diff --git a/apps/sdlan_assist/src/sdlan_assist.app.src b/apps/sdlan_assist/src/sdlan_assist.app.src
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e99401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sdlan_assist/src/sdlan_assist.app.src
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{application, sdlan_assist, [
+    {description, "An OTP application"},
+    {vsn, "0.1.0"},
+    {registered, []},
+    {mod, {sdlan_assist_app, []}},
+    {applications, [
+        kernel,
+        stdlib
+    ]},
+    {env, []},
+    {modules, []},
+    {licenses, ["Apache-2.0"]},
+    {links, []}
+ ]}.
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 4a6ed3b..5aaacd6 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {erl_opts, [debug_info]}.
 {deps, [
-    {sync, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/rustyio/sync.git", {branch, "master"}}}
+    %{sync, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/rustyio/sync.git", {branch, "master"}}}
 ]}.
 
 {relx, [