diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 29182752..69eed273 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -161,6 +161,19 @@
         "moment": "2.24.0",
         "request": "2.88.0",
         "uuid": "3.3.2"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@openstapps/core": {
+          "version": "0.3.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@openstapps/core/-/core-0.3.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-ljGYPWXiG4JMV2ZaJQmYK6hQbiXlRPAZwYzcMBTI5m/9Y6tXudawiCDP8EFcZj6OXCQ2tnkEP7Bhwic7flu2Eg==",
+          "requires": {
+            "@types/geojson": "1.0.6",
+            "@types/json-patch": "0.0.30",
+            "json-patch": "0.7.0",
+            "jsonschema": "1.2.4"
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     "@openstapps/configuration": {
@@ -215,9 +228,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@openstapps/core-tools": {
-      "version": "0.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@openstapps/core-tools/-/core-tools-0.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sDRibFLdJP0K2eLx8wNHVYjizwKP2t5iZpnsBQGnybppAjOPXlDPwdJuDi6OGo0A0QSW/eiqdnDmAGnlh0a32Q==",
+      "version": "0.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@openstapps/core-tools/-/core-tools-0.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8swLstFYUsbFQ0FfdSp1YTVIMYrspPYllh/DnviEpNlZcoa9o3QAxdJr/B8K8YdI06SEvmqyt5uHNw5d7noOlw==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "@openstapps/logger": "0.0.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ea05956c..6e9cab0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@openstapps/configuration": "0.5.1",
-    "@openstapps/core-tools": "0.2.0",
+    "@openstapps/core-tools": "0.3.0",
     "@types/chai": "4.1.7",
     "@types/mocha": "5.2.5",
     "@types/node": "10.12.18",
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 3cac4327..0c614d8b 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018 StApps
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 StApps
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
  * Software Foundation, version 3.
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 29f5363d..f159ed38 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018 StApps
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 StApps
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
  * Software Foundation, version 3.
diff --git a/test/index.spec.ts b/test/index.spec.ts
index 7738dd9f..51a8c10c 100644
--- a/test/index.spec.ts
+++ b/test/index.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018 StApps
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 StApps
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
  * Software Foundation, version 3.
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
  * this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-import {SCMessage} from '@openstapps/core';
+import {SCThings} from '@openstapps/core';
 import {Validator} from '@openstapps/core-tools/lib/validate';
 import {expect} from 'chai';
 import {suite, test} from 'mocha-typescript';
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ export class MinimalConnectorSpec {
     this.connector = new MinimalConnector();
   }
 
-   static validateThings(things: SCMessage[]) {
-    things.forEach((thing: SCMessage) => {
+   static validateThings(things: SCThings[]) {
+    things.forEach((thing: SCThings) => {
       // validate thing
-      expect(MinimalConnectorSpec.validator.validate(thing,'SCMessage').errors).to.have.lengthOf(0, JSON.stringify({
-        errors: MinimalConnectorSpec.validator.validate(thing,'SCMessage').errors,
+      expect(MinimalConnectorSpec.validator.validateThing(thing).errors).to.have.lengthOf(0, JSON.stringify({
+        errors: MinimalConnectorSpec.validator.validateThing(thing).errors,
         thing: thing,
       }));
     });
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class MinimalConnectorSpec {
 
   @test
   getSampleThings() {
-    return MinimalConnectorSpec.connector.getItems().then(<T extends SCMessage>(items: T[]) => {
+    return MinimalConnectorSpec.connector.getItems().then(<T extends SCThings>(items: T[]) => {
       if (items.length > 0) {
         MinimalConnectorSpec.validateThings(items);
       }