diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b9da4134..2760570c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -141,11 +141,12 @@ pyqtgraph = { git = "https://github.com/pikers/pyqtgraph.git" }
 asyncvnc = { git = "https://github.com/pikers/asyncvnc.git", branch = "main" }
 tomlkit = { git = "https://github.com/pikers/tomlkit.git", branch ="piker_pin" }
 
+tractor = { git = "https://github.com/goodboy/tractor.git", branch ="piker_pin" }
+# TODO, long term we should be synced to upstream proper!
 # tractor = { git = "https://pikers.dev/goodboy/tractor", branch = "main" }
-# tractor = { git = "https://pikers.dev/goodboy/tractor", branch = "moar_eg_smoothing" }
 
-# XXX for @goodboy's hackin, usually there's something new in the
-# runtime being seriously tested here Bp
-tractor = { git = "https://github.com/goodboy/tractor.git", branch ="final_eg_refinements" }
+# goodboy's dev-env
+# XXX for @goodboy's hackin dev env, usually there's something new in
+# the runtime being seriously tested here Bp
 # tractor = { path = "../tractor/", editable = true }
 # xonsh = { path = "../xonsh", editable = true }