diff --git a/bin/ws.js b/bin/ws.js
index c753ad2..d08fb0a 100755
--- a/bin/ws.js
+++ b/bin/ws.js
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ try {
   halt(err.message)
 }
 
-options.stored = loadConfig('local-web-server')
+options.stored = Object.assign({
+  blacklist: []
+}, loadConfig('local-web-server'))
+
 options.builtIn = {
   port: 8000,
-  directory: process.cwd(),
-  blacklist: []
+  directory: process.cwd()
 }
 
 /* override built-in defaults with stored config and then command line args */
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0052f8c..be4ceee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,12 +28,7 @@
   "author": "Lloyd Brookes <75pound@gmail.com>",
   "dependencies": {
     "command-line-args": "^2.0.2",
-    "compression": "^1.0.2",
     "config-master": "^2",
-    "console-dope": "~0.3.0",
-    "deep-extend": "^0.4.0",
-    "express": "^4.13.3",
-    "home-path": "^1",
     "kcors": "^1.0.1",
     "koa": "^2.0.0-alpha.3",
     "koa-charset": "^1.1.4",
@@ -41,20 +36,14 @@
     "koa-conditional-get": "^1.0.3",
     "koa-convert": "^1.1.0",
     "koa-etag": "^2.1.0",
-    "koa-json": "^1.1.1",
     "koa-morgan": "^0.4.0",
     "koa-rewrite": "^1.1.1",
     "koa-route": "^2.4.2",
     "koa-serve-index": "^1.1.0",
     "koa-static": "^1.5.2",
     "morgan": "^1.0.0",
-    "object-tools": "^2",
-    "proxy-middleware": "^0.13.1",
     "req-then": "^0.2.2",
-    "serve-index": "^1.6.3",
-    "serve-static": "^1.8",
-    "stream-log-stats": "^1",
-    "typical": "^2.0.0"
+    "stream-log-stats": "^1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "tape": "^4.2.2"