diff --git a/main.rkt b/main.rkt
index cf3e038..5a2fff0 100644
--- a/main.rkt
+++ b/main.rkt
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@
 (provide (except-out (all-from-out racket/base) #%module-begin)
          (rename-out [new-module-begin #%module-begin]))
 
+(require pollen/lang/inner-lang-helper)
+
 (define-syntax-rule (new-module-begin body-exprs ...)
   (#%module-begin
+   
+      ; this is here only so that dynamic-rerequire of a pollen module
+   ; transitively reloads the extras also.
+   ; if this isn't here, then dynamic-rerequire can't see them
+   ; and thus they are not tracked for changes.
+   
+   (require-project-require-files)
+   
    (module inner pollen/lang/doclang-raw
      ;; doclang_raw is a version of scribble/doclang with the decoder disabled
      ;; first three lines are positional arguments for doclang-raw
diff --git a/render.rkt b/render.rkt
index 894b700..bf696ee 100644
--- a/render.rkt
+++ b/render.rkt
@@ -118,12 +118,17 @@
           (render-through-eval `(begin (require pollen/cache)(cached-require ,source-path ',world:main-pollen-export))))))
 
 
+(require racket/rerequire)
+
 (define/contract (render-markup-source source-path [maybe-template-path #f]) 
   ((complete-path?) ((or/c #f complete-path?)) . ->* . bytes?)
   (match-define-values (source-dir _ _) (split-path source-path))
   (define template-path (or maybe-template-path (get-template-for source-path)))
   (render-for-dev-server template-path) ; because template might have its own preprocessor source
   
+  (displayln "REREQ!")
+  (dynamic-rerequire (string->path "/Users/mb/git/bpt/pollen-require/bpt-elements.rkt"))
+  
   (define expr-to-eval 
     `(begin 
        (require (for-syntax racket/base))
@@ -200,7 +205,7 @@
            pollen/tools
            pollen/world
            pollen/project-requires)
-  (require-project-require-files)
+  ;  (require-project-require-files)
   (define-namespace-anchor my-module-cache-ns-anchor)
   (provide my-module-cache-ns-anchor))
 
@@ -236,5 +241,5 @@
                 pollen/tools
                 pollen/world
                 pollen/project-requires 
-                ,@(get-project-require-files)))   
+                ))   
     (string->bytes/utf-8 (eval expr-to-eval (current-namespace)))))
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