diff --git a/src/loaders/Plan.h b/src/loaders/Plan.h
index 60c995c..b5ccc02 100644
--- a/src/loaders/Plan.h
+++ b/src/loaders/Plan.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "JSON_Loader.h"
 #include "Task.h"
 
-
 class Plan: public JSON_Loader
 {
     private:
@@ -26,10 +25,10 @@ class Plan: public JSON_Loader
         void get_task( Task & result, int index, bool verbose );
 
         // load unit definitions from a provided suite and import them into individual tasks
-        // void load_definitions( Suite unit_definitions );
+        void load_definitions( Suite unit_definitions );
 
         // fetch a corresponding Unit to a Task
-        // void get_definition_from_task(Unit & result, Task input, bool verbose );
+        void get_definition_from_task(Unit & result, Task input, bool verbose );
 };
 
 #endif //FTESTS_PLAN_H
diff --git a/src/loaders/Task.cpp b/src/loaders/Task.cpp
index 65dd153..f24aa90 100644
--- a/src/loaders/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/loaders/Task.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ class Task_InvalidDataStructure: public std::runtime_error { public:
 /// execute, and its dependencies on other units to have already been completed successfully.
 Task::Task() {}
 
-int Task::load_root(Json::Value loader_root)
+/// Task::load_root() - loads json values to private members
+///
+/// \param loader_root
+/// \return
+void Task::load_root(Json::Value loader_root)
 {
     if ( loader_root.isMember("name") )
     {
@@ -18,10 +22,8 @@ int Task::load_root(Json::Value loader_root)
         throw Task_InvalidDataStructure();
     }
 
-
-    // this->dependencies = loader_root.get("depends on", "");
+    this->dependencies = loader_root.get("depends on", "");
     //this->has_succeeded = false;
-
 }
 
 std::string Task::get_name()
diff --git a/src/loaders/Task.h b/src/loaders/Task.h
index 9cdd440..3d7f421 100644
--- a/src/loaders/Task.h
+++ b/src/loaders/Task.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Task
         Task();
 
         // load a json::value into task members (second stage deserialization)
-        int load_root( Json::Value loader_root );
+        void load_root( Json::Value loader_root );
 
         // register a dependency
         void add_dependency( std::string dependency_name );