diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js b/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js
index 0933addb..a78df793 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js	
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ var CLIActions = actions.Actions({
 		function(path){
 			var that = this
 
+			// XXX is this correct???
+			path = path || this.location.path
+
 			return this.loadImages(path)
 				.then(function(){ return that.makePreviews('all') })
 				.then(function(){ return that.sortImages() })
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js
index d5211ef1..15e536be 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ define(function(require){ var module = {}
 // XXX
 var DEBUG = typeof(DEBUG) != 'undefined' ? DEBUG : true
 
+var object = require('lib/object')
 var actions = require('lib/actions')
 var features = require('lib/features')
 var toggler = require('lib/toggler')
@@ -57,10 +58,19 @@ function(attr, states, a, b){
 
 /*********************************************************************/
 
-// Root ImageGrid.viewer object...
+// Root ImageGrid.viewer object constructor...
 //
+var ImageGrid = object.makeConstructor('ImageGrid', actions.MetaActions)
+
+// Root ImageGrid feature set....
 var ImageGridFeatures =
-module.ImageGridFeatures = Object.create(features.FeatureSet)
+module.ImageGridFeatures = new features.FeatureSet()
+
+// setup base instance constructor...
+ImageGridFeatures.__actions__ = function(){
+	return actions.Actions(ImageGrid())
+}
+
 
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js
index 32f2722d..8d9b6eba 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js	
@@ -1202,10 +1202,15 @@ module.MetaActions = {
 		if(this.__proto__.config && !Object.hasOwnProperty(this, 'config')){
 			this.config = Object.create(this.__proto__.config)
 		}
-	}
+	},
 }
 
 
+var ActionSet =
+module.ActionSet =
+object.makeConstructor('ActionSet', MetaActions)
+
+
 
 // An action set...
 //
@@ -1249,13 +1254,12 @@ module.MetaActions = {
 //
 // XXX add doc, ldoc, tags and save them to each action...
 // XXX is .config processing correct here???
-// XXX should this be a full fledged object???
 var Actions =
 module.Actions =
 function Actions(a, b){
 	var obj = b == null ? a : b
-	var proto = b == null ? MetaActions : a
-	obj = obj || {}
+	var proto = b == null ? b : a
+	obj = obj || new ActionSet()
 
 	// NOTE: this is intentionally done only for own attributes...
 	Object.keys(obj).forEach(function(k){
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/features.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/features.js
index 90f5d19f..4cece301 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/features.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/features.js	
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ define(function(require){ var module = {}
 var args2array = require('lib/util').args2array
 
 var actions = require('lib/actions')
+var object = require('lib/object')
 
 
 
@@ -231,9 +232,9 @@ Feature.prototype = FeatureProto
 Feature.prototype.constructor = Feature
 
 
-var FeatureSet =
-module.FeatureSet = {
+var FeatureSetProto = {
 	__feature__: Feature,
+	__actions__: actions.Actions,
 
 	// if true, .setup(..) will report things it's doing... 
 	__verbose__: null,
@@ -582,7 +583,8 @@ module.FeatureSet = {
 			obj = null
 		}
 
-		obj = obj || actions.Actions()
+		obj = obj || (this.__actions__ || actions.Actions)()
+
 		lst = lst.constructor !== Array ? [lst] : lst
 		var features = this.buildFeatureList(obj, lst)
 		lst = features.features
@@ -658,10 +660,15 @@ module.FeatureSet = {
 }
 
 
+var FeatureSet =
+module.FeatureSet = object.makeConstructor('FeatureSet', FeatureSetProto)
+
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 var Features =
-module.Features = Object.create(FeatureSet)
+module.Features = new FeatureSet()
+