diff --git a/cmd.go b/cmd.go
index b48d9ff..2b65edb 100644
--- a/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd.go
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ func PathRunQuiet(pwd string, args []string) cmd.Status {
 	return PathRunLog(pwd, args, INFO)
 }
 
+// send blank path == use current golang working directory
+func RunRealtime(args []string) cmd.Status {
+	return PathRunRealtime("", args)
+}
+
 // echos twice a second if anything sends to STDOUT or STDERR
 // not great, but it's really just for watching things run in real time anyway
 // TODO: fix \r handling for things like git-clone so the terminal doesn't