diff --git a/howso/upgrade.amlg b/howso/upgrade.amlg
index 3216b2e43..5e08b5967 100644
--- a/howso/upgrade.amlg
+++ b/howso/upgrade.amlg
@@ -420,9 +420,9 @@
 							point 0
 						)
 						(assign (assoc
-							major (first file_versions)
-							minor (get file_versions 1)
-							point (last file_versions)
+							major (+ (first file_versions))
+							minor (+ (get file_versions 1))
+							point (+ (last file_versions))
 						))
 
 						;keep files with newer major version. if major is same, consider minor version, etc.
diff --git a/unit_tests/ut_h_string_ordinals.amlg b/unit_tests/ut_h_string_ordinals.amlg
index 44634d001..1be87d981 100644
--- a/unit_tests/ut_h_string_ordinals.amlg
+++ b/unit_tests/ut_h_string_ordinals.amlg
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 	(print "Proper nominals data_type is preserved: ")
 	;bool is converted to a sting because it wasn't specified as data_type : boolean
-	(call assert_same (assoc obs result exp (list 3 "false" (false))))
+	(call assert_same (assoc obs result exp (list 3 "(false)" (false))))
 
 
 	(assign (assoc
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 				(call_entity "howso" "single_react" (assoc
 					context_features (list "bool" "bool_nom")
 					;bool will be treated as a string
-					context_values (list "true" (false))
+					context_values (list "(true)" (false))
 					action_features (list "value" )
 				))
 				(list 1 "payload" "action_values")
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index b216583dd..6b25db77a 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "amalgam": "56.0.0"
+    "amalgam": "57.0.0"
   }
 }