diff --git a/ui (gen4)/css/experimenting.css b/ui (gen4)/css/experimenting.css
index 6ae62c82..ccd10dfc 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/css/experimenting.css	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/css/experimenting.css	
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+/**********************************************************************
+* 
+* This module is intended for quick and dirty tests and CSS experiments
+*
+* For production move the code from here to a more appropriate location
+* 
+*
+**********************************************************************/
+
 
 body {
 	margin: 0;
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js b/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js
index 10e12d06..f7b20b26 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/cli.js	
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ module.CLI = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 					.version('0.0.1')
 					//.usage('[command] [options] ..')
 
+					.option('-v, --verbose', 'verbose mode', function(){
+						that.logger = { 
+							emit: function(){ console.log.apply(console, arguments) } 
+						}
+					})
+
 					// list features...
 					// XXX make this a core action... (???)
 					.option('lf, --list-features', 'list loaded features', function(){
@@ -164,8 +170,16 @@ module.CLI = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 							.setup(that, ['viewer-minimal'])
 					})
 
-					.option('repl, --repl', 'start an ImageGrin REPL', function(){
-						//var repl = require('repl')
+					.option('repl, --repl', 'start an ImageGrid REPL', function(){
+						var repl = requirejs('repl')
+
+						// setup the global ns...
+						global.ig =
+						global.ImageGrid = 
+							that
+
+						require('features/all')
+						global.ImageGridFeatures = core.ImageGridFeatures
 
 						//var ig = core.ImageGridFeatures
 
@@ -176,30 +190,6 @@ module.CLI = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 							output: process.stdout,
 
 							ignoreUndefined: true,
-
-							/*
-							eval: function(str, context, filename, callback){
-								var res
-
-								var lst = str.split(/\s+/)
-								var cmd = lst.shift()
-
-								// we got an action...
-								if(cmd == 'var'){
-									eval(str, context, filename, callback)
-
-								// action...
-								} else if(cmd in ig){
-									ig[cmd].apply(ig, lst.map(eval))
-
-								// err
-								} else {
-									// XXX
-								}
-
-								callback(null, res)
-							},
-							*/
 						})
 					})
 
@@ -217,7 +207,7 @@ module.CLI = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 					.arguments('<action> [args]')
 					.action(function(action, args){
 						// XXX
-						console.log('>>>>', action, args, !!that[action])
+						//console.log('>>>>', action, args, !!that[action])
 
 						that[action](args)
 					})
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js b/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js
index aeb4da16..d11aa837 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js	
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ var FileSystemWriterActions = actions.Actions({
 				: this.hasOwnProperty('changes') ? this.changes
 				: null
 			return {
-				date: window.Date.timeStamp(),
+				date: Date.timeStamp(),
 				raw: json,
 				prepared: file.prepareIndex(json, changes),
 			}
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/toggler.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/toggler.js
index 6749e2b9..7cad5b92 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/toggler.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/toggler.js	
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ function(elem, state_accessor, states, callback_a, callback_b){
 		var bool_action = (state_set.length == 2 && state_set[0] == 'none')
 
 		// XXX is this correct???
-		var args = args2array(arguments).slice(2)
+		var args = [].slice.call(arguments).slice(2)
 
 		// option number...
 		if(typeof(action) == typeof(1)){
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/util.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/util.js
index 47951fc3..19c4a284 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/util.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/util.js	
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ Array.prototype.setCmp = function(other){
 }
 
 
+var args2array =
+module.args2array =
+Array.fromArgs = 
+	function(args){ return [].slice.call(args) }
+
+
 module.chainCmp = function(cmp_chain){
 	return function(a, b, get, data){
 		var res
@@ -141,15 +147,6 @@ Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, 'len', {
 
 
 
-
-// convert JS arguments to Array...
-var args2array =
-module.args2array =
-function(args){
-	//return Array.apply(null, args)
-	return [].slice.call(args)
-}
-
 // Quote a string and convert to RegExp to match self literally.
 var quoteRegExp =
 RegExp.quoteRegExp =