diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
index 143c2f5..d7d8e42 100644
--- a/.python-version
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.8.19
+3.8.8
diff --git a/app_skellington/__init__.py b/app_skellington/__init__.py
index 1f8ce08..ca40773 100644
--- a/app_skellington/__init__.py
+++ b/app_skellington/__init__.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # flake8: noqa
 
+from .cfg import Config, EnvironmentVariables
+
 from .app_container import (
     DEFAULT_APP_AUTHOR,
     DEFAULT_APP_NAME,
     ApplicationContainer,
     ApplicationContext,
-    NoCommandSpecified,
-    ServiceNotFound,
 )
-from .cfg import Config, EnvironmentVariables
+from ._util import ServiceNotFound, NoCommandSpecified
 from .cli import (
     EXPLICIT_FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_ARGS,
     CommandEntry,
diff --git a/app_skellington/_util.py b/app_skellington/_util.py
index 84f5f8e..9222e53 100644
--- a/app_skellington/_util.py
+++ b/app_skellington/_util.py
@@ -124,3 +124,15 @@ def create_func(constructor, cls_method):
         return cls_method(cmd_class_instance, *args, **kwargs)
 
     return func
+
+
+class ServiceNotFound(Exception):
+    """
+    Application framework error: unable to find and inject dependency.
+    """
+
+    pass
+
+
+class NoCommandSpecified(Exception):
+    pass
diff --git a/app_skellington/_version.py b/app_skellington/_version.py
index 607cd4a..4e44c6e 100644
--- a/app_skellington/_version.py
+++ b/app_skellington/_version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
+# file generated by setuptools-scm
 # don't change, don't track in version control
+
+__all__ = ["__version__", "__version_tuple__", "version", "version_tuple"]
+
 TYPE_CHECKING = False
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Tuple, Union
+    from typing import Tuple
+    from typing import Union
 
     VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
 else:
@@ -13,5 +17,5 @@ __version__: str
 __version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
 version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
 
-__version__ = version = "0.2.2"
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 2, 2)
+__version__ = version = '0.3.0.dev6+g10e873d.d20250223'
+__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 3, 0, 'dev6', 'g10e873d.d20250223')
diff --git a/app_skellington/app_container.py b/app_skellington/app_container.py
index 772d59e..44c876a 100644
--- a/app_skellington/app_container.py
+++ b/app_skellington/app_container.py
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import os
 
 import appdirs
 
-from . import _util, cfg, cli, log
+from ._util import ServiceNotFound, NoCommandSpecified, get_root_asset
+from . import log
+from .cfg import Config
+from .cli import CommandTree
 
 # Application scaffolding:
 from ._bootstrap import _bootstrap_logger
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ class ApplicationContainer:
         # global state, configuration, loggers, and runtime args.
         self._dependencies = {}
 
-        config = cfg.Config(configspec_filepath, configini_filepath)
+        config = Config(configspec_filepath, configini_filepath)
 
         logger = log.LoggingLayer(self.appname, self.appauthor)
         # Try and load logging configuration if provided
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ class ApplicationContainer:
         # Reference to context service avail. in root_app
         self["ctx"] = lambda: self.ctx
 
-        self.cli = cli.CommandTree()  # Command-line interface
+        self.cli = CommandTree()  # Command-line interface
 
         # Run methods if subclass implemented them:
         if callable(getattr(self, "_cli_options", None)):
@@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ class ApplicationContainer:
         """
         Attempt to find config.spec inside the installed package directory.
         """
-        return _util.get_root_asset(configspec_filename)
+        return get_root_asset(configspec_filename)
 
     def _inject_service_dependencies(self, constructor):
         """
@@ -188,13 +191,3 @@ class ApplicationContainer:
         # Applications need a default usage
 
 
-class ServiceNotFound(Exception):
-    """
-    Application framework error: unable to find and inject dependency.
-    """
-
-    pass
-
-
-class NoCommandSpecified(Exception):
-    pass
diff --git a/app_skellington/cli.py b/app_skellington/cli.py
index 30d7b1d..50d1c63 100644
--- a/app_skellington/cli.py
+++ b/app_skellington/cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import inspect
 import re
 import sys
 
-from . import NoCommandSpecified, app_container
+from ._util import NoCommandSpecified
 from ._bootstrap import _bootstrap_logger
 
 # If explicit fail is enabled, any command with at least one unknown
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class CommandTree:
                     # return self._invoke_command(lookup, args)
 
                 else:
-                    raise app_container.NoCommandSpecified("No command specified.")
+                    raise NoCommandSpecified("No command specified.")
 
     def _invoke_command(self, cmd, args):
         command_to_be_invoked = cmd.callback