diff --git a/src/syndicate/patterns.nim b/src/syndicate/patterns.nim
index 3fad5bf..be7348a 100644
--- a/src/syndicate/patterns.nim
+++ b/src/syndicate/patterns.nim
@@ -364,16 +364,10 @@ func analyse*(p: Pattern): Analysis =
   var path: Path
   walk(result, path, p)
 
-func projectPath*(v: Value; path: Path): Option[Value] =
-  result = some(v)
-  for index in path:
-    result = preserves.step(result.get, index)
-    if result.isNone: break
-
 func projectPaths*(v: Value; paths: Paths): Option[Captures] =
   var res = newSeq[Value](paths.len)
   for i, path in paths:
-    var vv = projectPath(v, path)
+    var vv = step(v, path)
     if vv.isSome: res[i] = get(vv)
     else: return
   some res
@@ -382,22 +376,22 @@ func matches*(pat: Pattern; pr: Value): bool =
   let analysis = analyse(pat)
   assert analysis.constPaths.len == analysis.constValues.len
   for i, path in analysis.constPaths:
-    let v = projectPath(pr, path)
+    let v = step(pr, path)
     if v.isNone : return false
     if analysis.constValues[i] != v.get: return false
   for path in analysis.capturePaths:
-    if isNone projectPath(pr, path): return false
+    if isNone step(pr, path): return false
   true
 
 func capture*(pat: Pattern; pr: Value): seq[Value] =
   let analysis = analyse(pat)
   assert analysis.constPaths.len == analysis.constValues.len
   for i, path in analysis.constPaths:
-    let v = projectPath(pr, path)
+    let v = step(pr, path)
     if v.isNone : return @[]
     if analysis.constValues[i] != v.get: return @[]
   for path in analysis.capturePaths:
-    let v = projectPath(pr, path)
+    let v = step(pr, path)
     if v.isNone: return @[]
     result.add(get v)
 
diff --git a/src/syndicate/skeletons.nim b/src/syndicate/skeletons.nim
index 2108a0f..498f505 100644
--- a/src/syndicate/skeletons.nim
+++ b/src/syndicate/skeletons.nim
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ proc extendWalk(node: Node; popCount: Natural; stepIndex: Value; pat: Pattern; p
       table[class] = result.nextNode
       new result.nextNode.continuation
       for a in node.continuation.cache:
-        var v = projectPath(a, path)
+        var v = step(a, path)
         if v.isSome and class == classOf(get v):
           result.nextNode.continuation.cache.incl a
     result.popCount = 0
diff --git a/syndicate.nimble b/syndicate.nimble
index d666bac..97a20eb 100644
--- a/syndicate.nimble
+++ b/syndicate.nimble
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ srcDir        = "src"
 
 # Dependencies
 
-requires "https://github.com/khchen/hashlib.git#84e0247555e4488594975900401baaf5bbbfb531", "nim >= 2.0.0", "https://git.syndicate-lang.org/ehmry/preserves-nim.git >= 20231019"
+requires "https://github.com/khchen/hashlib.git#84e0247555e4488594975900401baaf5bbbfb531", "nim >= 2.0.0", "https://git.syndicate-lang.org/ehmry/preserves-nim.git >= 20231028"