diff --git a/globalDisplayOptions.go b/globalDisplayOptions.go
index 7439e4c..4c57c99 100644
--- a/globalDisplayOptions.go
+++ b/globalDisplayOptions.go
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ func globalDisplayOptions(box *gui.Node) {
 			}
 		}
 		log.Info("redo go.sum finished ok!")
+		longB.Disable()
 		me.Enable()
 		longB.Enable()
 	})
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5a1d6e4..c9edfd3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,17 +3,20 @@ package main
 import (
 	"embed"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 // TODO: autocompute these in the gui
-var releaseReasonS string = "deb packager"
-var releaseVersion string = "0.20.3"
-var widgetVersion string = "1.1.18"
+var releaseReasonS string
+var releaseVersion string
+var widgetVersion string
 
 //go:embed resources/*
 var resToolkit embed.FS
@@ -22,6 +25,16 @@ func main() {
 	me = new(autoType)
 	me.allrepos = make(map[string]*repo)
 
+	// TODO: autocompute these in the gui
+	releaseReasonS = os.Getenv("GUIRELEASE_REASON")
+	releaseVersion = os.Getenv("GUIRELEASE_VERSION")
+	widgetVersion = os.Getenv("GUIRELEASE_WIDGET")
+
+	if releaseVersion == "" {
+		log.Info("GUIRELEASE_VERSION not set")
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	me.myGui = gui.New()
 	me.myGui.InitEmbed(resToolkit)
 	me.myGui.Default()
@@ -31,6 +44,15 @@ func main() {
 
 	globalDisplayOptions(me.mainBox)
 
+	// if you have a go.work file, you must delete it
+	// TODO: check for go.work files anywhere
+	homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
+	gowork := filepath.Join(homeDir, "go/src/go.work")
+	if shell.Exists(gowork) {
+		log.Info("go.work must be deleted")
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	repoworld()
 
 	me.releaseReasonS = releaseReasonS