diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 72712a22..fcc50da3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -369,9 +369,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bstr"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90682c8d613ad3373e66de8c6411e0ae2ab2571e879d2efbf73558cc66f21279"
+checksum = "ba3569f383e8f1598449f1a423e72e99569137b47740b1da11ef19af3d5c3223"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "memchr",
@@ -831,9 +831,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "curl-sys"
-version = "0.4.47+curl-7.79.0"
+version = "0.4.48+curl-7.79.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1ab94a47d9b61f2d905beb7a3d46aba7704c9f1dfcf84e7d178998d9e95f7989"
+checksum = "a6a77a741f832116da66aeb126b4f19190ecf46144a74a9bde43c2086f38da0e"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
- "http 0.2.4",
+ "http 0.2.5",
  "indexmap",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
@@ -1574,9 +1574,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "527e8c9ac747e28542699a951517aa9a6945af506cd1f2e1b53a576c17b6cc11"
+checksum = "1323096b05d41827dadeaee54c9981958c0f94e670bc94ed80037d1a7b8b186b"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.1.0",
  "fnv",
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "399c583b2979440c60be0821a6199eca73bc3c8dcd9d070d75ac726e2c6186e5"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.1.0",
- "http 0.2.4",
+ "http 0.2.5",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "h2",
- "http 0.2.4",
+ "http 0.2.5",
  "http-body",
  "httparse",
  "httpdate",
@@ -1760,9 +1760,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "instant"
-version = "0.1.10"
+version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bee0328b1209d157ef001c94dd85b4f8f64139adb0eac2659f4b08382b2f474d"
+checksum = "716d3d89f35ac6a34fd0eed635395f4c3b76fa889338a4632e5231a8684216bd"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
 ]
@@ -1870,9 +1870,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libnghttp2-sys"
-version = "0.1.6+1.43.0"
+version = "0.1.7+1.45.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0af55541a8827e138d59ec9e5877fb6095ece63fb6f4da45e7491b4fbd262855"
+checksum = "57ed28aba195b38d5ff02b9170cbff627e336a20925e43b4945390401c5dc93f"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -2217,9 +2217,9 @@ checksum = "28988d872ab76095a6e6ac88d99b54fd267702734fd7ffe610ca27f533ddb95a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.66"
+version = "0.9.67"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1996d2d305e561b70d1ee0c53f1542833f4e1ac6ce9a6708b6ff2738ca67dc82"
+checksum = "69df2d8dfc6ce3aaf44b40dec6f487d5a886516cf6879c49e98e0710f310a058"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg 1.0.1",
  "cc",
@@ -2282,18 +2282,18 @@ checksum = "acbf547ad0c65e31259204bd90935776d1c693cec2f4ff7abb7a1bbbd40dfe58"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "path-absolutize"
-version = "3.0.10"
+version = "3.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0feea2f0a6009a0fefe6ee3aae1871e4a57d7f2aae4681ac4a34a201071c9b9"
+checksum = "b288298a7a3a7b42539e3181ba590d32f2d91237b0691ed5f103875c754b3bf5"
 dependencies = [
  "path-dedot",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "path-dedot"
-version = "3.0.12"
+version = "3.0.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a14ca47b49e6abd75cf68db85e1e161d9f2b675716894a18af0e9add0266b26"
+checksum = "4bfa72956f6be8524f7f7e2b07972dda393cb0008a6df4451f658b7e1bd1af80"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "http 0.2.4",
+ "http 0.2.5",
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
  "hyper-tls",
@@ -3610,9 +3610,9 @@ checksum = "cda74da7e1a664f795bb1f8a87ec406fb89a02522cf6e50620d016add6dbbf5c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b4efe6fc2395938c8155973d7be49fe8d03a843726e285e100a8a383cc0154ce"
+checksum = "c2c2416fdedca8443ae44b4527de1ea633af61d8f7169ffa6e72c5b53d24efcc"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg 1.0.1",
  "bytes 1.1.0",
@@ -3950,7 +3950,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wash-cli"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "atelier_core 0.2.22",
@@ -4092,9 +4092,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmbus-rpc"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8e684022298d270df31248222fd53cbbd9546ca43cae262140a3a996ef518ac"
+checksum = "8cd0f0228ceaf54a7072d5073d8ee083674ca2cb02c667d3d06d2aa1b2464c6e"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "base64 0.13.0",
@@ -4314,18 +4314,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "377db0846015f7ae377174787dd452e1c5f5a9050bc6f954911d01f116daa0cd"
+checksum = "bf68b08513768deaa790264a7fac27a58cbf2705cfcdc9448362229217d7e970"
 dependencies = [
  "zeroize_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize_derive"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2c1e130bebaeab2f23886bf9acbaca14b092408c452543c857f66399cd6dab1"
+checksum = "bdff2024a851a322b08f179173ae2ba620445aef1e838f0c196820eade4ae0c7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.29",
  "quote 1.0.9",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 197f1639..9c9368b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wash-cli"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.4"
 authors = ["wasmCloud Team"]
 edition = "2018"
 repository = "https://github.com/wasmcloud/wash"
diff --git a/src/generate/mod.rs b/src/generate/mod.rs
index b492aa1f..a014b157 100644
--- a/src/generate/mod.rs
+++ b/src/generate/mod.rs
@@ -314,14 +314,15 @@ pub(crate) fn make_project(
     let (template_base_dir, template_folder, _branch) = prepare_local_template(&args)?;
 
     // read configuration file `project-generate.toml` from template.
-    let project_config_path =
+    let project_config_path = fs::canonicalize(
         locate_project_config_file(CONFIG_FILE_NAME, &template_base_dir, &args.subfolder)
             .with_context(|| {
                 format!(
                     "Invalid template folder: Required configuration file `{}` is missing.",
                     CONFIG_FILE_NAME
                 )
-            })?;
+            })?,
+    )?;
     let mut config = Config::from_path(&project_config_path)?;
     // prevent copying config file to project dir by adding it to the exclude list
     config.exclude(
diff --git a/src/generate/template.rs b/src/generate/template.rs
index 6ceedce3..c36fbee8 100644
--- a/src/generate/template.rs
+++ b/src/generate/template.rs
@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@ impl Matcher {
             .iter()
             .find(|rc| rc.from == rel_path)
             .map(|rc| rc.to.as_str());
-        match ren {
-            None => {
-                println!("DBG: ren: {}: no", &rel_path.display());
-            }
-            Some(p) => {
-                println!("DBG: ren: {}: {}", &rel_path.display(), p);
-            }
-        }
         ren
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration_drain.rs b/tests/integration_drain.rs
index 393c3fac..e722f4ea 100644
--- a/tests/integration_drain.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_drain.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ fn set_smithy_cache_dir() -> (PathBuf, String) {
     let tmp_dir = test_dir_with_subfolder("drain_smithy");
     std::env::set_var("HOME", &format!("{}", &tmp_dir.display()));
     let smithy_cache = format!("{}/Library/Caches/smithy", &tmp_dir.display());
-    create_dir_all(&PathBuf::from(&smithy_cache)).unwrap;
+    create_dir_all(&PathBuf::from(&smithy_cache)).unwrap();
     // write a dummy file inside the smithy cache folder
     std::fs::write(&path_to_test_file(&smithy_cache), b"junk").unwrap();
     (tmp_dir, smithy_cache)