diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 94b28e5..dc53331 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'spring'
   gem 'spring-commands-rspec'
   gem 'semantic-ui-sass'
+  gem 'foundation-rails', '~> 5.4'
   gem "select2-rails"
   #gem 'carrierwave'
   #gem 'fog-aws'
diff --git a/lib/core_extensions/time/epoch_week.rb b/lib/core_extensions/time/epoch_week.rb
index 8fa2b16..27e92bd 100644
--- a/lib/core_extensions/time/epoch_week.rb
+++ b/lib/core_extensions/time/epoch_week.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 module CoreExtensions
   module Time
     module EpochWeek
-      EPOCH_BASE = -262800 # ::Time.at(0).utc.beginning_of_week # MONDAY!!!!!
+      #EPOCH_BASE = -262800 # ::Time.at(0).utc.beginning_of_week # MONDAY!!!!!
+      EPOCH_BASE = 259200 # -1*::Time.at(0).utc.beginning_of_week.to_i # MONDAY!!!!! '1969-12-29T00:00:00Z'.to_time.to_i + Time::EPOCH_BASE should be zero
       def epoch_week
         ((to_i + EPOCH_BASE) / 604800).floor
       end
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee b/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee
index 10d76e9..9866b00 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee
+++ b/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 #= require jquery_ujs
 #= require dunlop
 #= require_directory .
-# require foundation
-# require select2
+# test app is still foundation, until enough love from somebody to convert (or phase out foundation)
+#= require foundation
+#= require select2
 $ ->
   $(document).foundation()
   $(document).find('select.smart-select').select2()
diff --git a/spec/lib/core_extensions/time/epoch_week_spec.rb b/spec/lib/core_extensions/time/epoch_week_spec.rb
index 7a7d713..ccc748e 100644
--- a/spec/lib/core_extensions/time/epoch_week_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/core_extensions/time/epoch_week_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe Time do #epoch_week
+  it "has a proper bias for making the monday of the epoch time the base unit" do
+    ('1969-12-29T00:00:00Z'.to_time.to_i + Time::EPOCH_BASE).should be_zero
+  end
+
   expectations = {
     '2017-01-01' => 2452, # year 2016, week 52
     '2020-12-24' => 2660, # year 2020, week 52
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@ RSpec.describe Time do #epoch_week
   }
   expectations.each do |time, expected_epoch_week|
     it "has the proper epoch_week for #{time}" do
-      time.to_time.epoch_week.should eq expected_epoch_week
+      "#{time}T00:00:00Z".to_time.epoch_week.should eq expected_epoch_week
     end
   end
 end