diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ec09f9..524bf5c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ redomod:
 	rm -f go.*
 	GO111MODULE= go mod init
 	GO111MODULE= go mod tidy
+	go mod edit -go=1.20
 
 curl-help:
 	curl --silent http://localhost:9419/help
diff --git a/initRepoList.go b/initRepoList.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 322ee5c..0000000
--- a/initRepoList.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-// this initializes the repos
-
-import (
-	"strings"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/repostatus"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func (r *repoWindow) initRepoList() {
-	r.View.InitRepoList(".config/autotypist")
-
-	if myargv.OnlyMe {
-		log.Info("not scanning everything")
-	} else {
-		log.Info("scanning everything in ~/go/src")
-		for i, path := range repostatus.ListGitDirectories() {
-			// log.Info("addRepo()", i, path)
-			path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, me.goSrcPwd.String())
-			path = strings.Trim(path, "/")
-			log.Info("addRepo()", i, path)
-			r.View.NewRepo(path)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 30d7730..a6752a6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"embed"
+	"os"
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/debugger"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/repolist"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
@@ -18,7 +21,10 @@ var myargv argv
 func main() {
 	me = new(autoType)
 
-	standardMachineInit()
+	// load the ~/.config/forge/ config
+	me.forge = forgepb.Init()
+	me.forge.ConfigPrintTable()
+	os.Setenv("REPO_WORK_PATH", me.forge.GetGoSrc())
 
 	log.DaemonMode(false)
 	me.myGui = gui.New()
@@ -50,8 +56,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	me.repos = makeRepoView()
 
-	// parse config file and scan for .git repos
-	me.repos.initRepoList()
+	me.repos.View = repolist.Init(me.forge, me.myGui)
+	me.repos.View.Enable()
 
 	// reads in the State of all the repos
 	// TODO: should not really be necessary directly after init()
diff --git a/nohup.out b/nohup.out
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/repoview.go b/repoview.go
index 22b9dde..88f5994 100644
--- a/repoview.go
+++ b/repoview.go
@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ func makeRepoView() *repoWindow {
 
 	r.topbox = r.repoMenu()
 
-	r.View = repolist.AutotypistView(r.box)
+	/*
+		r.View = repolist.AutotypistView(r.box)
 
-	showncount := r.View.MirrorShownCount()
-	r.topbox.Append(showncount)
-	duration := r.View.MirrorScanDuration()
-	r.topbox.Append(duration)
+		showncount := r.View.MirrorShownCount()
+		r.topbox.Append(showncount)
+		duration := r.View.MirrorScanDuration()
+		r.topbox.Append(duration)
+	*/
 	return r
 }
 
diff --git a/standardMachineInit.go b/standardMachineInit.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a30b5c..0000000
--- a/standardMachineInit.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"os"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-// does a standard forgepb & zoopb init
-
-func standardMachineInit() {
-	var err error
-	me.forge.Init()
-
-	me.forge.ConfigPrintTable()
-
-	// load the ~/.config/forge/ machine file from zoopb
-	if err = me.machine.ConfigLoad(); err != nil {
-		log.Warn("zoopb.ConfigLoad() failed", err)
-		os.Exit(-1)
-	}
-	me.machine.InitWit()
-
-	// list all packages from mirrors.wit.com
-	/*
-		loop := me.machine.Wit.SortByName()
-		for loop.Scan() {
-			p := loop.Package()
-			log.Info("package:", p.Name, p.Version, p.PkgName)
-		}
-	*/
-
-	// use ~/go/src unless we find a go.work file in a parent directory
-	if me.goSrcPath, err = forgepb.FindGoSrc(); err != nil {
-		log.Info(err)
-		os.Exit(-1)
-	}
-
-	// this ENV value is used by the repolist and repostatus packages
-	if me.goSrcPath != "" {
-		os.Setenv("REPO_WORK_PATH", me.goSrcPath)
-
-	}
-}
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 1ff6527..2336180 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/zoopb"
 )
 
 var me *autoType
@@ -20,14 +19,11 @@ func (b *autoType) Enable() {
 // this app's variables
 type autoType struct {
 	// your customized repo preferences and settings
-	forge forgepb.Forge
+	forge *forgepb.Forge
 
 	// where your ~/go/src is
 	goSrcPath string
 
-	// use zookeeper to get the list of installed packages
-	machine zoopb.Machine
-
 	// allrepos map[string]*repo
 	myGui *gui.Node