diff --git a/aurora.lua b/aurora.lua
index b7a181a..dacd98a 100644
--- a/aurora.lua
+++ b/aurora.lua
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ end
 local processNS = function(namespace)
     local projs = {}
     local projsIdxs = {}
-         
+      
     forEach(projectsprocessor, function(proj) 
         if (proj.info.namespace ~= namespace) then
             return
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ end
 function attemptNS(ns)
     local attemptLoad = false
     if (not namespacesemitted[ns]) then
-        namespacesemitted[ns] = "";
         dbgGroup(ns) -- only print the group once
 
         attemptLoad = true
@@ -218,19 +217,17 @@ function attemptNS(ns)
     -- once you switch namespaces, theres no going back, it seems. 
     -- we try to preserve namespace-project contiguity as much as possible through sorting and evil recursion
     namespace(ns) 
-
-    if (attemptLoad) then
-        processNS(ns)
-    end
+    return attemptLoad
 end
 
-function processProject(name, required)
+resolved = {}
+
+function processProject(name, required,  noNs)
     local a = projectsprocessor[name]
     if (not a) then
         if (required) then
             fatal("missing project: ", name)
         else
-            print("missing: ", name)
             return false
         end
     end
@@ -242,23 +239,30 @@ function processProject(name, required)
         a.isParsed = true
     end
 
-    attemptNS(a.info.namespace)
-    
-    if (projectsblocked[name]) then
-        return true
-    end
-    projectsblocked[name] = name
 
+    resolved[name] = name
 
     if (not a.resolvedDeps) then
         if (a.processor.resolveDependencies) then
             a.processor:resolveDependencies(function(name, soft) 
-                processProject(name, not soft)
+                if (resolved[name]) then
+                    return
+                end
+
+                processProject(name, not soft, noNs)
             end)
         end
         a.resolvedDeps = true
     end
 
+    if (projectsblocked[name]) then
+        return true
+    end
+
+    projectsblocked[name] = name
+
+    local ns = a.info.namespace
+    local loadOthers = attemptNS(ns)
 
     local cwd = os.getcwd()
     local old = _G["current_project"]
@@ -273,6 +277,11 @@ function processProject(name, required)
 
     projectsemitted[name] = name
 
+    if (loadOthers) then
+        namespacesemitted[ns] = "";
+        processNS(ns)
+    end
+
     return true 
 end