diff --git a/bob/paper/nir_patch_pooling/database/__init__.py b/bob/paper/nir_patch_pooling/database/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/bob/paper/nir_patch_pooling/extractor/__init__.py b/bob/paper/nir_patch_pooling/extractor/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/bob/paper/nir_patch_pooling/script/convert_mlfp_database.py b/bob/paper/nir_patch_pooling/script/convert_mlfp_database.py
index da34e1f6b3951441a8179e972655f24e19863be9..3c32ef19e495303d6fe7efc5e38be942fa2d0b5c 100755
--- a/bob/paper/nir_patch_pooling/script/convert_mlfp_database.py
+++ b/bob/paper/nir_patch_pooling/script/convert_mlfp_database.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import scipy.io as spio
 import os, sys
 from bob.bio.video import FrameContainer
 from bob.io.base import create_directories_safe, HDF5File
+import numpy as np
 
 frames_per_video = 20
 
diff --git a/buildout.cfg b/buildout.cfg
index c22b65d13ca30744606244c9c2778c31c078e7bd..5f27ead5ccda76a715165bec58ddeaf03047bbe6 100644
--- a/buildout.cfg
+++ b/buildout.cfg
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ verbose = true
 develop = .
 
 eggs = bob.paper.nir_patch_pooling
+    bob.db.batl
+
+[sources]
+bob.db.batl = git git@gitlab.idiap.ch:bob/bob.db.batl rev=5fecee9158832516c560d000a71ae7272d640506
 
 [scripts]
 recipe = bob.buildout:scripts
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 2087a6df70e6fb54cdbca34624c615254d36b546..a69284100fbd707cd3f9eeea6850cb2465b95d8a 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -17,17 +17,16 @@ dependencies:
   - bob.bio.video
   - bob.blitz
   - bob.core=2.2.1
-  - bob.db.base=3.0.1
+  - bob.db.base
   - bob.extension
   - bob.io.base
   - bob.io.image
   - bob.io.video
-  - bob.ip.dlib=1.0.5  
-  - bob.ip.facedetect=2.1.6
-  - bob.ip.facelandmarks=1.0.6
-  - bob.ip.flandmark=2.1.8    
+  - bob.ip.dlib
+  - bob.ip.facedetect
+  - bob.ip.facelandmarks
+  - bob.ip.flandmark
   - bob.ip.mtcnn
-  - bob.learn.libsvm
   - bob.learn.linear 
   - bob.math        
   - bob.measure