diff --git a/unit-tests/_defaults.txt b/unit-tests/_defaults.txt
index 80618d7..8de0618 100644
--- a/unit-tests/_defaults.txt
+++ b/unit-tests/_defaults.txt
@@ -1,52 +1,56 @@
 # vim: ft=sh et :
 
 
 # ticket defaults, mostly set via config file.
 ticket:
 
     name           "ticket"
 
     ## these would matter if testing via GDB had high latencies
     #expiry         60
     #timeout        10
     acquire_after  0
 
 
 
     # defaults for all tests
     state           ST_INIT
     next_cron       0
 # time(0)+1
     # local is site[0] per convention
 
-    owner           booth_conf->site+1
-    expires         time(0)+1
-    last_ack_ballot 242
+    leader          booth_conf->site+1
+    #owner           booth_conf->site+1
+    #expires         time(0)+1
+    term_expires    time(0)+1
+    #last_ack_ballot 242
 
-    proposer        0
-    proposed_owner  0
-    new_ballot      0
-    proposal_acknowledges   0
-    retry_number    0
+    leader          0
+    #proposer        0
+    #proposed_owner  0
+    #new_ballot      0
+    #proposal_acknowledges   0
+    #retry_number    0
 
 
 
 # defaults for input message.
 # sender is a peer, and it wants something.
 message:
 
     ticket.id               "ticket"
     # invalid by default
     header.cmd              -1
     # invalid by default
     header.result           1
     # invalid by default
     header.from             -1
     header.version          BOOTHC_VERSION
     header.magic            BOOTHC_MAGIC
     header.length           sizeof(struct boothc_ticket_msg)
-    ticket.owner            -1
-    ticket.ballot           0
-    ticket.prev_ballot      0
-    ticket.expiry           0
+    ticket.leader           -1
+    ticket.term             0
+    ticket.term_valid_for   0
+    ticket.last_log_index   0
+    ticket.leader_commit    -1