diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 49b9f26..dbeb312 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+build/
+Package.resolved
 .swiftpm
 rethinkdb_data
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/Package.resolved b/Package.resolved
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fc777e..0000000
--- a/Package.resolved
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "object": {
-    "pins": [
-      {
-        "package": "Datable",
-        "repositoryURL": "https://github.com/OperatorFoundation/Datable",
-        "state": {
-          "branch": null,
-          "revision": "808ab1b2c021be3d2950ec2c2894cd48d532d592",
-          "version": "3.0.3"
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "package": "swift-ast",
-        "repositoryURL": "https://github.com/yanagiba/swift-ast",
-        "state": {
-          "branch": null,
-          "revision": "e8507d78b32dbd33ea5ea975bbbc82b7613870a1",
-          "version": "0.19.9"
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  "version": 1
-}
diff --git a/Sources/Symphony/Dictionary.swift b/Sources/Symphony/Dictionary.swift
index b195ff9..362eae3 100644
--- a/Sources/Symphony/Dictionary.swift
+++ b/Sources/Symphony/Dictionary.swift
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ extension Symphony
                     try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: seqPath, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
                 }
                 
-                let result = ValueDictionary<K,V>(path: seqPath, relativePath: seqRelPath)
+                let result = ValueDictionary<K,V>(symphony: self, path: seqPath, relativePath: seqRelPath)
                 return result
             }
         }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ extension Symphony
                     let song = SongDecoder()
                     let oldType = try song.decode(ValueType.self, from: data)
                     guard oldType.type == newType else {return nil}
-                    return ValueDictionary<K,V>(path: seqPath, relativePath: seqRelPath)
+                    return ValueDictionary<K,V>(symphony: self, path: seqPath, relativePath: seqRelPath)
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/Sources/Symphony/ValueDictionary.swift b/Sources/Symphony/ValueDictionary.swift
index ba3d4dc..83ab9ab 100644
--- a/Sources/Symphony/ValueDictionary.swift
+++ b/Sources/Symphony/ValueDictionary.swift
@@ -7,10 +7,18 @@
 
 import Foundation
 
-public struct ValueDictionary<K,V> where K: Codable, V: Codable
+public struct ValueDictionary<K,V> where K: Codable, V: Codable, K: CustomStringConvertible
 {
     let path: URL
     let relativePath: URL
+    let symphony: Symphony
+
+    public init(symphony: Symphony, path: URL, relativePath: URL)
+    {
+        self.path = path
+        self.relativePath = relativePath
+        self.symphony = symphony
+    }
 }
 
 extension ValueDictionary
@@ -64,43 +72,25 @@ extension ValueDictionary
 //    }
 //}
 //
-//extension ValueDictionary: Collection, MutableCollection
-//{
-//    public typealias Index = K
-//    
-//    public var startIndex: Index
-//    {
-//        return 0
-//    }
-//    
-//    public var endIndex: Index
-//    {
-//        return self.count
-//    }
-//    
-//    public subscript(position: Index) -> V
-//    {
-//        get
-//        {
-//            let filename = position.string
-//            let valuePath = self.relativePath.appendingPathComponent(filename)
-//            let result = Symphony.instance.readValue(type: T.self, at: valuePath)
-//            return result!
-//        }
-//        
-//        set(newValue)
-//        {
-//            let filename = position.string
-//            let valuePath = self.relativePath.appendingPathComponent(filename)
-//            let _ = Symphony.instance.writeValue(value: newValue, at: valuePath)
-//        }
-//    }
-//    
-//    public func index(after i: Index) -> Index
-//    {
-//        return i + 1
-//    }
-//}
+
+extension ValueDictionary
+{
+    public func get(_ key: K) -> V?
+    {
+        let filename = key.description
+        let valuePath = self.relativePath.appendingPathComponent(filename)
+        let result = self.symphony.readValue(type: V.self, at: valuePath)
+        return result
+    }
+
+    public func set(_ key: K, _ value: V) -> Bool
+    {
+        let filename = key.description
+        let valuePath = self.relativePath.appendingPathComponent(filename)
+        return self.symphony.writeValue(value: value, at: valuePath)
+    }
+}
+
 //
 //extension ValueDictionary: BidirectionalCollection
 //{