diff --git a/lib/debug.js b/lib/debug.js
index 9b33353..97fb056 100644
--- a/lib/debug.js
+++ b/lib/debug.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright 2022 AMRC.
  */
 
-import util from "util";
+import * as util from "util";
 
 export class Debug {
     constructor (opts) {
diff --git a/lib/deps.js b/lib/deps.js
index 1d28b2d..2a0f746 100644
--- a/lib/deps.js
+++ b/lib/deps.js
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ export async function build_node_fetch () {
   return (url, opts) => got_fetch(`${url}`, opts);
 }
 
-import sparkplug_payload from "sparkplug-payload";
+import * as sparkplug_payload from "sparkplug-payload";
 export const SpB = sparkplug_payload.get("spBv1.0");
 
diff --git a/lib/service/auth.js b/lib/service/auth.js
index 4f034f6..e966dd9 100644
--- a/lib/service/auth.js
+++ b/lib/service/auth.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright 2022 AMRC.
  */
 
-import semver from "semver";
+import * as semver from "semver";
 
 import { Address } from "../sparkplug/util.js";
 
diff --git a/lib/service/configdb-watcher.js b/lib/service/configdb-watcher.js
index 39558ae..a317c1a 100644
--- a/lib/service/configdb-watcher.js
+++ b/lib/service/configdb-watcher.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * required dependency on rxjs.
  */
 
-import rx from "rxjs";
+import * as rx from "rxjs";
 
 export class ConfigDBWatcher {
     constructor (configdb, device) {
diff --git a/lib/service/configdb.js b/lib/service/configdb.js
index 301a0de..181a731 100644
--- a/lib/service/configdb.js
+++ b/lib/service/configdb.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright 2022 AMRC.
  */
 
-import format from "util";
+import { format } from "util";
 
 import { App, Service, Null as Null_UUID } from "../uuids.js";
 
diff --git a/lib/service/mqtt.js b/lib/service/mqtt.js
index aab4c0e..74f15a7 100644
--- a/lib/service/mqtt.js
+++ b/lib/service/mqtt.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
  * Copyright 2022 AMRC
  */
 
-import timers from "timers/promises";
-
 import { BasicSparkplugNode } from "../sparkplug/basic-node.js";
 
 import { GSS, MQTT } from "../deps.js";
@@ -183,6 +181,7 @@ export default class MQTTInterface extends ServiceInterface {
      * make the Sparkplug Node code an optional dep in the future. */
     async basic_sparkplug_node (opts) {
         return new BasicSparkplugNode({
+            debug:          this.debug,
             ...opts,
             mqttFactory:    will => this.mqtt_client({ ...opts, will }),
         });
diff --git a/lib/service/service-interface.js b/lib/service/service-interface.js
index 6b49423..e7f88a6 100644
--- a/lib/service/service-interface.js
+++ b/lib/service/service-interface.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright 2022 AMRC.
  */
 
-import content_type from "content-type";
+import * as content_type from "content-type";
 import Optional from "optional-js";
 
 import { Service } from "../uuids.js";
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4de8a3d..7fd7d06 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@amrc-factoryplus/service-client",
-  "version": "1.3.5",
+  "version": "1.3.6",
   "description": "",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "type": "module",