diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 28aa83d..8f9e004 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <!-- still experimenting, see webdav.html -->
     <script src='dependencies/webdav.js'></script> 
 
-    <script src='jxr.js?212345'></script> 
+    <script src='jxr.js?12345'></script> 
     <!-- replacing with local copies as CDNs are like unpkg tend to be slow
     <script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/immers-client/dist/destination.bundle.js"></script>
     <script src="https://aframe.io/releases/1.3.0/aframe.min.js"></script>
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ function animateThenIdle(mainCharacter, animationName, timeScale='1'){
 }
 
 function checkExerciseCompletion(targetNumber=2){
+	console.log('checkExerciseCompletion', targetNumber)
+	// does not seem to happen...
+		// does ondrop work still?
 	const instructions = document.querySelector("#instructions>a-troika-text")
 	let counter = 0
 	const mainCharacter = document.getElementById("biggu")
@@ -213,6 +216,8 @@ function startExercise(){
 	for (let i=0;i<maxFishes;i++){
 		let gltfEl = document.createElement('a-gltf-model')
 		gltfEl.setAttribute("ondrop","checkExerciseCompletion()")
+			// setOnDropFromAttribute()
+			// might be problematic due to timing somehow...
 		gltfEl.setAttribute("target","true")
 		gltfEl.setAttribute("scale",".001 .001 .001")
 		gltfEl.setAttribute("src","../content/winterset/Fish.glb")
@@ -223,6 +228,7 @@ function startExercise(){
 		//console.log("position",`${x} ${y} ${z}`)
 		document.querySelector("#fishes").appendChild(gltfEl)
 	} // might want to appear from the start
+	setTimeout( _ => setOnDropFromAttribute(), 500)
 	// audio does not match asset, should be a white bowl, not black
 
 	document.getElementById("exerciseA").setAttribute("visible", false)
diff --git a/jxr.js b/jxr.js
index d716d43..1737496 100644
--- a/jxr.js
+++ b/jxr.js
@@ -3713,6 +3713,7 @@ function setOnDropFromAttribute(){
 	// add to file descriptor from offtopus
 	// could also be prototyped with a URL instead, doesn't need offtopus even cached version
 	// could also prototype by doing so via https://webdav.benetou.fr/fot-demo-day/mobydick-extract.txt
+	console.log('setOnDropFromAttribute')
 	targets.map( el => {
 		if ( el.getAttribute('ondrop')?.length > 0 )
 			el.addEventListener('released', e => {
@@ -3733,7 +3734,7 @@ function setOnDropFromAttribute(){
 // does indeed create problems, namely other pages relying on it do get this testing behavior
 AFRAME.registerComponent('startfunctions', {
   init: function () {
-
+	console.log('startfunctions')
 	setOnDropFromAttribute()
 /* class clonableasset : Crystal.glb Fish.glb Mountains.glb Penguin.glb Pinetree.glb
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