diff --git a/my/cfg.py b/my/cfg.py
index 97268da..9e039b6 100644
--- a/my/cfg.py
+++ b/my/cfg.py
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ After that, you can set config attributes:
 import my.config as config
 
 
-def set_repo(name: str, repo):
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Union
+def set_repo(name: str, repo: Union[Path, str]) -> None:
     from .core.init import assign_module
     from . common import import_from
 
-    module = import_from(repo, name)
+    r = Path(repo)
+    module = import_from(r.parent, name)
     assign_module('my.config.repos', name, module)
 
 
diff --git a/my/core/common.py b/my/core/common.py
index 1557654..83c77d7 100644
--- a/my/core/common.py
+++ b/my/core/common.py
@@ -195,3 +195,27 @@ def fastermime(path: PathIsh) -> str:
 
 
 Json = Dict[str, Any]
+
+
+from typing import TypeVar, Callable, Generic
+
+_C = TypeVar('_C')
+_R = TypeVar('_R')
+
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/5192374/706389
+class classproperty(Generic[_R]):
+    def __init__(self, f: Callable[[_C], _R]) -> None:
+        self.f = f
+
+    def __get__(self, obj: None, cls: _C) -> _R:
+        return self.f(cls)
+
+
+# hmm, this doesn't really work with mypy well..
+# https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/6244
+# class staticproperty(Generic[_R]):
+#     def __init__(self, f: Callable[[], _R]) -> None:
+#         self.f = f
+#
+#     def __get__(self) -> _R:
+#         return self.f()
diff --git a/tests/config.py b/tests/config.py
index 2cee194..508c387 100644
--- a/tests/config.py
+++ b/tests/config.py
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ DAL = None
     ''')
 
     from my.cfg import set_repo
-    # FIXME meh. hot sure about setting the parent??
-    set_repo('hypexport', tmp_path)
+    set_repo('hypexport', fake_hypexport)
 
     # should succeed now!
     import my.hypothesis