diff --git a/.idea/libraries/jetbrains_kotlinx_cli_jvm.xml b/.idea/libraries/jetbrains_kotlinx_cli_jvm.xml
index 290747d78..299337d3c 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/jetbrains_kotlinx_cli_jvm.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/jetbrains_kotlinx_cli_jvm.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <component name="libraryTable">
   <library name="jetbrains.kotlinx.cli.jvm" type="repository">
-    <properties include-transitive-deps="false" maven-id="org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli-jvm:0.3.5" />
+    <properties include-transitive-deps="false" maven-id="org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli-jvm:0.3.6" />
     <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/kotlinx-cli-jvm/0.3.5/kotlinx-cli-jvm-0.3.5.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/kotlinx-cli-jvm/0.3.6/kotlinx-cli-jvm-0.3.6.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES />
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/slf4j_simple.xml b/.idea/libraries/slf4j_simple.xml
index 373f5dc8a..ae54f3c96 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/slf4j_simple.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/slf4j_simple.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <component name="libraryTable">
   <library name="slf4j.simple" type="repository">
-    <properties maven-id="org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.7" />
+    <properties maven-id="org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9" />
     <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-simple/2.0.7/slf4j-simple-2.0.7.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-api/2.0.7/slf4j-api-2.0.7.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-simple/2.0.9/slf4j-simple-2.0.9.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-api/2.0.9/slf4j-api-2.0.9.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES />
diff --git a/codeCore/build.gradle b/codeCore/build.gradle
index 5e26b02c3..a4a1d97a3 100644
--- a/codeCore/build.gradle
+++ b/codeCore/build.gradle
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ dependencies {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         resources {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/res"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/codeGenCpu6502/build.gradle b/codeGenCpu6502/build.gradle
index c54a52fdf..a839dec28 100644
--- a/codeGenCpu6502/build.gradle
+++ b/codeGenCpu6502/build.gradle
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ dependencies {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         resources {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/res"
         }
     }
     test {
diff --git a/codeGenExperimental/build.gradle b/codeGenExperimental/build.gradle
index 0135be55c..7fffb5b8f 100644
--- a/codeGenExperimental/build.gradle
+++ b/codeGenExperimental/build.gradle
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ dependencies {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         resources {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/res"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/codeGenIntermediate/build.gradle b/codeGenIntermediate/build.gradle
index fad8f7d1b..174451126 100644
--- a/codeGenIntermediate/build.gradle
+++ b/codeGenIntermediate/build.gradle
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ dependencies {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         resources {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/res"
         }
     }
     test {
diff --git a/codeOptimizers/build.gradle b/codeOptimizers/build.gradle
index c343d8b1a..75889f6fd 100644
--- a/codeOptimizers/build.gradle
+++ b/codeOptimizers/build.gradle
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ dependencies {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         resources {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/res"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/build.gradle b/compiler/build.gradle
index f572640f0..4ea8dadae 100644
--- a/compiler/build.gradle
+++ b/compiler/build.gradle
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.antlr:antlr4-runtime:4.12.0"
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8"
     // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"
-    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli:0.3.5'
+    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli:0.3.6'
     implementation "com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:1.1.18"
 
     testImplementation project(':intermediate')
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ configurations {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         resources {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/res"
         }
     }
     test {
diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/buildversion/BuildVersion.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/buildversion/BuildVersion.kt
index 80b24a229..3087b34ae 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/buildversion/BuildVersion.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/buildversion/BuildVersion.kt
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ package prog8.buildversion
  */
 const val MAVEN_GROUP = "prog8"
 const val MAVEN_NAME = "compiler"
-const val VERSION = "9.3-SNAPSHOT"
-const val GIT_REVISION = 4012
-const val GIT_SHA = "9167ba499de99696aa7c6887d4867eae70eb5caf"
-const val GIT_DATE = "2023-07-30T15:49:35Z"
+const val VERSION = "9.5-SNAPSHOT"
+const val GIT_REVISION = 4097
+const val GIT_SHA = "UNKNOWN"
+const val GIT_DATE = "2023-09-08T19:29:49Z"
 const val GIT_BRANCH = "master"
-const val BUILD_DATE = "2023-07-30T16:41:27Z"
-const val BUILD_UNIX_TIME = 1690735287514L
+const val BUILD_DATE = "2023-09-12T19:47:42Z"
+const val BUILD_UNIX_TIME = 1694548062963L
 const val DIRTY = 1
diff --git a/compilerAst/build.gradle b/compilerAst/build.gradle
index a0d73bc40..81034674c 100644
--- a/compilerAst/build.gradle
+++ b/compilerAst/build.gradle
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ configurations.all {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/dbusCompilerService/build.gradle b/dbusCompilerService/build.gradle
index 695d100e9..7dd3dee33 100644
--- a/dbusCompilerService/build.gradle
+++ b/dbusCompilerService/build.gradle
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':codeCore')
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8"
     // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"
-    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli:0.3.5'
+    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli:0.3.6'
     implementation "com.github.hypfvieh:dbus-java:3.3.2"
-    implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.7"
+    implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9"
 }
 
 configurations.all {
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ configurations.all {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         resources {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/res"
         }
     }
     test {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/test"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/test"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/docs/source/todo.rst b/docs/source/todo.rst
index 94458fa1a..b599e424c 100644
--- a/docs/source/todo.rst
+++ b/docs/source/todo.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 TODO
 ====
 
-- prefix prog8 subroutines with p8s_ instead of p8_ to not let them clash with variables in the asm??
+- optimize assembly output for (word1 & word2 ==0) ...  (no need for stack pushes) see attemptAssignToByteCompareZero().
+
 - [on branch: shortcircuit] investigate McCarthy evaluation again? this may also reduce code size perhaps for things like if a>4 or a<2 ....
 - IR: reduce the number of branch instructions such as BEQ, BEQR, etc (gradually), replace with CMP(I) + status branch instruction
 - IR: reduce amount of CMP/CMPI after instructions that set the status bits correctly (LOADs? INC? etc), but only after setting the status bits is verified!
@@ -53,12 +54,10 @@ Libraries:
 - fix the problems in atari target, and flesh out its libraries.
 - c128 target: make syslib more complete (missing kernal routines)?
 - pet32 target: make syslib more complete (missing kernal routines)?
-- c64: make the graphics.BITMAP_ADDRESS configurable (VIC banking)
 
 
 Optimizations:
 
-- optimize assembly output for ( word1 & word2 ==0) ...  (no need for stack pushes) see attemptAssignToByteCompareZero().
 - VariableAllocator: can we think of a smarter strategy for allocating variables into zeropage, rather than first-come-first-served?
   for instance, vars used inside loops first, then loopvars, then uwords used as pointers, then the rest
 - various optimizers skip stuff if compTarget.name==VMTarget.NAME.  Once 6502-codegen is done from IR code,
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 23c700e24..9d0a920cf 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ org.gradle.daemon=true
 kotlin.code.style=official
 javaVersion=11
 kotlinVersion=1.9.10
-version=9.4.2
+version=9.5-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/httpCompilerService/build.gradle b/httpCompilerService/build.gradle
index 110c11503..ce3073820 100644
--- a/httpCompilerService/build.gradle
+++ b/httpCompilerService/build.gradle
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':compiler')
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8"
     // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"
-    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli:0.3.5'
+    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli:0.3.6'
     implementation "org.takes:takes:1.24.4"
     implementation "javax.json:javax.json-api:1.1.4"
     implementation "org.glassfish:javax.json:1.1.4"
-    implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.7"
+    implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9"
 }
 
 configurations.all {
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ configurations.all {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         resources {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/res"
         }
     }
     test {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/test"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/test"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/httpCompilerService/src/prog8/http/TestHttp.kt b/httpCompilerService/src/prog8/http/TestHttp.kt
index cbb0a101b..5dbe44760 100644
--- a/httpCompilerService/src/prog8/http/TestHttp.kt
+++ b/httpCompilerService/src/prog8/http/TestHttp.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Jsonding: RsJson.Source {
 class RequestParser : Take {
     override fun act(request: Request): Response {
         val form = RqFormBase(request)
-        val names = form.names()
+        // val names = form.names()
         val a = form.param("a").single()
         val args = CompilerArguments(
             Path(a),
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class RequestParser : Take {
             splitWordArrays = false,
             varsHighBank = null,
         )
-        val compilationResult = compileProgram(args)
+        compileProgram(args)
         return RsJson(Jsonding())
     }
 }
diff --git a/intermediate/build.gradle b/intermediate/build.gradle
index ec73cc408..c7417cf7c 100644
--- a/intermediate/build.gradle
+++ b/intermediate/build.gradle
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ dependencies {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         resources {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/res"
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/parser/build.gradle b/parser/build.gradle
index d494b709c..b9a8707fb 100644
--- a/parser/build.gradle
+++ b/parser/build.gradle
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ generateGrammarSource {
     arguments += ["-no-listener","-no-visitor"]
 }
 
+
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         antlr {
-        	srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/antlr"]
+            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/antlr"]
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/virtualmachine/build.gradle b/virtualmachine/build.gradle
index e93e70fc5..633ebd0cf 100644
--- a/virtualmachine/build.gradle
+++ b/virtualmachine/build.gradle
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ dependencies {
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/src"
         }
         resources {
-            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/res"
         }
     }