diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cc95b40..559910d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ GOVERSION = $(shell go version | cut -d' '  -f 3)
 BUILDTIME = $(shell date -u --iso-8601=seconds)
 VERSION   = $(shell cat resources/VERSION)
 
-# PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH go version
+# export GO111MODULE="off"
 
 build:
-	# -git pull
-	-cp ~/go/src/git.wit.org/wit/gui/toolkit/*.so plugins/
+	-cp ~/go/src/go.wit.com/gui/toolkits/*.so plugins/
 	go build -v
-	./wit-new-machine --gui gocui >/tmp/witgui.log.stderr 2>&1
+	./wit-new-machine --debugging
 
 nocui:
 	./wit-new-machine --gui-toolkit nocui
diff --git a/args.go b/args.go
index 7a277ce..d5d3124 100644
--- a/args.go
+++ b/args.go
@@ -1,10 +1,28 @@
-// This creates a simple hello world window
 package main
 
+/*
+	this enables command line options from other packages like 'gui' and 'log'
+*/
+
 import 	(
-	arg "github.com/alexflint/go-arg"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"go.wit.com/arg"
+	"go.wit.com/gui/debugger"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	arg.MustParse()
+var argGui ArgsGui
+
+// This struct can be used with the go-arg package
+type ArgsGui struct {
+	Test bool `arg:"--test" help:"enable all logging"`
+}
+
+func init() {
+	arg.MustParse(&argGui)
+
+	if debugger.ArgDebug() {
+		log.Log(true, "INIT() gui debug == true")
+	} else {
+		log.Log(true, "INIT() gui debug == false")
+	}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 79c5342..8cc638e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ go 1.21.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/alexflint/go-arg v1.4.3
-	go.wit.com/gui v0.9.2
+	go.wit.com/gui/gui v0.9.8
+	go.wit.com/log v0.0.0-20240102010317-907893ba7b4b
 	golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20231127183840-76ac6878050a
 )
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0 // indirect
+	go.wit.com/spew v0.0.0-20240101141411-c7b8e91573c9 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp/shiny v0.0.0-20230817173708-d852ddb80c63 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/image v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0314cec..569c5f6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 h1:ADUqmZGgLDDfbSL9ZmPxKTybcoEYHgpYfELNoN+7hsw=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0 h1:7fIwc/ZtS0q++VgcfqFDxSBZVv/Xo49/SYnDFupUwlI=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0/go.mod h1:X2jQV1h+kxSjClGpnseKVIxpmcjrj7MNnI0bnlfKTVQ=
-go.wit.com/gui v0.9.2 h1:QHMYdwpV6MzKwmFUMGevKUDn2a6GAqHN2Ltx8V3HufI=
-go.wit.com/gui v0.9.2/go.mod h1:asRXEYKmdjhtg1yiBi5A8YEY2YG4lWPS0gvNz4NXGDE=
+go.wit.com/gui/gui v0.9.8 h1:oMqM4sfucMnZxh9e2F0DKxNTuVxl2JZGXcuTRnGW+xI=
+go.wit.com/gui/gui v0.9.8/go.mod h1:H2+uDT6qoQ8UkV6QUNIC1MQsgy6/aAop0zWBHnwACso=
+go.wit.com/log v0.0.0-20240102010317-907893ba7b4b h1:YqDB6AChqjmt5jYN4F79UrjIDoUt58pfCgXJwp+G2wg=
+go.wit.com/log v0.0.0-20240102010317-907893ba7b4b/go.mod h1:GmsggfsKrqdZdAj26fEOlcTz6qEIazbV33uyuuktvB8=
+go.wit.com/spew v0.0.0-20240101141411-c7b8e91573c9 h1:UEX2EzLQPzLTfy/kUFQD7OXtvKn8wk/+jpDOkbl4ff4=
+go.wit.com/spew v0.0.0-20240101141411-c7b8e91573c9/go.mod h1:qBpgJXThMMT15vym7/E4Ur9y8oOo2nP7t2RP52QHUNw=
 golang.org/x/exp/shiny v0.0.0-20230817173708-d852ddb80c63 h1:3AGKexOYqL+ztdWdkB1bDwXgPBuTS/S8A4WzuTvJ8Cg=
 golang.org/x/exp/shiny v0.0.0-20230817173708-d852ddb80c63/go.mod h1:UH99kUObWAZkDnWqppdQe5ZhPYESUw8I0zVV1uWBR+0=
 golang.org/x/image v0.14.0 h1:tNgSxAFe3jC4uYqvZdTr84SZoM1KfwdC9SKIFrLjFn4=
diff --git a/gui.go b/gui.go
index cf6e640..d20fba3 100644
--- a/gui.go
+++ b/gui.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package main
 import (
-	"log"
 	"time"
 	"os"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"go.wit.com/gui/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/gui/debugger"
 )
 
 var myGui *gui.Node
@@ -94,6 +95,10 @@ func drawWindow() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	})
 
+	rn.NewButton("DebugWindow()", func () {
+		debugger.DebugWindow(myGui)
+	})
+
 	rn.NewLabel("Not yet working stuff")
 
 	rn.NewButton("resolv.conf", func () {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 55f240d..bdfdae6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"log"
 	"embed"
 	"strings"
 	"bytes"
 
-	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/arg"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+	"go.wit.com/gui/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/gui/debugger"
 )
 
 var GITCOMMIT string // this is passed in as an ldflag
@@ -47,11 +49,17 @@ func doCmd(str string) {
 
 func main() {
 	log.Println("starting my Control Panel")
+	arg.MustParse()
 
 	// myGui = gui.New().InitEmbed(resToolkit)
 	myGui = gui.New().Default()
 	drawWindow()
 
+	if debugger.ArgDebug() {
+		log.Sleep(2)
+		debugger.DebugWindow(myGui)
+	}
+
 	gui.Watchdog()
 }
 
diff --git a/setup.go b/setup.go
index d600c77..89c343a 100644
--- a/setup.go
+++ b/setup.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/gui/gui"
 )
 
 // setup a new machine