diff --git a/api/restClient/fetchClient.js b/api/restClient/fetchClient.js
index 9a6aeeb..c5b2d55 100644
--- a/api/restClient/fetchClient.js
+++ b/api/restClient/fetchClient.js
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-var fetch = require('node-fetch');
-var logger = require('../../logger/logger').Logger;
-
-const X_EAUTH_CLIENT_HEADER = "X-Eauth-Client";
-const X_EAUTH_TOKEN_HEADER = "X-Api-Token";
-const X_EAUTH_IDENTITY_HEADER = "X-Api-Identity";
-const MAX_RETRIES = 5;
+const fetch = (...args) => import('node-fetch').then(({default: fetch}) => fetch(...args));
 
 // this function returns the base common request
 // configuration required to hit the api
diff --git a/logger/logger.js b/logger/logger.js
index 941050e..be5889c 100644
--- a/logger/logger.js
+++ b/logger/logger.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var Logger = {
     wlogger: null,
     initialize: function(logPath) {
         // while testing, log only to file, leaving stdout free for unit test status messages
-        this.wlogger = new (winston.Logger)({
+        this.wlogger = winston.createLogger({
             transports: [
                 new (winston.transports.File)({ filename: path.join(logPath, 'codealike.log') })
             ]
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aaa6ac1..c048103 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@codealike/codealike-core",
-  "version": "0.0.32",
+  "version": "0.0.33-SNAPSHOT",
   "description": "Codealike core",
   "main": "codealike.js",
   "scripts": {