diff --git a/light9/effecteval/effect.py b/light9/effecteval/effect.py
--- a/light9/effecteval/effect.py
+++ b/light9/effecteval/effect.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import toposort
 from rdflib import URIRef
 from light9.namespaces import L9, RDF
 from light9.curvecalc.curve import CurveResource
-from light9 import Submaster, Effects
+from light9 import Submaster
+from light9 import Effects # gets reload() later
 log = logging.getLogger('effect')
 
 # consider http://waxeye.org/ for a parser that can be used in py and js
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ class EffectNode(object):
         self.codes = [CodeLine(self.graph, s) for s in codeStrs]
 
         self.sortCodes()
-        
+
+        reload(Effects)
         self.otherFuncs = Effects.configExprGlobals()
 
     def sortCodes(self):
diff --git a/light9/effecteval/effectloop.py b/light9/effecteval/effectloop.py
--- a/light9/effecteval/effectloop.py
+++ b/light9/effecteval/effectloop.py
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ class EffectLoop(object):
     def combineOutputs(self, outputs):
         """pick usable effect outputs and reduce them into one for sendOutput"""
         outputs = [x for x in outputs if isinstance(x, Submaster.Submaster)]
-        log.info('outputs %r', outputs)
         out = Submaster.sub_maxes(*outputs)
 
         return out