diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js b/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js
index 4037ca9c..a650baa2 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js	
@@ -38,25 +38,36 @@ module.CLI = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 			function(){
 				if(this.runtime == 'nw'){
 					var argv = requirejs('nw.gui').App.argv
+
+					// XXX 
+					console.log('>>>>', argv)
+
 				} else if(this.runtime == 'node'){
 					var argv = process.argv
 				}
 
-				// XXX for some reason this always contains --help in nw...
-				//console.log('>>>>', argv)
 
 
 				var cli = requirejs('commander')
+				cli
 					.version('0.0.1')
-					.usage('[command] [options] ..')
-					.option('--features', 'list loaded features')
-					.command('index [path]', 'build and index of path')
+					//.usage('[command] [options] ..')
+
+					.option('--list-features', 'list loaded features')
+
+					//.command('index [path]', 'build an index of path')
+
+					.arguments('<action> [args]')
+					.action(function(action, args){
+						console.log('>>>>', action, args)
+					})
+
 					.parse(argv)
 
 
 				// list features...
-				// XXX make this a core action...
-				if(cli.features){
+				// XXX make this a core action... (???)
+				if(cli.listFeatures){
 					this.features.excluded.length > 0 
 						&& console.warn('Features excluded (%d):\n   ',
 							this.features.excluded.length, 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/ig.js b/ui (gen4)/ig.js
index 02299a98..8e98f381 100644
--- a/ui (gen4)/ig.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/ig.js	
@@ -46,12 +46,9 @@ module.ImageGridFeatures =
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// XXX stub action set -- this needs to be auto-generated...
-var a = actions.Actions()
-
-// setup actions...
+// setup actions and start...
 ImageGridFeatures
-	.setup(a, ['viewer-commandline'])
+	.setup(['viewer-commandline'])
 	.start()
 
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/features.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/features.js
index d347d11e..514740b3 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/features.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/features.js	
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ define(function(require){ var module = {}
 //var DEBUG = DEBUG != null ? DEBUG : true
 
 args2array = require('lib/util').args2array
+
 actions = require('lib/actions')
 
 
@@ -519,7 +520,21 @@ module.FeatureSet = {
 		}
 	},
 
+	//
+	//	.setup(<actions>, [<feature>, ...])
+	//		-> <actions>
+	//
+	//	.setup([<feature>, ...])
+	//		-> <actions>
+	//
 	setup: function(obj, lst){
+		// if no explicit object is given, just the list...
+		if(lst == null){
+			lst = obj
+			obj = null
+		}
+
+		obj = obj || actions.Actions()
 		lst = lst.constructor !== Array ? [lst] : lst
 		var features = this.buildFeatureList(obj, lst)
 		lst = features.features
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/ui.js b/ui (gen4)/ui.js
index 9149db93..5eeead2a 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/ui.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/ui.js	
@@ -262,15 +262,10 @@ $(function(){
 	m = Object.keys(m).filter(function(e){ return m[e] != null })
 	console.log('Modules (%d):', m.length, m)
 
-	// XXX stub action set -- this needs to be auto-generated...
-	window.a = actions.Actions()
-
-	// used switch experimental actions on (set to true) or off (unset or false)...
-	//a.experimental = true
 
 	// setup actions...
-	viewer.ImageGridFeatures
-		.setup(a, [
+	window.a = viewer.ImageGridFeatures
+		.setup([
 			'viewer-testing',
 
 			// XXX this is not for production...
@@ -278,6 +273,10 @@ $(function(){
 		])
 
 
+	// used switch experimental actions on (set to true) or off (unset or false)...
+	//a.experimental = true
+
+
 	// report stuff...
 	// XXX we also have .conflicts and .missing
 	a.features.excluded.length > 0