diff --git a/src/make.tcl b/src/make.tcl
index fd230586..c0aeb9db 100644
--- a/src/make.tcl
+++ b/src/make.tcl
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ puts stdout "::argv  $::argv"
 set dirname [file normalize [file dirname [info script]]]
 
 # ----------------------------------------
-set src_module_dir $dirname/modules
 
 proc copy_modules_in_dir {srcdir basedir {subdirlist {}}} {
+    set module_list [list]
     set src_modules [glob -nocomplain -dir $srcdir -type f -tail *.tm]
     if {![file exists $basedir]} {
         error "copy_modules_in_dir basedir:'$basedir' doesn't exist"
@@ -25,26 +25,38 @@ proc copy_modules_in_dir {srcdir basedir {subdirlist {}}} {
     foreach m $src_modules {
         puts stdout "copying module $srcdir/$m to $target_module_dir"
         file copy -force $srcdir/$m $target_module_dir
+        lappend module_list $srcdir/$m
     }
     set subdirs [glob -nocomplain -dir $srcdir -type d -tail *]
     #puts stderr "subdirs: $subdirs"
     foreach d $subdirs {
-        if {[string match "#*" $d]} {
+        if {[string match "#*" $d] || ($d eq "_aside")} {
             continue
         }
         if {![file exists $target_module_dir/$d]} {
             file mkdir $target_module_dir/$d
         }
-        copy_modules_in_dir $srcdir/$d $basedir [list {*}$subdirlist $d]
+        lappend module_list {*}[copy_modules_in_dir $srcdir/$d $basedir [list {*}$subdirlist $d]]
     }
-
+    return $module_list
 }
 
-
-set src_modules [glob -nocomplain -dir $src_module_dir -type f -tail *.tm]
 set target_modules_base [file dirname $dirname]/modules
 file mkdir $target_modules_base
-copy_modules_in_dir $src_module_dir $target_modules_base 
+
+
+#external modules first
+set copied [copy_modules_in_dir $dirname/deps $target_modules_base]
+puts stderr "Copied [llength $copied] dependencies"
+
+
+set src_module_dir $dirname/modules
+#modules belonging to this package/app
+set copied [copy_modules_in_dir $src_module_dir $target_modules_base]
+puts stderr "Copied [llength $copied] app modules"
+
+
+#set src_modules [glob -nocomplain -dir $src_module_dir -type f -tail *.tm]
 #foreach m $src_modules {
 #    puts stdout "copying module $src_module_dir/$m to $target_module_dir"
 #    file copy -force $src_module_dir/$m $target_module_dir