/modules/app_store/app_store/src/lib.rs
+++ b/modules/app_store/app_store/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use uqbar_process_lib::kernel_types as kt;
 use uqbar_process_lib::uqbar::process::standard as wit;
 use uqbar_process_lib::{
-    get_capability, get_payload, get_typed_state, grant_messaging, receive, set_state, Address,
-    Message, NodeId, PackageId, ProcessId, Request, Response,
+    get_capability, get_payload, get_typed_state, grant_messaging, println, receive, set_state,
+    Address, Message, NodeId, PackageId, ProcessId, Request, Response,
 };
 
 wit_bindgen::generate!({
@@ -158,15 +158,9 @@ pub enum InstallResponse {
     Failure,
 }
 
-//
-// app store init()
-//
-
 impl Guest for Component {
     fn init(our: String) {
         let our = Address::from_str(&our).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(our.process, "main:app_store:uqbar");
-
         // begin by granting messaging capabilities to http_server and terminal,
         // so that they can send us requests.
         grant_messaging(
@@ -176,16 +170,14 @@ impl Guest for Component {
                 ProcessId::from_str("terminal:terminal:uqbar").unwrap(),
             ]),
         );
-        println!("app_store main proc: start");
+        println!("{}: start", our.process);
 
         // load in our saved state or initalize a new one if none exists
-        let mut state = get_typed_state(|bytes| {
-            Ok(bincode::deserialize(bytes).unwrap_or(State {
+        let mut state =
+            get_typed_state(|bytes| Ok(bincode::deserialize(bytes)?)).unwrap_or(State {
                 packages: HashMap::new(),
                 requested_packages: HashSet::new(),
-            }))
-        })
-        .unwrap();
+            });
 
         // active the main messaging loop: handle requests and responses
         loop {
diff --git a/modules/http_proxy/src/lib.rs b/modules/http_proxy/src/lib.rs
index bba2e600..2af32a7f 100644
--- a/modules/http_proxy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/modules/http_proxy/src/lib.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ fn main(our: Address) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // bind to all of our favorite paths
     for path in ["/", "/static/*", "/list", "/register", "/serve/:username/*"] {
         Request::new()
+            .target(Address::new(&our.node, "http_server:sys:uqbar")?)?
             .ipc(
                 &json!({
                     "BindPath": {
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ fn main(our: Address) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 }
 
                 Request::new()
+                    .target(Address::new(&username, "http_server:sys:uqbar")?)?
                     .inherit(true)
                     .ipc(
                         &json!({
diff --git a/modules/qns_indexer/src/lib.rs b/modules/qns_indexer/src/lib.rs
index 3e2ef1ca..bf78d058 100644
--- a/modules/qns_indexer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/modules/qns_indexer/src/lib.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fn subscribe_to_qns(from_block: u64) -> Vec<u8> {
 }
 
 fn serialize_message(message: &NetActions) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    Ok(serde_json::to_vec(message)?)
+    Ok(rmp_serde::to_vec(message)?)
 }
 
 fn serialize_json_message(message: &serde_json::Value) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
diff --git a/modules/terminal/src/lib.rs b/modules/terminal/src/lib.rs
index 255d4d8c..f3202da7 100644
--- a/modules/terminal/src/lib.rs
+++ b/modules/terminal/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ wit_bindgen::generate!({
 });
 
 fn serialize_message(message: &&str) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    Ok(serde_json::to_vec(message)?)
+    Ok(message.as_bytes().to_vec())
 }
 
 fn parse_command(our_name: &str, line: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {