diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f30a143..9b27e80 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,12 +76,9 @@
 
 # demo
 
-The demo uses the extension manager from goldly to add options to goldly.
-
 ```
 cd demo
-clj -X:demo:npm-install
-clj -X:demo:compile
+clj -X:npm-install
 clj -X:demo
 ```
 
diff --git a/demo/deps.edn b/demo/deps.edn
index ad3b62d..3b115b4 100644
--- a/demo/deps.edn
+++ b/demo/deps.edn
@@ -3,31 +3,23 @@
          "target/webly"]
 
  :deps {org.clojure/clojure    {:mvn/version "1.11.1"}
-        org.pinkgorilla/goldly {:mvn/version "0.4.621"}
+        org.pinkgorilla/webly {:mvn/version "0.7.702"} ; build tool
         ; goldly extensions:
-        org.pinkgorilla/ui-tailwind {:mvn/version "0.0.5"} ; tailwind css classes
-        org.pinkgorilla/ui-repl {:mvn/version "0.0.72"}
-        org.pinkgorilla/ui-fonts {:mvn/version "0.0.3"} ; font awesome
-        org.pinkgorilla/options {:local/root "../" :deps/manifest :deps}
-        }
+        org.pinkgorilla/ui-tailwind {:mvn/version "0.1.8"} ; tailwind css classes
+        ;org.pinkgorilla/ui-repl {:mvn/version "0.0.72"}
+        ;org.pinkgorilla/ui-fonts {:mvn/version "0.2.5"} ; font awesome
+        org.pinkgorilla/options {:local/root "../" :deps/manifest :deps}}
 
- :aliases {:demo
-           {:exec-fn modular.system/start!
-            :exec-args {:profile "jetty"
-                        :config ["webly/config.edn"
-                                 "goldly/config.edn"
-                                 "demo-config.edn"]
-                        :services "goldly/services.edn"}}
-
-           :npm-install
-           {:exec-fn goldly.app.build/goldly-build
+ :aliases {:npm-install
+           {:exec-fn webly.app.app/webly-build
+            :config {}
             :exec-args {:profile "npm-install"}}
-
-           :compile
-           {:exec-fn goldly.app.build/goldly-build
-            :exec-args {:profile "compile2"}}
-
-           }
+           :demo
+           {:exec-fn modular.system/start!
+            :exec-args {;:profile "jetty"
+                        :profile "watch"
+                        :config {}
+                        :services "demo-services.edn"}}}
 
 ;
  }
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diff --git a/demo/resources/demo-config.edn b/demo/resources/demo-config.edn
deleted file mode 100644
index 31079ec..0000000
--- a/demo/resources/demo-config.edn
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
- {:goldly {; build
-           :lazy true
-            ; run
-           :autoload-cljs-dir [] 
-           ; it should not be necessary to define routes, as
-           ; we use the extension system here.  
-           ; todo: fix this bug in goldly.
-           :routes {:app {;"" demo.page.main/main-page
-                          }
-                    :api {}}}
-
-  ;
- }
-
diff --git a/demo/resources/demo-services.edn b/demo/resources/demo-services.edn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d448fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/resources/demo-services.edn
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{:modular (modular.system/modular-env)
+ ;:secrets #include "secrets.edn" ;; externalised and usually "mounted" as a docker/kubernetes secret
+ :components
+ {:config {:start (modular.config/load-config! (:config #ref [:modular]))}
+
+  :exts {:start (extension/discover)}
+
+  :webly {:start (webly.app.app/start-webly
+                  (clip/ref :exts)
+                  (deref (clip/ref :config))
+                  (:profile #ref [:modular]))
+          :stop (webly.app.app/stop-webly this)}}}
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diff --git a/demo/resources/ext/demo.edn b/demo/resources/ext/demo.edn
index d938ba9..3030e3f 100644
--- a/demo/resources/ext/demo.edn
+++ b/demo/resources/ext/demo.edn
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-{:name "demo"
- :cljs-routes  {"" demo.page.options/page-options
-                "controls" demo.page.controls/page-controls
-                "trateg" demo.page.trateg/page-trateg}
- :sci-cljs-ns [demo.page.options
-               demo.page.controls
-               demo.page.trateg]
-
- 
-}
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+{:name "demo-app"
+ :lazy true
+ :depends-on #{;:options
+ }
+ :cljs-namespace [demo.page.core
+                  demo.page.controls
+                  demo.page.quanta]
+ :cljs-ns-bindings {'demo.page.core {'page  demo.page.core/page}
+                    'demo.page.controls {'page  demo.page.controls/page}
+                    'demo.page.quanta {'page  demo.page.quanta/page}}
+ :cljs-routes  {"" demo.page.core/page
+                "controls" demo.page.controls/page
+                "quanta" demo.page.quanta/page}}
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diff --git a/demo/src/demo/page/controls.cljs b/demo/src/demo/page/controls.cljs
index d66ee3f..3a68968 100644
--- a/demo/src/demo/page/controls.cljs
+++ b/demo/src/demo/page/controls.cljs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 (def state-pet (r/atom :cat))
 (def state-bool (r/atom true))
 
-(defn page-controls [_]
+(defn page [_]
   [:div
    [:a {:href "/"}
     [:p "goto options"]]
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
    [:div " pet: " (pr-str @state-pet)
     " bool: " (pr-str @state-bool)]
 
+   [h1 "editor bool"]
    [edit/bool {:set-fn #(reset! state-bool %)
                :options {:class "bg-red-300 p-2"}}
     @state-bool]
 
+   [h1 "editor select"]
    [edit/select
     {:set-fn #(reset! state-pet %)
      :options {:class "placeholder-gray-400 text-gray-700 relative bg-white rounded text-sm border border-gray-400 outline-none focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline"
diff --git a/demo/src/demo/page/options.cljs b/demo/src/demo/page/core.cljs
similarity index 97%
rename from demo/src/demo/page/options.cljs
rename to demo/src/demo/page/core.cljs
index b958d51..77b8d00 100644
--- a/demo/src/demo/page/options.cljs
+++ b/demo/src/demo/page/core.cljs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(ns demo.page.options
+(ns demo.page.core
   (:require
    [reagent.core :as r]
    [options.core :refer [options-ui]]))
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@
    [:br]
    [:h1 {:class "pt-5 pb-5 text-xl text-bold text-blue-700"} s]])
 
-(defn page-options [_]
+(defn page [_]
   [:div
 
    [:a {:href "/controls"} [:p "goto controls"]]
-   [:a {:href "/trateg"} [:p "goto trateg"]]
+   [:a {:href "/quanta"} [:p "goto quanta"]]
 
    [h1 "state"]
    [:div (pr-str @state)]
diff --git a/demo/src/demo/page/trateg.cljs b/demo/src/demo/page/quanta.cljs
similarity index 56%
rename from demo/src/demo/page/trateg.cljs
rename to demo/src/demo/page/quanta.cljs
index 969532a..6a22706 100644
--- a/demo/src/demo/page/trateg.cljs
+++ b/demo/src/demo/page/quanta.cljs
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-(ns demo.page.trateg
+(ns demo.page.quanta
   (:require
    [reagent.core :as r]
-   [options.core :refer [options-ui]]))
+   [options.core :refer [options-ui2]]))
 
-(def state (r/atom {}))
+(def state (r/atom {[0 :asset] "USD/JPY",
+                    [2 :trailing-n] 120,
+                    [2 :atr-n] 10,
+                    [2 :percentile] 70,
+                    [2 :step] 1.0E-4,
+                    [4 :max-open-close-over-low-high] 0.3}))
 
-(def config
-  {:state state
-   :options [{:type :select
+(def options [{:type :select
               :path [0 :asset],
               :name "asset",
               :spec
@@ -17,14 +20,7 @@
              {:type :select :path [2 :atr-n], :name "dATR#", :spec [5 10 20 30]}
              {:type :select :path [2 :percentile], :name "dPercentile", :spec [10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90]}
              {:type :select :path [2 :step], :name "dStep", :spec [0.001 1.0E-4 4.0E-5]}
-             {:type :select :path [4 :max-open-close-over-low-high], :name "doji-co/lh max", :spec [0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9]}],
-   :current
-   {[0 :asset] "USD/JPY",
-    [2 :trailing-n] 120,
-    [2 :atr-n] 10,
-    [2 :percentile] 70,
-    [2 :step] 1.0E-4,
-    [4 :max-open-close-over-low-high] 0.3}})
+             {:type :select :path [4 :max-open-close-over-low-high], :name "doji-co/lh max", :spec [0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9]}])
 
 (defn h1 [s]
   [:<>
@@ -32,7 +28,7 @@
    [:br]
    [:h1 {:class "pt-5 pb-5 text-xl text-bold text-blue-700"} s]])
 
-(defn page-trateg [_]
+(defn page [_]
   [:div
    [:a {:href "/controls"}
     [:p "goto controls"]]
@@ -41,7 +37,20 @@
    [:div (pr-str @state)]
 
    [h1 "unstyled"]
-   [options-ui {:class "bg-blue-300 options-debug"
-                :style {:width "50vw"
+   [options-ui2 {:class "bg-blue-300 options-debug"
+                 :style {:width "50vw"
                          ;:height "40vh"
-                        }} config]])
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+                        }
+                 :edit options
+                 :state state
+                 } ]
+   
+   [h1 "labels-left"]
+   [options-ui2 {:class "bg-blue-300 options-label-left"
+                 :style {:width "50vw"
+                            ;:height "40vh"
+                         }
+                 :edit options
+                 :state state}]
+   
+   ])
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diff --git a/resources/ext/options.edn b/resources/ext/options.edn
index 1f14a8d..56615b6 100644
--- a/resources/ext/options.edn
+++ b/resources/ext/options.edn
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  :cljs-namespace [options.core
                   options.edit]
  :cljs-ns-bindings {'options.core {'options-ui options.core/options-ui
+                                   'options-ui2 options.core/options-ui2
                                    'register-editor options.core/register-editor}
                     'options.edit {'bool options.edit/bool
                                    'button options.edit/button
diff --git a/src/options/core.cljs b/src/options/core.cljs
index d789a28..be44497 100644
--- a/src/options/core.cljs
+++ b/src/options/core.cljs
@@ -20,33 +20,37 @@
 (defn register-editor [t f]
   (swap! editors assoc t f))
 
-(defn get-editor [t] 
+(defn get-editor [t]
   (or (get @editors t) editor-view))
 
-
-(defn get-value [state path]
-  (when path
-    (get @state path)))
-
-(defn set-value [state path v]
-  (when path 
-    (println "set-value path: " path " value: " v)
-    (swap! state assoc path v)))
-
-(defn create-edit-element [state {:keys [path name type] :as options}]
+(defn create-edit-element [{:keys [set-fn get-fn]}  {:keys [path name type] :as options}]
   (let [editor (get-editor type)]
     [:<>
      [:span name] ; <label for= "pet-select" >Choose a pet:</label>
-     [editor {:state state
-              :set-fn #(set-value state path %)
+     [editor {:set-fn (partial set-fn path)
               :options options}
-      (get-value state path)]]))
+      (get-fn path)]]))
+
+(defn options-ui2 [{:keys [class style
+                           edit
+                           state
+                           set-fn
+                           get-fn]
+                    :or {set-fn (fn [path v]
+                                 ;(println "setting " path " to: " v)
+                                  (swap! state assoc path v))
+                         get-fn (fn [path]
+                                  (get @state path))}}]
+  (into [:div {:style style
+               :class class}]
+        (map #(create-edit-element {:set-fn set-fn
+                                    :get-fn get-fn} %) edit)))
 
 (defn options-ui [{:keys [class style]}  ; styling
                   {:keys [current state options]
                    :or {state (r/atom current)} :as config}] ; data
   (reset! state current)
-  (fn [_styling {:keys [state options] :as config}]
-    (into [:div {:style style
-                 :class class}]
-          (map #(create-edit-element state %) options))))
+  [options-ui2 {:class class
+                :style style
+                :state state
+                :edit options}])
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diff --git a/src/options/editor/bool.cljs b/src/options/editor/bool.cljs
index 360cd51..e0b2ba8 100644
--- a/src/options/editor/bool.cljs
+++ b/src/options/editor/bool.cljs
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
              :checked current-val
              :on-change (fn [e]
                           (let [v (-> e .-target .-checked)]
-                            (println "setting checkbox to: " v)
+                            ;(println "setting checkbox to: " v)
                             (set-fn v)))}]))
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diff --git a/src/options/editor/select.cljs b/src/options/editor/select.cljs
index 39f7340..021db98 100644
--- a/src/options/editor/select.cljs
+++ b/src/options/editor/select.cljs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     [:option {:value id} name]))
 
 (defn get-id [spec id]
-  (println "get-id: " id " in spec: " spec)
+  ;(println "get-id: " id " in spec: " spec)
   (-> (filter #(= id (:id %)) spec)
       first))
 
@@ -41,14 +41,17 @@
   (let [{:keys [class spec]
          :or {class ""
               spec []}} options
-        mapped? (map? (first spec))
-        spec (if mapped?
+        spec? (map? (first spec))
+        spec (if spec?
                (spec->spec spec)
-               (vals->spec spec))]
+               (vals->spec spec))
+        current-val (if spec?
+                      current-val
+                      (str current-val))]
     (into  [:select {:class class
                      :on-change (fn [e]
                                   (let [id-str (-> e .-target .-value)
-                                        entry (get-id spec id-str) 
+                                        entry (get-id spec id-str)
                                         v (:val entry)]
                                     ;(println "entry: " entry)
                                     ;(println "setting select to id: " id-str "val: " v)
diff --git a/src/options/editor/string.cljs b/src/options/editor/string.cljs
index e920f64..60fdf9a 100644
--- a/src/options/editor/string.cljs
+++ b/src/options/editor/string.cljs
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
              :placeholder name
              :on-change (fn [e]
                           (let [v (-> e .-target .-value)]
-                            (println "setting checkbox to: " v)
+                            ;(println "setting string to: " v)
                             (set-fn v)))}]))
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