diff --git a/extension/manifest.json b/extension/manifest.json
index 15375b3..04224b1 100644
--- a/extension/manifest.json
+++ b/extension/manifest.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"name": "fimfic2epub",
 	"short_name": "fimfic2epub",
 	"description": "Improved EPUB exporter for Fimfiction",
-	"version": "1.4.3",
+	"version": "1.4.4",
 
 	"icons": {
 		"128": "icon-128.png"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 014f4fc..68fd139 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fimfic2epub",
-  "version": "1.4.3",
+  "version": "1.4.4",
   "description": "Tool to generate improved EPUB ebooks from Fimfiction stories",
   "author": "djazz",
   "repository": {
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "detect-node": "^2.0.3",
-    "es6-event-emitter": "^1.5.1",
     "escape-string-regexp": "^1.0.5",
     "file-type": "^3.8.0",
     "html-entities": "^1.2.0",
     "html-to-text": "^2.1.3",
     "image-size": "^0.5.0",
-    "jszip": "^3.1.1",
+    "jszip": "^3.1.2",
     "match-words": "^0.1.0",
     "mithril": "^0.2.5",
     "pretty-data": "^0.40.0",
@@ -38,27 +37,28 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "autosize": "^3.0.17",
-    "babel-core": "^6.13.2",
-    "babel-loader": "^6.2.4",
-    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.13.2",
+    "babel-core": "^6.14.0",
+    "babel-loader": "^6.2.5",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.14.0",
     "babel-preset-node6": "^11.0.0",
-    "babel-register": "^6.11.6",
+    "babel-register": "^6.14.0",
     "del": "^2.2.2",
+    "es6-event-emitter": "^1.5.1",
     "exports-loader": "^0.6.3",
     "file-saver": "^1.3.2",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-filter": "^4.0.0",
     "gulp-json-editor": "^2.2.1",
-    "gulp-standard": "^7.0.1",
+    "gulp-standard": "^8.0.2",
     "gulp-util": "^3.0.7",
     "gulp-watch": "^4.3.9",
     "gulp-zip": "^3.2.0",
     "lazypipe": "^1.0.1",
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
     "run-sequence": "^1.2.2",
-    "standard": "^7.1.2",
+    "standard": "^8.0.0",
     "stylus": "^0.54.5",
-    "stylus-loader": "^2.2.0",
+    "stylus-loader": "^2.3.1",
     "webpack": "^2.1.0-beta.20",
     "webpack-node-externals": "^1.3.3"
   },
diff --git a/src/FimFic2Epub.js b/src/FimFic2Epub.js
index 25f34f7..0e22e38 100644
--- a/src/FimFic2Epub.js
+++ b/src/FimFic2Epub.js
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ class FimFic2Epub extends Emitter {
     this.progress(0, 0, 'Fetching remote files...')
     this.pcache.remoteResources = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       let iter = this.remoteResources.entries()
-      let count = 0
       let completeCount = 0
 
       let recursive = () => {
@@ -271,8 +270,6 @@ class FimFic2Epub extends Emitter {
         let url = r[0]
         r = r[1]
 
-        count++
-
         fetchRemote(url, 'arraybuffer').then((data) => {
           r.dest = null
           let info = fileType(isNode ? data : new Uint8Array(data))
diff --git a/src/templates.js b/src/templates.js
index 61cee73..f7e90fd 100644
--- a/src/templates.js
+++ b/src/templates.js
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ function sortSpineItems (items) {
 
 export function createOpf (ffc) {
   let remotes = []
-  let remoteCounter = 0
+  // let remoteCounter = 0
   ffc.remoteResources.forEach((r, url) => {
-    remoteCounter++
+    // remoteCounter++
     if (!ffc.options.includeExternal) {
       // hack-ish, but what can I do?
       // turns out only video and audio can be remote resources.. :I
diff --git a/webpack.config.babel.js b/webpack.config.babel.js
index ad81365..1d71bce 100644
--- a/webpack.config.babel.js
+++ b/webpack.config.babel.js
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ const bundleExtensionConfig = {
   module: {
     loaders: [
       {
-        test: /\.js$/, loader: 'babel', exclude: /node_modules/, query: {
+        test: /\.js$/,
+        loader: 'babel',
+        exclude: /node_modules/,
+        query: {
           sourceMaps: true,
           presets: ['es2015']
         }
@@ -66,7 +69,10 @@ const bundleNpmModuleConfig = {
   module: {
     loaders: [
       {
-        test: /\.js$/, loader: 'babel', exclude: /node_modules/, query: {
+        test: /\.js$/,
+        loader: 'babel',
+        exclude: /node_modules/,
+        query: {
           sourceMaps: !inProduction,
           presets: ['es2015']
         }
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ const bundleNpmModuleConfig = {
     ]
   },
 
-  externals: [nodeExternals(), 'exports?tidy_html5!tidy-html5'],
+  externals: [nodeExternals({whitelist: ['es6-event-emitter', /^babel-runtime/]}), 'exports?tidy_html5!tidy-html5'],
 
   plugins: [],
   devtool: 'source-map',