diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 42eece6..d6808f9 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -20,24 +20,19 @@ init:
   - set NRTEST_SCRIPT=%EPANET_HOME%\%BUILD_HOME%\packages\nrtest\scripts
   - set GENERATOR="Visual Studio 10 2010"
 
-cache: 
-  - C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin -> appveyor.yml
-  - C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib -> appveyor.yml
-  - '%BUILD_HOME% -> CMakeLists.txt'
-
 # called after repo clone
 install: 
-  - choco install swig
-  - python -m pip install --src %BUILD_HOME%\packages -r tools\requirements.txt
+  - python -m pip install -r tools\requirements-appveyor.txt
 
 # called before build
 before_build:
+  - mkdir %BUILD_HOME%
   - cd %BUILD_HOME%
   - cmake -G %GENERATOR% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
 
 # run custom build script
 build_script: 
-  - cmake --build . --target runepanet --config Release 
+  - cmake --build . --config Release 
 
 before_test:
   - cd %EPANET_HOME%
diff --git a/tools/epanet-output/setup.py b/tools/epanet-output/setup.py
index 90d57e0..5296026 100644
--- a/tools/epanet-output/setup.py
+++ b/tools/epanet-output/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 setup(
     name = "epanet-output", 
-    version = "1.0",
+    version = "0.1.0-alpha",
     ext_modules = [
         Extension("_epanet_output",
             sources = ['src/epanet_output.i', 'src/epanet_output.c', 'src/errormanager.c'],
diff --git a/tools/nrtest-epanet/setup.py b/tools/nrtest-epanet/setup.py
index 0318ab2..897e621 100644
--- a/tools/nrtest-epanet/setup.py
+++ b/tools/nrtest-epanet/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ entry_points = {
 
 setup(
     name='nrtest-epanet',
-    version='0.3.0',
+    version='0.4.0',
     description="EPANET extension for nrtest",
     
     author="Michael E. Tryby",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ setup(
         'header_detail_footer>=2.3',
         'nrtest>=0.2.0',
         'numpy>=1.7.0',
-        'epanet_output>=0.4.0'
+        'epanet_output'
     ],
     keywords='nrtest_epanet'  
 )
diff --git a/tools/requirements-appveyor.txt b/tools/requirements-appveyor.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17a7f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/requirements-appveyor.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# requirements.txt 
+#
+# Date Created: 10/10/2017
+# Author: Michael E. Tryby
+#         US EPA ORD/NRMRL
+#
+# Useful for configuring a python environment to run epanet-nrtestsuite. 
+#
+# command: 
+#  $ pip install --src build/packages -r tools/requirements.txt
+#
+
+nrtest>=0.2.3
+
+-f https://github.com/OpenWaterAnalytics/epanet-python/releases/download/v0.1.0-alpha/epanet_output-0.1.0a0-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl
+
+-e ./tools/nrtest-epanet