diff --git a/src/bsys.c b/src/bsys.c
index 8b7ffe46..0fccc9eb 100644
--- a/src/bsys.c
+++ b/src/bsys.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int bsys_dep_tree(bsys_t const* bsys) {
 
 	char* const STR_CLEANUP serialized = dep_node_serialize(tree);
 
-	printf("%s", serialized);
+	printf(DEP_TAG_START "%s" DEP_TAG_END, serialized);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/dep_serialization.c b/src/dep_serialization.c
index 0385c55c..95bd39f2 100644
--- a/src/dep_serialization.c
+++ b/src/dep_serialization.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ char* dep_node_serialize(dep_node_t* node) {
 }
 
 int dep_node_deserialize(dep_node_t* root, char* serialized) {
+	// Do all the necessary set up for the root node and the stack.
+
 	root->is_root = true;
 	root->path = NULL;
 
@@ -74,9 +76,34 @@ int dep_node_deserialize(dep_node_t* root, char* serialized) {
 	assert(stack != NULL);
 	stack[0] = root;
 
+	// Figure out if we're using dependency tree tags or not.
+	// If we are, jump to after that point in the string passed.
+	// If we are not, assume the whole string is the meat of the dependency tree.
+
+	char* const dep_tag_start = strstr(serialized, DEP_TAG_START);
+	bool const use_tags = dep_tag_start != NULL;
+
+	if (use_tags) {
+		serialized = dep_tag_start + strlen(DEP_TAG_START);
+	}
+
+	// We need to keep a copy of the original backing string to free it later.
+	// If using tags, remove all that is after the closing tag.
+
 	char* const STR_CLEANUP orig_backing = strdup(serialized);
 	assert(orig_backing != NULL);
 
+	if (use_tags) {
+		char* const dep_tag_end = strstr(orig_backing, DEP_TAG_END);
+
+		if (dep_tag_end == NULL) {
+			LOG_FATAL("Using dependency tree tags, but no closing dependency tree tag found." PLZ_REPORT);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		dep_tag_end[0] = '\0';
+	}
+
 	char* backing = orig_backing;
 	char* tok;
 
diff --git a/src/deps.c b/src/deps.c
index 4492bf09..be8b6369 100644
--- a/src/deps.c
+++ b/src/deps.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ dep_node_t* deps_tree(flamingo_val_t* deps_vec) {
 	FILE* const hash_f = fopen(hash_path, "r");
 
 	if (hash_f == NULL) {
-		// LOG_INFO("No cached dependency tree found, building it.");
+		LOG_INFO("No cached dependency tree found, building it.");
 		goto build_tree;
 	}
 
@@ -267,14 +267,14 @@ dep_node_t* deps_tree(flamingo_val_t* deps_vec) {
 	fclose(hash_f);
 
 	if (read_hash != hash) {
-		// LOG_INFO("Dependency vector changed, rebuilding dependency tree.");
+		LOG_INFO("Dependency vector changed, rebuilding dependency tree.");
 		goto build_tree;
 	}
 
 	FILE* const tree_f = fopen(tree_path, "r");
 
 	if (tree_f == NULL) {
-		// LOG_WARN("Could not open dependency tree file '%s', rebuilding it.", tree_path);
+		LOG_WARN("Could not open dependency tree file '%s', rebuilding it.", tree_path);
 		goto build_tree;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/deps.h b/src/deps.h
index f821b476..e18f82e0 100644
--- a/src/deps.h
+++ b/src/deps.h
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 #include <flamingo/flamingo.h>
 
+#define DEP_TAG_START "<bob-dep-tree>\n"
+#define DEP_TAG_END "</bob-dep-tree>\n"
+
 typedef struct dep_node_t dep_node_t;
 
 struct dep_node_t {