diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 687e06d..bbfbb7c 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile as ntf
 from tldptesttools import TestToolsFilesystem
 
 # -- SUT
-from tldp.utils import makefh, which, getfileset, execute
+from tldp.utils import makefh, which, execute
+from tldp.utils import getfileset, statfiles, att_statinfo
 
 
 class Test_execute(TestToolsFilesystem):
@@ -64,9 +65,26 @@ class Test_getfileset(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_getfileset(self):
         here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
         me = os.path.join('.', os.path.basename(__file__))
-        self.assertTrue(me in getfileset(here))
+        fileset = getfileset(here)
+        self.assertIsInstance(fileset, set)
+        self.assertTrue(me in fileset)
 
 
+class Test_statfiles(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_statfiles(self):
+        here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        me = os.path.join('.', os.path.basename(__file__))
+        statinfo = statfiles(here)
+        self.assertIsInstance(statinfo, dict)
+        self.assertTrue(me in statinfo)
+
+
+class Test_att_statinfo(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_max_mtime(self):
+        pass
+
 class Test_makefh(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_makefh(self):
diff --git a/tldp/utils.py b/tldp/utils.py
index 69b352e..a3396fc 100644
--- a/tldp/utils.py
+++ b/tldp/utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import logging
 
 
 def getLogger(**opts):
-    level = opts.get('level', logging.DEBUG)
+    level = opts.get('level', logging.INFO)
     logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stderr, level=level)
     logger = logging.getLogger()
     return logger
@@ -83,29 +83,31 @@ def makefh(thing):
 
 
 def getfileset(dirname):
-    q = set()
+    statinfo = statfiles(dirname)
+    return set(statinfo.keys())
+
+
+def statfiles(dirname):
+    statinfo = dict()
     ocwd = os.getcwd()
     os.chdir(dirname)
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'):
-        q.update([os.path.join(root, x) for x in files])
+        for x in files:
+            relpath = os.path.join(root, x)
+            try:
+                statinfo[relpath] = os.stat(relpath)
+            except OSError as e:
+                if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:  # -- ho-hum, race condition
+                    raise e
     os.chdir(ocwd)
-    return q
-
-
-def statfiles(absdir, fileset):
-    statinfo = dict()
-    for fname in fileset:
-        try:
-            statinfo[fname] = os.stat(os.path.join(absdir, fname))
-        except OSError as e:
-            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:  # -- ho-hum, race condition
-                raise e
     return statinfo
 
 
 def att_statinfo(statinfo, attr='st_mtime', func=max):
-    x = func([getattr(v, attr) for v in statinfo.values()])
-    return x
+    if statinfo:
+        return func([getattr(v, attr) for v in statinfo.values()])
+    else:
+        return 0
 
 
 max_size = functools.partial(att_statinfo, attr='st_size', func=max)