diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index ea50701..f116c4d 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@
                                    :exclusions [ring/ring-core
                                                 ring/ring-codec
                                                 commons-io
-                                                commons-codec]]]
+                                                commons-codec]]
+                                  [joshavg/lein-neo4j "0.6.0-SNAPSHOT"]]
                    :plugins [;; neo4j db
-                             [joshavg/lein-neo4j "0.5.0"]
+                             [joshavg/lein-neo4j "0.6.0-SNAPSHOT"]
 
                              ;; webserver stuff
                              [lein-less "1.7.5"]
diff --git a/src/wanijo/framework/neo4j.clj b/src/wanijo/framework/neo4j.clj
index cc663b4..4a197c3 100644
--- a/src/wanijo/framework/neo4j.clj
+++ b/src/wanijo/framework/neo4j.clj
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   #(re-matches
     #"[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}" %))
 
-(def conn
+(def ^:dynamic *conn*
   (let [env #(or (System/getenv %1) %2)
         port (env "NEO4J_PORT" "7687")
         host (env "NEO4J_HOST" "localhost")
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
        (cljs/join \newline)))
 
 (defn exec-query! [qry params]
-  (with-open [session (db/get-session @conn)]
+  (with-open [session (db/get-session @*conn*)]
     (devmode/send-to-bar
      (str (butiful-query qry)
           "<br>---Params---<br>"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
    (spec/tuple fn? map?)))
 (defn exec-queries! [& tuples]
   {:pre [(spec/assert ::tuple-query-list tuples)]}
-  (db/with-transaction @conn tx
+  (db/with-transaction @*conn* tx
     (doseq [tuple tuples]
       (let [qry (first tuple)
             params (second tuple)]
diff --git a/test/wanijo/instance/domain_test.clj b/test/wanijo/instance/domain_test.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f25ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/wanijo/instance/domain_test.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+(ns wanijo.instance.domain-test
+  (:require [clojure.test :refer :all]
+            [leiningen.neo4j :refer [with-test-db]]
+            [neo4j-clj.core :as db]
+            [wanijo.instance.domain :as domain]))
+
+(deftest instances-are-created
+  (with-test-db
+    "/tmp"
+    (fn []
+      (binding [wanijo.framework.neo4j/*conn*
+                (atom (db/connect "bolt://localhost"))]
+        (println "jadda")))))