diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index b2fe02d..1974219 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -29,19 +29,27 @@
 
                  ;; neo4j
                  [gorillalabs/neo4j-clj "4.1.0"]
-                 [org.neo4j.test/neo4j-harness "4.0.0"]
+                 [org.neo4j.test/neo4j-harness "4.2.1"
+                  :exclusions
+                  [com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core
+                   commons-codec]]
 
                  ;; additional server side libs
                  [buddy/buddy-hashers "1.7.0"
-                  :exclusions [commons-codec]]
+                  :exclusions
+                  [com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat/jackson-dataformat-smile
+                   com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor
+                   com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core
+                   org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on
+                   org.bouncycastle/bcpkix-jdk15on
+                   commons-codec
+                   cheshire
+                   tigris]]
                  [clj-time "0.15.2"]
                  [markdown-clj "1.10.5"]
                  [dorothy "0.0.7"]]
 
-  :profiles {:dev {:plugins [;; neo4j db
-                             [joshavg/lein-neo4j "0.5.0"]
-
-                             ;; web stuff
+  :profiles {:dev {:plugins [;; web stuff
                              [lein-less "1.7.5"]
 
                              ;; code quality
diff --git a/src/wanijo/infrastructure/neo4j.clj b/src/wanijo/infrastructure/neo4j.clj
index fd4b58a..fdac842 100644
--- a/src/wanijo/infrastructure/neo4j.clj
+++ b/src/wanijo/infrastructure/neo4j.clj
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@
        (str (butiful-query qry)
             "<br>---Params---<br>"
             params))
-      (qry session params))))
+      ;; neo4j-clj returns lazy lists, but when we leave with-open,
+      ;; the ResultSet (?) is already closed, so the list cannot
+      ;; be processed
+      ;; doall to the rescue to force the list to be evaluated
+      ;; eagerly
+      (doall (qry session params)))))
 
 (spec/def ::tuple-query-list
   (spec/coll-of
diff --git a/src/wanijo/schema/db.clj b/src/wanijo/schema/db.clj
index 2dbf976..86e8b34 100644
--- a/src/wanijo/schema/db.clj
+++ b/src/wanijo/schema/db.clj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 (neo4j/defquery all-created-by
   "MATCH (s:schema)-[:created_by]->(u:user)
-   WHERE u.uuid = {uuid}
+   WHERE u.uuid = $uuid
    RETURN s
    ORDER BY s.name")
 (defn all-created-by! [user-uuid]