diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 904478a..afe3e8d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1356,6 +1356,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "rox_compiler"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "futures",
  "lazy-regex",
  "rbx_dom_weak",
  "rbx_xml",
diff --git a/rox_compiler/Cargo.toml b/rox_compiler/Cargo.toml
index cc6c259..dca7762 100644
--- a/rox_compiler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rox_compiler/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+futures = "0.3.30"
 lazy-regex = "3.1.0"
 rbx_dom_weak = "2.7.0"
 rbx_xml = "0.13.3"
diff --git a/rox_compiler/src/compile.rs b/rox_compiler/src/compile.rs
index 0f7b1fa..f7275ef 100644
--- a/rox_compiler/src/compile.rs
+++ b/rox_compiler/src/compile.rs
@@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ enum TooComplicated<T>{
 	Skip,
 }
 
+enum CompileError{
+	NullChildRef,
+}
+
 async fn compile(config:CompileConfig,&mut dom:rbx_dom_weak::WeakDom)->Result<(),CompileError>{
 	//add in scripts and models
 	let mut folder=config.input_folder.clone();
@@ -402,7 +406,7 @@ async fn compile(config:CompileConfig,&mut dom:rbx_dom_weak::WeakDom)->Result<()
 		match instruction{
 			CompileStackInstruction::TraverseReferent(item_ref,blacklist)=>{
 				let sans={
-					let item=dom.get_by_ref(item_ref).ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("null child ref"))?;
+					let item=dom.get_by_ref(item_ref).ok_or(CompileError::NullChildRef)?;
 					sanitize(item.name.as_str()).to_string()
 				};
 				folder.push(sans.as_str());
@@ -410,14 +414,14 @@ async fn compile(config:CompileConfig,&mut dom:rbx_dom_weak::WeakDom)->Result<()
 				//check if a folder exists with item.name
 				if let Ok(dir)=tokio::fs::read_dir(folder.as_path()).await{
 					let mut exist_names:std::collections::HashSet<String>={
-						let item=dom.get_by_ref(item_ref).ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("null child ref"))?;
+						let item=dom.get_by_ref(item_ref).ok_or(CompileError::NullChildRef)?;
 						//push existing dom children objects onto stack (unrelated to exist_names)
 						stack.extend(item.children().into_iter().map(|&referent|CompileStackInstruction::TraverseReferent(referent,None)));
 						//get names of existing objects
 						item.children().into_iter().map(|&child_ref|{
-							let child=dom.get_by_ref(child_ref).ok_or(anyhow::Error::msg("null child ref"))?;
-							Ok::<_,anyhow::Error>(sanitize(child.name.as_str()).to_string())
-						}).collect::<AResult<_>>()?
+							let child=dom.get_by_ref(child_ref).ok_or(CompileError::NullChildRef)?;
+							Ok::<_,CompileError>(sanitize(child.name.as_str()).to_string())
+						}).collect::<Result<_,CompileError>>()?
 					};
 					if let Some(dont)=blacklist{
 						exist_names.insert(dont);