diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 41066a5..fa8b1dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           activate-environment: test
-          # environment.yml file is needed by this action.  Because I don't want
-          # maintain this but rather maintain the requirements files it just has
-          # basic things in it like conda and pip
+          channels: conda-forge
           auto-update-conda: true
           environment-file: ./environment.yml
           auto-activate-base: false
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 2a71626..3e7c89d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 flake8
 pytest
+xpdsim
 nose
 codecov
 coverage
diff --git a/xpdtools/cli/process_tiff.py b/xpdtools/cli/process_tiff.py
index d641e9a..16aeee1 100644
--- a/xpdtools/cli/process_tiff.py
+++ b/xpdtools/cli/process_tiff.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ def main(
         import pyFAI
 
         ns = make_pipeline(_output_sinks)
+        print(type(ns))
 
         ns["polarization_array"].args = (polarization,)
         ns["dark_corrected_background"].args = (bg_scale,)
diff --git a/xpdtools/tools.py b/xpdtools/tools.py
index 960c6cf..a7af20d 100644
--- a/xpdtools/tools.py
+++ b/xpdtools/tools.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def binned_outlier(
     except AttributeError:
         idx = binner.xy.argsort()
     if tmsk is None:
-        tmsk = np.ones(np.shape(img), dtype=np.bool)
+        tmsk = np.ones(np.shape(img), dtype=bool)
     tmsk = tmsk.flatten()
     tmsk2 = tmsk[idx]
     vfs = img.flatten()[idx]
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def mask_img(
             mask_method=auto_type,
             pool=pool,
         )
-    working_mask = working_mask.astype(np.bool)
+    working_mask = working_mask.astype(bool)
     return working_mask