diff --git a/spec/base.js b/spec/base.js
index 11e15a11..3a90c1bf 100644
--- a/spec/base.js
+++ b/spec/base.js
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ var compareAnswer = function(headless, expectedJSON) {
   return TreeCompare.compareTrees(expectedTree, actualTree);
 };
 
+var getHeadlessSummary = function(headless) {
+  var tree = headless.gitEngine.exportTree();
+  TreeCompare.reduceTreeFields([tree]);
+  return tree;
+};
+
 var expectLevelAsync = function(headless, levelBlob) {
   var command = levelBlob.solutionCommand;
   if (command.indexOf('git rebase -i') !== -1) {
@@ -52,13 +58,20 @@ var expectTreeAsync = function(command, expectedJSON) {
   });
   waitsFor(function() {
     var diff = (Date.now() - start);
-    if (diff > TIME - 20 && !haveReported) {
+    if (diff > TIME - 40 && !haveReported) {
       haveReported = true;
+      var expected = loadTree(expectedJSON);
       console.log('not going to match', command);
-      console.log('expected\n>>>>>>>>\n', loadTree(expectedJSON));
-      console.log('\n<<<<<<<<<<<\nactual', headless.gitEngine.exportTree());
+      console.log('expected\n>>>>>>>>\n', expected);
+      console.log('\n<<<<<<<<<<<\nactual', getHeadlessSummary(headless));
       console.log('\n<<<<ORIGIN>>>>>\n');
-      console.log(loadTree(expectedJSON).originTree, '\n==========\n', headless.gitEngine.exportTree().originTree);
+      if (expected.originTree) {
+        console.log(expected.originTree);
+        console.log('\n=========\n');
+        console.log(getHeadlessSummary(headless).originTree);
+      }
+      console.log(expectedJSON);
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(getHeadlessSummary(headless)));
     }
     return compareAnswer(headless, expectedJSON);
   }, 'trees should be equal', 100);
diff --git a/spec/remote.spec.js b/spec/remote.spec.js
index c44bf44c..752f19dd 100644
--- a/spec/remote.spec.js
+++ b/spec/remote.spec.js
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ describe('Git Remotes', function() {
   it('fetches only one remote if specified', function() {
     expectTreeAsync(
       'git clone;gc;git push origin master:banana;git fakeTeamwork banana;git fakeTeamwork master;git fetch origin banana',
-      '{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C2","id":"master","remoteTrackingBranchID":"o/master"},"o/master":{"target":"C1","id":"o/master","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"o/banana":{"target":"C3","id":"o/banana","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"banana":{"target":"C2","id":"banana","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C2":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C2"},"C3":{"parents":["C2"],"id":"C3"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C4","id":"master","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"banana":{"target":"C3","id":"banana","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C2":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C2"},"C3":{"parents":["C2"],"id":"C3"},"C4":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C4"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"}}}'
+      '{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C2","id":"master","remoteTrackingBranchID":"o/master"},"o/master":{"target":"C1","id":"o/master","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"o/banana":{"target":"C3","id":"o/banana","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C2":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C2"},"C3":{"parents":["C2"],"id":"C3"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"},"originTree":{"branches":{"master":{"target":"C4","id":"master","remoteTrackingBranchID":null},"banana":{"target":"C3","id":"banana","remoteTrackingBranchID":null}},"commits":{"C0":{"parents":[],"id":"C0","rootCommit":true},"C1":{"parents":["C0"],"id":"C1"},"C2":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C2"},"C3":{"parents":["C2"],"id":"C3"},"C4":{"parents":["C1"],"id":"C4"}},"HEAD":{"target":"master","id":"HEAD"}}}'
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/src/js/git/commands.js b/src/js/git/commands.js
index ec2441a6..4e9b7bba 100644
--- a/src/js/git/commands.js
+++ b/src/js/git/commands.js
@@ -185,14 +185,16 @@ var commandConfig = {
       }
 
       // here is the deal -- git pull is pretty complex with
-      // the arguments it wants. Either you can:
+      // the arguments it wants. You can
       //   A) specify the remote branch you want to
       //      merge & fetch, in which case it completely
       //      ignores the properties of branch you are on, or
       //
       //  B) specify no args, in which case it figures out
       //     the branch to fetch from the remote tracking
-      //     and merges those in.
+      //     and merges those in, or
+      //
+      //  C) specify the colon refspec like fetch (where it 
       // so lets switch on A/B here
 
       var commandOptions = command.getOptionsMap();
@@ -299,10 +301,12 @@ var commandConfig = {
       } else if (firstArg) {
         // here is the deal -- its JUST like git push. the first arg
         // is used as both the destination and the source, so we need
-        // to make sure it exists as the source on REMOTE and then
-        // the destination will be created locally
+        // to make sure it exists as the source on REMOTE. however
+        // technically we have a destination here as the remote branch
         source = firstArg;
-        destination = firstArg;
+        assertIsBranch(engine.origin, source);
+        // get o/master locally if master is specified
+        destination = engine.origin.refs[source].getPrefixedID();
       }
       if (source) { // empty string fails this check
         assertIsRef(engine.origin, source);
diff --git a/src/levels/index.js b/src/levels/index.js
index e626be56..78a27f2b 100644
--- a/src/levels/index.js
+++ b/src/levels/index.js
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ exports.levelSequences = {
   ],
   remoteAdvanced: [
     require('./remote/pushManyFeatures').level,
-    require('./remote/mergeManyFeatures').level
-    require('./remote/tracking').level
+    require('./remote/mergeManyFeatures').level,
+    require('./remote/tracking').level,
+    require('./remote/place').level
   ]
 };
 
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 9380e9f2..e88b89be 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Ideas for cleaning
 Done things:
 (I only started this on Dec 17th 2012 to get a better sense of what was done)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+[x] test is failing because we create banana when we should only really be creating o/banana
 [x] work on TABBED levels layout
 [x] EASY -- make colors the same between remote branches and their remote counterparts
 [x] fix undo not syncing the remote tracking