diff --git a/lib/couchrest/helper/file_manager.rb b/lib/couchrest/helper/file_manager.rb
index b0c33ff..61ce76b 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/helper/file_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/helper/file_manager.rb
@@ -163,11 +163,25 @@ module CouchRest
     def apply_lib(funcs)
       funcs.each do |k,v|
         next unless v.is_a?(String)
-        funcs[k] = preprocess_func(v)
+        funcs[k] = process_require(process_include(v))
       end
     end
     
-    def preprocess_func(f_string)
+    # process requires
+    def process_require(f_string)
+      f_string.gsub /(\/\/|#)\ ?!require (.*)/ do
+        fields = $2.split('.')
+        library = @doc
+        fields.each do |field|
+          library = library[field]
+          break unless library
+        end
+        library
+      end
+    end
+    
+    
+    def process_include(f_string)
 
       # process includes
       included = {}
@@ -191,24 +205,16 @@ module CouchRest
 
       end
       # puts included.inspect
-      if included == {}
-        return f_string
+      rval = if included == {}
+        f_string
       else
-        # process requires
-        puts "\n\n\n\nBEFORE"
-        puts f_string
-        puts "\nAFTER"
-        # puts f_string
         varstrings = included.collect do |k, v|
           "var #{k} = #{v.to_json};"
         end
-
-        rst = f_string.sub /(\/\/|#)\ ?!include (.*)/, varstrings.join("\n")
-        puts rst
-        return rst
+        f_string.sub /(\/\/|#)\ ?!include (.*)/, varstrings.join("\n")
       end
-     
-
+      
+      rval
     end
     
     
diff --git a/lib/couchrest/helper/template-app/lib/helpers/math.js b/lib/couchrest/helper/template-app/lib/helpers/math.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b0ee11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/couchrest/helper/template-app/lib/helpers/math.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+function stddev() {};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/couchrest/helper/template-app/views/example/map.js b/lib/couchrest/helper/template-app/views/example/map.js
index e3fdd80..11668f5 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/helper/template-app/views/example/map.js
+++ b/lib/couchrest/helper/template-app/views/example/map.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // an example map function, emits the doc id 
 // and the list of keys it contains
+// !require lib.helpers.math
 
 function(doc) {
-  // !include lib
   var k, keys = []
   for (k in doc) keys.push(k);
   emit(doc._id, keys);
diff --git a/spec/couchapp_spec.rb b/spec/couchapp_spec.rb
index 1fb4e3f..4d7fbba 100644
--- a/spec/couchapp_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchapp_spec.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ describe "couchapp" do
       @doc['views']['example']['map'].should match(/function/)
     end
     it "should create the view libs" do
-      @doc['views']['example']['map'].should match(/Resig/)
+      @doc['views']['example']['map'].should match(/stddev/)
+      @doc['forms']['example-form'].should_not match(/\"helpers\"/)
     end
     it "should create view for all the views" do
       `mkdir -p #{@fixdir}/my-app/views/more`
@@ -72,7 +73,10 @@ describe "couchapp" do
     end
     it "should allow deeper includes" do
       @doc['forms']['example-form'].should_not match(/\"helpers\"/)
-      
+    end
+    it "deep requires" do
+      @doc['forms']['example-form'].should_not match(/\"template\"/)
+      @doc['forms']['example-form'].should match(/Resig/)
     end
   end