diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e81e0af..eff08eb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "botlib",
-  "version": "1.5.6",
+  "version": "1.5.7",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5335abb..075c5c9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "botlib",
-  "version": "1.5.6",
+  "version": "1.5.7",
   "description": "General Bot base library for building Node.js TypeScript Apps packages (.gbapp) and Libray packages (.gblib)",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index",
diff --git a/src/IGBDeployer.ts b/src/IGBDeployer.ts
index d25831a..78dd963 100644
--- a/src/IGBDeployer.ts
+++ b/src/IGBDeployer.ts
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ export interface IGBDeployer {
   undeployPackageFromLocalPath(instance: IGBInstance, localPath: string): Promise<void>;
   deployPackage(min: GBMinInstance, localPath: string): Promise<void>;
   deployBlankBot(botId: string): Promise<IGBInstance>;
+  botExists(botId: string): Promise<Boolean>;
   rebuildIndex(instance: IGBInstance, searchSchema: any): Promise<void>;
 }