diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f85d699..cb50439 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 protobuf definition files for zookeeper
+
+* experimental. at this point, it's just stubbed in
+* zookeeper is similar to the apache zookeeper project
+* you can use it to maintain the systems in your cluster
+* zookeeper works with virtigo to maintain your private cloud
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 6d1d870..800b7ba 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (m *Machine) ConfigLoad() error {
 	m.Hostname = hostname
 	m.Distro = detectDistro()
 	m.initPackages()
-	log.Info("zoopb.ConfigLoad()", m.Hostname, "runs", m.Distro, "with", m.Packages.Len(), "packages")
+	log.Log(INFO, "zoopb.ConfigLoad()", m.Hostname, "runs", m.Distro, "with", m.Packages.Len(), "packages")
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/log.go b/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55d93eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package zoopb
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+var INFO *log.LogFlag
+var WARN *log.LogFlag
+
+func init() {
+	full := "go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/zoopb"
+	short := "zoopb"
+
+	INFO = log.NewFlag("INFO", false, full, short, "general forgepb things")
+	WARN = log.NewFlag("WARN", true, full, short, "zoopb warnings")
+}