diff --git a/pwiki/page.js b/pwiki/page.js
index 40b44da..a1a78e4 100755
--- a/pwiki/page.js
+++ b/pwiki/page.js
@@ -911,6 +911,8 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 				var depends = state.depends = 
 					state.depends 
 						?? new Set()
+				// XXX DEPENDS_PATTERN
+				depends.add(src)
 
 
 				handler = handler 
@@ -1031,6 +1033,8 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 				var depends = state.depends = 
 					state.depends 
 						?? new Set()
+				// XXX DEPENDS_PATTERN
+				depends.add(src)
 
 
 				var pages = src ?
@@ -1288,6 +1292,8 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 							&& this.actions_inherit_args.has(pwpath.basename(src))
 							&& this.get(pwpath.dirname(src)).path == this.path){
 						src += ':$ARGS' }
+					// XXX DEPENDS_PATTERN
+					depends.add(src)
 
 
 					join = _getBlock('join') 
diff --git a/pwiki2.js b/pwiki2.js
index e2160bd..e8ee6ec 100755
--- a/pwiki2.js
+++ b/pwiki2.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 * 		...and need this to work through all the i/o...
 * 		....this might be an argument towards the .title attr, at least 
 * 		for notes...
+* XXX macros: should we add the pattern path to .depends instead of the
+* 		final path...
+* 		...would also need a fast way to pattern match...
 * XXX need basic system events:
 * 			<store>.onUpdate(path, data?)
 * 			<store>.onCreate(path, data?)