diff --git a/debugger.go b/debugger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..116d549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debugger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package main
+
+/*
+	enables GUI options and the debugger in your application
+*/
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/debugger"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+var args struct {
+}
+
+func init() {
+	arg.MustParse(&args)
+
+	if debugger.ArgDebug() {
+		log.Info("cmd line --debugger == true")
+		go func() {
+			log.Sleep(2)
+			debugger.DebugWindow()
+		}()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/args.go b/flags.go
similarity index 69%
rename from args.go
rename to flags.go
index cf68339..fbc54ba 100644
--- a/args.go
+++ b/flags.go
@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
-/*
-	this parses the command line arguements
-
-	this enables command line options from other packages like 'gui' and 'log'
-*/
-
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/debugger"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-var args struct {
-	Display    string `arg:"env:DISPLAY"`
-	TmpLog     bool   `arg:"--tmp-log" help:"automatically send STDOUT to /tmp"`
-	VerboseDNS bool   `arg:"--verbose-dns" help:"debug your dns settings"`
-}
-
 var NOW *log.LogFlag
 var INFO *log.LogFlag
 var NET *log.LogFlag
@@ -32,7 +18,6 @@ var CHANGE *log.LogFlag
 var STATUS *log.LogFlag
 
 func init() {
-	arg.MustParse(&args)
 	full := "go.wit.com/control-panels/dns"
 	short := "cpdns"
 
@@ -47,12 +32,6 @@ func init() {
 	CHANGE = log.NewFlag("CHANGE", true, full, short, "when host or dns change")
 	STATUS = log.NewFlag("STATUS", false, full, short, "updateStatus() polling")
 
-	if debugger.ArgDebug() {
-		log.Log(NOW, "INIT() gui debug == true")
-	} else {
-		log.Log(NOW, "INIT() gui debug == false")
-	}
-
 	me.dnsSleep = 500 * time.Millisecond
 	me.localSleep = 100 * time.Millisecond
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1c2d8da..c7d9cf5 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ func main() {
 	me.ipv4s = make(map[string]dns.RR)
 	me.ipv6s = make(map[string]dns.RR)
 
-	if args.TmpLog {
-		// send all log() output to a file in /tmp
-		log.SetTmp()
-	}
-
 	me.myGui = gui.New()
 	me.myGui.InitEmbed(resToolkit)
 	me.myGui.Default()