diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ea91ac..65d1dc9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ GUIVERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
 BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d)
 
 all: verbose
-	./fixup drives
+	-fixup --gui-check-plugin ../../../toolkits/gocui/gocui.so
+	fixup --gui gocui --gui-verbose --gui-file ../../toolkits/gocui/gocui.so drives
 
 go-build: goimports
 	GO111MODULE=off go build \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 
 verbose: goimports
-	GO111MODULE=off go build -v -x \
+	-cp -a ../../../toolkits/gocui/gocui.so resources/
+	GO111MODULE=off go install -v -x \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 
 install: goimports
diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index fc7fc7b..bea917b 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func (args) Version() string {
-	return "wit-test " + VERSION + "    Built on " + BUILDTIME
+	return ARGNAME + " " + VERSION + "    Built on " + BUILDTIME
 }
diff --git a/argvAutocomplete.go b/argvAutocomplete.go
index 9d60ceb..bbedb83 100644
--- a/argvAutocomplete.go
+++ b/argvAutocomplete.go
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ import (
 	handles shell autocomplete
 */
 
-// used for shell auto completion
-var ARGNAME string = "wit-test" // todo: get this from $0 ?
-
 func (args) doBashAuto() {
 	argv.doBashHelp()
 	switch argv.BashAuto[0] {
@@ -68,6 +65,8 @@ func (args) doBash() {
 	fmt.Println("")
 	fmt.Println("# todo: add this to go-arg as a 'hidden' go-arg option --bash")
 	fmt.Println("#")
+	fmt.Println("# Put the below in the file: ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/" + ARGNAME)
+	fmt.Println("#")
 	fmt.Println("# todo: make this output work/parse with:")
 	fmt.Println("# complete -C " + ARGNAME + " --bash go")
 	fmt.Println("")
diff --git a/doDrives.go b/doDrives.go
index bc22dae..a1e0b91 100644
--- a/doDrives.go
+++ b/doDrives.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ func doDrives() {
 	}
 
 	for _, p := range parts {
-		fmt.Printf("Device: /dev/%s\tSize: %d KiB\n", p.Name, p.Blocks)
+		log.Printf("Device: /dev/%s\tSize: %d KiB\n", p.Name, p.Blocks)
 	}
 
 	blockDir := "/sys/block"
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ func doDrives() {
 		if d.IsDir() && filepath.Dir(path) == blockDir {
 			dev := d.Name()
 			devPath := "/dev/" + dev
-			fmt.Printf("Drive: %s\n", devPath)
+			log.Printf("Drive: %s\n", devPath)
 
 			// Look for partitions
 			partitions, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(blockDir, dev, dev+"*"))
@@ -51,18 +50,18 @@ func doDrives() {
 				hasPartition = true
 				partDev := "/dev/" + partName
 				isMounted := mounts[partDev]
-				fmt.Printf("  Partition: %s [%v]\n", partDev, isMounted)
+				log.Printf("  Partition: %s [%v]\n", partDev, isMounted)
 				if isMounted {
 					used = true
 				}
 			}
 
 			if !hasPartition {
-				fmt.Println("  No partitions found.")
+				log.Println("  No partitions found.")
 			}
 
 			if !used {
-				fmt.Println("  → Drive appears to be unused.")
+				log.Println("  → Drive appears to be unused.")
 			}
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -127,9 +126,9 @@ func parseProcPartitions() ([]Partition, error) {
 		}
 
 		var p Partition
-		_, err := fmt.Sscanf(line, "%d %d %d %s", &p.Major, &p.Minor, &p.Blocks, &p.Name)
+		_, err := log.Sscanf(line, "%d %d %d %s", &p.Major, &p.Minor, &p.Blocks, &p.Name)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing line: %q: %w", line, err)
+			return nil, log.Errorf("error parsing line: %q: %w", line, err)
 		}
 		partitions = append(partitions, p)
 	}
diff --git a/doGui.go b/doGui.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc6fe53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doGui.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+// An app to submit patches for the 30 GO GUI repos
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func debug() {
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+		log.Info("TODO: use this?")
+	}
+}
+
+func doGui() {
+	me.myGui = gui.New()
+	me.myGui.InitEmbed(resources)
+	me.myGui.Default()
+
+	mainWindow := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("RiscV Imager", "Show Drives")
+	mainWindow.Custom = func() {
+		log.Warn("Main window close")
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	drawWindow(mainWindow)
+
+	// sits here forever
+	debug()
+}
+
+func drawWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
+	grid := win.Group.RawGrid()
+
+	grid.NewLabel("Drives:")
+
+	me.dd = grid.NewDropdown()
+	me.dd.AddText("/dev/blah")
+	me.dd.Custom = func() {
+		log.Info("todo: changed drive")
+	}
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	grid.NewButton("doDrives()", func() {
+		doDrives()
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("doDrives2()", func() {
+		doDrives2()
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("partition drives", func() {
+		log.Info("something")
+	})
+
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	grid.NewButton("ConfigSave()", func() {
+		log.Info("todo: make code for this")
+	})
+
+}
diff --git a/getDrives.go b/getDrives.go
index 35e4f49..a818645 100644
--- a/getDrives.go
+++ b/getDrives.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 type DevInfo struct {
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ type DevInfo struct {
 func doDrives2() {
 	parts, err := parseProcPartitions()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error reading /proc/partitions: %v\n", err)
+		log.Printf("Error reading /proc/partitions: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
@@ -42,12 +43,14 @@ func doDrives2() {
 	for _, info := range devs {
 		devPath := "/dev/" + info.Name
 		if info.IsRaw {
-			fmt.Printf("%-12s -> %-8s (raw)\n", devPath, info.Type)
+			s := log.Sprintf("%-12s -> %-8s (raw)", devPath, info.Type)
+			log.Info(s)
+			me.dd.AddText(s)
 		} else {
 			if info.Parent != "" {
-				fmt.Printf("%-12s -> partition of /dev/%s\n", devPath, info.Parent)
+				log.Printf("%-12s -> partition of /dev/%s\n", devPath, info.Parent)
 			} else {
-				fmt.Printf("%-12s -> unknown (no parent found)\n", devPath)
+				log.Printf("%-12s -> unknown (no parent found)\n", devPath)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index bd6833d..1a5be65 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"debug/buildinfo"
+	"embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"plugin"
 	"unicode"
 
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
@@ -18,9 +22,16 @@ import (
 var VERSION string
 var BUILDTIME string
 
+// used for shell auto completion
+var ARGNAME string = "fixup" // todo: get this from $0 ?
+
+//go:embed resources/*
+var resources embed.FS
+
 func main() {
 	me = new(autoType)
-	me.argpp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
+	gui.InitArg()
+	me.pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
 
 	if argv.Bash {
 		argv.doBash()
@@ -31,12 +42,21 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	if argv.Drives != nil {
-		doDrives()
-		doDrives2()
-	}
+	// checkPlug("../../../toolkits/gocui/gocui.so")
+	// checkPlug("/usr/lib/go-gui-toolkits/gocui.v0.22.46.so")
 
-	listenForBlockEvents()
+	/*
+		if argv.Drives != nil {
+			doDrives()
+			doDrives2()
+		}
+	*/
+
+	// doDrives()
+	// okExit("everything compiled")
+
+	go listenForBlockEvents()
+	doGui()
 	okExit("everything compiled")
 }
 
@@ -71,26 +91,57 @@ func dumpDebug() {
 	// Get absolute path of the currently running binary
 	exePath, err := os.Executable()
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error getting executable path:", err)
+		log.Println("Error getting executable path:", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	// Resolve symlinks if necessary
 	exePath, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(exePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error resolving symlink:", err)
+		log.Println("Error resolving symlink:", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	// Read build info
 	bi, err := buildinfo.ReadFile(exePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error reading build info:", err)
+		log.Println("Error reading build info:", err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("Go Version:", bi.GoVersion)
+	log.Println("Go Version:", bi.GoVersion)
 	for _, dep := range bi.Deps {
-		fmt.Printf("Dependency: %s %s\n", dep.Path, dep.Version)
+		log.Printf("Dependency: %s %s\n", dep.Path, dep.Version)
 	}
 }
+
+func checkPlug(pluginPath string) *plugin.Plugin {
+	if err := checkPluginViaSubprocess(pluginPath); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Plugin check failed: %v\n", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	p, err := plugin.Open(pluginPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("plugin.Open failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Println("Plugin loaded successfully.")
+	return p
+}
+
+func checkPluginViaSubprocess(path string) error {
+	exe, err := os.Executable()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get executable path: %w", err)
+	}
+	resolved, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(exe)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve executable symlink: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(resolved, "--gui-check-plugin", path)
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
diff --git a/plugincheck/check.go b/plugincheck/check.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d3b683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugincheck/check.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package plugincheck
+
+import (
+	"debug/buildinfo"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime/debug"
+)
+
+// CheckPluginCompatibility verifies that the plugin .so file was built
+// with the same Go version and dependency versions as the host binary.
+func CheckPluginCompatibility(pluginPath string) error {
+	pluginInfo, err := buildinfo.ReadFile(pluginPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read plugin build info: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	mainInfo, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if !ok {
+		return errors.New("failed to read main binary build info")
+	}
+
+	if pluginInfo.GoVersion != mainInfo.GoVersion {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Go version mismatch: plugin=%s, host=%s",
+			pluginInfo.GoVersion, mainInfo.GoVersion)
+	}
+
+	// Create a map of main binary dependencies for quick lookup
+	hostDeps := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, dep := range mainInfo.Deps {
+		hostDeps[dep.Path] = dep.Version
+	}
+
+	// Compare plugin dependencies
+	for _, dep := range pluginInfo.Deps {
+		hostVer, ok := hostDeps[dep.Path]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("dependency %s not found in host binary", dep.Path)
+		}
+		if dep.Version != hostVer {
+			return fmt.Errorf("dependency version mismatch for %s: plugin=%s, host=%s",
+				dep.Path, dep.Version, hostVer)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/resources/README b/resources/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09d5ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+put the GO GUI plugin .so files here
diff --git a/resources/gocui.so b/resources/gocui.so
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df8357e
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/gocui.so differ
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 50e3742..d76a1ff 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
 )
 
 var me *autoType
 
 // this app's variables
 type autoType struct {
-	argpp *arg.Parser // go-arg preprocessor
+	pp    *arg.Parser // go-arg preprocessor
+	myGui *gui.Node   // the gui toolkit handle
+	dd    *gui.Node   // the drives dropdown list
 }
diff --git a/watchForNewDrives.go b/watchForNewDrives.go
index 74b2efe..78b2954 100644
--- a/watchForNewDrives.go
+++ b/watchForNewDrives.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"syscall"
 )
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func listenForBlockEvents() {
 
 		msg := parseUevent(buf[:n])
 		if msg["SUBSYSTEM"] == "block" && msg["ACTION"] == "add" {
-			fmt.Printf("New block device added: %s\n", msg["DEVNAME"])
+			log.Printf("New block device added: %s\n", msg["DEVNAME"])
 		}
 	}
 }