diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index abfd72c..3619f24 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    matey (0.1.5)
-      ahoy_matey (~> 4.0)
+    matey (0.1.6)
+      ahoy_matey (>= 4.0)
       groupdate (~> 6.4.0)
       view_component (~> 2.74)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3106d8c..648f707 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ bundle install --gemfile spec/sample/Gemfile
 # run test cases and ensure everything is passing
 rake spec
 
-# an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment with matey (currently broken!)
+# an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment with matey
 bin/console
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/matey/version.rb b/lib/matey/version.rb
index b185bb0..889a738 100644
--- a/lib/matey/version.rb
+++ b/lib/matey/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Matey
-  VERSION = "0.1.5"
+  VERSION = "0.1.6"
 end
diff --git a/matey.gemspec b/matey.gemspec
index f2687a6..6a883bf 100644
--- a/matey.gemspec
+++ b/matey.gemspec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_dependency "view_component", "~> 2.74"
-  spec.add_dependency "ahoy_matey", "~> 4.0"
+  spec.add_dependency "ahoy_matey", ">= 4.0"
   spec.add_dependency "groupdate", "~> 6.4.0"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", "~> 5.0"
diff --git a/spec/sample/Gemfile b/spec/sample/Gemfile
index 31abc67..97506c7 100644
--- a/spec/sample/Gemfile
+++ b/spec/sample/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" }
 ruby "3.2.2"
 
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main"
-gem "rails", "~> 7.0.4", ">= 7.0.4.3"
+gem "rails", "~> 7.1.0"
 
 # The original asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails]
 gem "sprockets-rails"
diff --git a/spec/sample/Gemfile.lock b/spec/sample/Gemfile.lock
index 38e10cd..d7e59fd 100644
--- a/spec/sample/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/spec/sample/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,78 +1,87 @@
 PATH
   remote: /workspaces/matey
   specs:
-    matey (0.1.5)
-      ahoy_matey (~> 4.0)
+    matey (0.1.6)
+      ahoy_matey (>= 4.0)
       groupdate (~> 6.4.0)
       view_component (~> 2.74)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (7.0.5)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
+    actioncable (7.1.2)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
-    actionmailbox (7.0.5)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.5)
-      activejob (= 7.0.5)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.5)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
+    actionmailbox (7.1.2)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.2)
+      activejob (= 7.1.2)
+      activerecord (= 7.1.2)
+      activestorage (= 7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
       mail (>= 2.7.1)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
-    actionmailer (7.0.5)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.5)
-      actionview (= 7.0.5)
-      activejob (= 7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
+    actionmailer (7.1.2)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.2)
+      actionview (= 7.1.2)
+      activejob (= 7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
       mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
-      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-    actionpack (7.0.5)
-      actionview (= 7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
-      rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.2.4)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
+    actionpack (7.1.2)
+      actionview (= 7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
+      racc
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      rack-session (>= 1.0.1)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
-      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0)
-    actiontext (7.0.5)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.5)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.5)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
+    actiontext (7.1.2)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.2)
+      activerecord (= 7.1.2)
+      activestorage (= 7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
       globalid (>= 0.6.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
+    actionview (7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
       builder (~> 3.1)
-      erubi (~> 1.4)
-      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.1, >= 1.2.0)
-    activejob (7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
+      erubi (~> 1.11)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
+    activejob (7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
-    activerecord (7.0.5)
-      activemodel (= 7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
-    activestorage (7.0.5)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.5)
-      activejob (= 7.0.5)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
+    activemodel (7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
+    activerecord (7.1.2)
+      activemodel (= 7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
+      timeout (>= 0.4.0)
+    activestorage (7.1.2)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.2)
+      activejob (= 7.1.2)
+      activerecord (= 7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
       marcel (~> 1.0)
-      mini_mime (>= 1.1.0)
-    activesupport (7.0.5)
+    activesupport (7.1.2)
+      base64
+      bigdecimal
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5)
+      drb
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
+      mutex_m
       tzinfo (~> 2.0)
     addressable (2.8.4)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
@@ -81,6 +90,8 @@ GEM
       device_detector
       safely_block (>= 0.2.1)
     ast (2.4.2)
+    base64 (0.2.0)
+    bigdecimal (3.1.4)
     bindex (0.8.1)
     bootsnap (1.16.0)
       msgpack (~> 1.2)
@@ -95,13 +106,16 @@ GEM
       regexp_parser (>= 1.5, < 3.0)
       xpath (~> 3.2)
     concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
+    connection_pool (2.4.1)
     crass (1.0.6)
-    date (3.3.3)
+    date (3.3.4)
     debug (1.8.0)
       irb (>= 1.5.0)
       reline (>= 0.3.1)
     device_detector (1.1.0)
     diff-lcs (1.5.0)
+    drb (2.2.0)
+      ruby2_keywords
     erubi (1.12.0)
     globalid (1.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0)
@@ -135,14 +149,15 @@ GEM
     mini_mime (1.1.2)
     minitest (5.18.1)
     msgpack (1.7.1)
-    net-imap (0.3.6)
+    mutex_m (0.2.0)
+    net-imap (0.4.7)
       date
       net-protocol
     net-pop (0.1.2)
       net-protocol
-    net-protocol (0.2.1)
+    net-protocol (0.2.2)
       timeout
-    net-smtp (0.3.3)
+    net-smtp (0.4.0)
       net-protocol
     nio4r (2.5.9)
     nokogiri (1.15.2-aarch64-linux)
@@ -158,35 +173,42 @@ GEM
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     racc (1.7.1)
     rack (2.2.7)
+    rack-session (1.0.2)
+      rack (< 3)
     rack-test (2.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
-    rails (7.0.5)
-      actioncable (= 7.0.5)
-      actionmailbox (= 7.0.5)
-      actionmailer (= 7.0.5)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.5)
-      actiontext (= 7.0.5)
-      actionview (= 7.0.5)
-      activejob (= 7.0.5)
-      activemodel (= 7.0.5)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.5)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
+    rackup (1.0.0)
+      rack (< 3)
+      webrick
+    rails (7.1.2)
+      actioncable (= 7.1.2)
+      actionmailbox (= 7.1.2)
+      actionmailer (= 7.1.2)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.2)
+      actiontext (= 7.1.2)
+      actionview (= 7.1.2)
+      activejob (= 7.1.2)
+      activemodel (= 7.1.2)
+      activerecord (= 7.1.2)
+      activestorage (= 7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
       bundler (>= 1.15.0)
-      railties (= 7.0.5)
-    rails-dom-testing (2.0.3)
-      activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+      railties (= 7.1.2)
+    rails-dom-testing (2.2.0)
+      activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
+      minitest
       nokogiri (>= 1.6)
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.0)
       loofah (~> 2.21)
       nokogiri (~> 1.14)
-    railties (7.0.5)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.5)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.5)
-      method_source
+    railties (7.1.2)
+      actionpack (= 7.1.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.1.2)
+      irb
+      rackup (>= 1.0.0)
       rake (>= 12.2)
-      thor (~> 1.0)
-      zeitwerk (~> 2.5)
+      thor (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.2)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.0.6)
     regexp_parser (2.8.1)
@@ -230,6 +252,7 @@ GEM
       rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 0.4.0)
     ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
+    ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
     rubyzip (2.3.2)
     safely_block (0.4.0)
     selenium-webdriver (4.10.0)
@@ -259,7 +282,7 @@ GEM
     stimulus-rails (1.2.1)
       railties (>= 6.0.0)
     thor (1.2.2)
-    timeout (0.3.2)
+    timeout (0.4.1)
     turbo-rails (1.4.0)
       actionpack (>= 6.0.0)
       activejob (>= 6.0.0)
@@ -280,8 +303,9 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (~> 1.6)
       rubyzip (>= 1.3.0)
       selenium-webdriver (~> 4.0)
+    webrick (1.8.1)
     websocket (1.2.9)
-    websocket-driver (0.7.5)
+    websocket-driver (0.7.6)
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
     xpath (3.2.0)
@@ -300,7 +324,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jbuilder
   matey!
   puma (~> 6.1)
-  rails (~> 7.0.4, >= 7.0.4.3)
+  rails (~> 7.1.0)
   rspec (~> 3.0)
   rspec-rails (~> 6.0.0)
   selenium-webdriver