diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4016346..2accf61 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ all:
 
 # simple sortcut to push all git changes
 push:
-	# git pull
+	git pull
 	git add --all
 	-git commit -a -s
 	git push
diff --git a/chomp.go b/chomp.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acedd47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chomp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package log
+
+/* 
+	perl 'chomp'
+
+	send it anything, always get back a string
+*/
+
+import "fmt"
+import "reflect"
+import "strings"
+import "bytes"
+
+// import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+
+func chompBytesBuffer(buf *bytes.Buffer) string {
+	var bytesSplice []byte
+	bytesSplice = buf.Bytes()
+
+	return Chomp(string(bytesSplice))
+}
+
+//
+// TODO: obviously this is stupidly wrong
+// TODO: fix this to trim fucking everything
+// really world? 8 fucking years of this language
+// and I'm fucking writing this? jesus. how the
+// hell is everyone else doing this? Why isn't
+// this already in the strings package?
+//
+func perlChomp(s string) string {
+	// lots of stuff in go moves around the whole block of whatever it is so lots of things are padded with NULL values
+	s = strings.Trim(s, "\x00") // removes NULL (needed!)
+
+	// TODO: christ. make some fucking regex that takes out every NULL, \t, ' ", \n, and \r
+	s = strings.Trim(s, "\n")
+	s = strings.Trim(s, "\n")
+	s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\r")
+	s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\n")
+
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)		// this is like 'chomp' in perl
+	s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\n")		// this is like 'chomp' in perl
+	return s
+}
+
+// TODO: fix this to chomp \n \r NULL \t and ' '
+func Chomp(a interface{}) string {
+	// switch reflect.TypeOf(a) {
+	switch t := a.(type) {
+		case string:
+			var s string
+			s = a.(string)
+			return perlChomp(s)
+		case []uint8:
+			// log.Printf("shell.Chomp() FOUND []uint8")
+			var tmp []uint8
+			tmp = a.([]uint8)
+
+			s := string(tmp)
+			return perlChomp(s)
+		case uint64:
+			// log.Printf("shell.Chomp() FOUND []uint64")
+			s := fmt.Sprintf("%d", a.(uint64))
+			return perlChomp(s)
+		case int64:
+			// log.Printf("shell.Chomp() FOUND []int64")
+			s := fmt.Sprintf("%d", a.(int64))
+			return perlChomp(s)
+		case *bytes.Buffer:
+			// log.Printf("shell.Chomp() FOUND *bytes.Buffer")
+			var tmp *bytes.Buffer
+			tmp = a.(*bytes.Buffer)
+			if (tmp == nil) {
+				return ""
+			}
+
+			var bytesSplice []byte
+			bytesSplice = tmp.Bytes()
+			return Chomp(string(bytesSplice))
+		default:
+			// tmp := fmt.Sprint("shell.Chomp() NO HANDLER FOR TYPE: %T", a)
+			// handleError(fmt.Errorf(tmp), -1)
+			Println("log.Chomp() NEED TO MAKE CONVERTER FOR type =", reflect.TypeOf(t))
+	}
+	Println("log.Chomp() THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN")
+	// tmp := "shell.Chomp() THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN"
+	// handleError(fmt.Errorf(tmp), -1)
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/linux.go b/linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d923a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// +build linux,go1.7
+
+// put stuff in here that you only want compiled under linux
+
+package log
+
+import origlog "log"
+import "os"
+import "os/signal"
+import "syscall"
+
+// import "runtime"
+// import "time"
+// import "reflect"
+
+// import "git.wit.com/wit/shell"
+// import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+
+import "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+import "github.com/wercker/journalhook"
+
+var sigChan	chan os.Signal
+
+func init() {
+	origlog.Println("LINUX LOG() INIT()")
+	systemdlog = logrus.New()
+	journalhook.Enable()
+	systemdlog.Println("LINUX LOG() INIT()")
+	systemdlog.Println("LINUX LOG() INIT()")
+}
+
+func handleSignal(err interface{}, ret int) {
+	origlog.Println("handleSignal() only should be compiled on linux")
+	sigChan = make(chan os.Signal, 3)
+	signal.Notify(sigChan, syscall.SIGUSR1)
+}
+
+func UseJournalctl() {
+	journalhook.Enable()
+}
diff --git a/log.go b/log.go
index 850ae06..c8e2f6b 100644
--- a/log.go
+++ b/log.go
@@ -1,18 +1,32 @@
 package log
 
 /* 
-	send it anything, always get back a string
+	override the log
 */
 
 import "fmt"
+import "strings"
 import origlog "log"
 import "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-import "git.wit.com/wit/shell"
+
+var newlog = logrus.New()
+var systemdlog *logrus.Logger
 
 var debug bool = false
 var warn  bool = false
 var err   bool = false
 
+type Log struct {
+	Debug bool
+	Warn  bool
+	Err   bool
+}
+
+func New() *Log {
+	var tmp Log
+	return &tmp
+}
+
 func SetDebug(a bool) {
 	debug = a
 }
@@ -25,32 +39,43 @@ func SetError(a bool) {
 	err = a
 }
 
+func (a *Log) Printer(b string) {
+	origlog.Println(b)
+}
+
 func Print(a ...interface{}) {
 	origlog.Println(a)
 }
 
 func Println(format string, a ...interface{}) {
-	if (debug) {
-		logrus.Println(a)
-	}
+//	if (debug) {
+//		newlog.Println(a)
+//	}
 	var tmp string
 	if (a == nil) {
 		tmp = fmt.Sprintf(format)
 	} else {
 		tmp = fmt.Sprintf(format, a)
 	}
-	origlog.Println(shell.Chomp(tmp))
+
+	// log each line
+	lines := strings.Split(Chomp(tmp), "\n")
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		origlog.Println(line)
+	}
 }
 
-func Debug(a ...interface{}) {
+func Debug(format string, a ...interface{}) {
 	if (debug) {
-		origlog.Println(a)
+		newlog.Debug(format, a)
+		systemdlog.Println("SYSTEMLOG:", format, a)
 	}
 }
 
 func Debugln(a ...interface{}) {
 	if (debug) {
-		origlog.Println(a)
+		newlog.Debug(a)
+		systemdlog.Println("SYSTEMLOG:", a)
 	}
 }