Index: Makefile
==================================================================
--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@
 mofiles/mtconfigf.o : mtconfigf/mtconfigf.scm
 mofiles/ulex.o : ulex/ulex.scm
 
 # for the modularized stuff
 
-mofiles/commonmod.o : megatest-fossil-hash.scm mofiles/stml2.o
+mofiles/commonmod.o : megatest-fossil-hash.scm mofiles/stml2.o mofiles/mtargs.o
 mofiles/dbmod.o     : mofiles/commonmod.o mofiles/keysmod.o \
                       mofiles/tasksmod.o mofiles/odsmod.o
 mofiles/commonmod.o : mofiles/processmod.o
 mofiles/rmtmod.o    : mofiles/dbmod.o mofiles/commonmod.o \
                       mofiles/apimod.o mofiles/ulex.o

Index: commonmod.scm
==================================================================
--- commonmod.scm
+++ commonmod.scm
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@
 ;;======================================================================
 
 (declare (unit commonmod))
 ;; (declare (uses processmod))
 (declare (uses stml2))
-	 
+(declare (uses mtargs))
+
 (module commonmod
 	*
 	
 (import scheme chicken data-structures extras)
 	

Index: dashboard.scm
==================================================================
--- dashboard.scm
+++ dashboard.scm
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@
 (declare (uses mtargs.import))
 (declare (uses ducttape-lib.import))
 (declare (uses mtconfigf.import))
 
 (configf:set-debug-printers debug:print debug:print-info debug:print-error *default-log-port*)
-(configf:add-eval-string "(import megamod)(import commonmod)")
+(configf:add-eval-string "(import megamod commonmod (prefix mtargs args:))")
 
 
 (define help (conc 
 	      "Megatest Dashboard, documentation at http://www.kiatoa.com/fossils/megatest
   version " megatest-version "