diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6bfb124..d4b76a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /bin
 /dist
 
-# atlas
-*.workspace
-src/nim.cfg
+nimbledeps
+nimble.develop
+nimble.paths
diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6ffe96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import std/[strformat, strutils]
+
+task build, "build":
+  exec "nim c --outdir:bin src/forge.nim"
+
+task release, "build release assets":
+  version = (gorgeEx "git describe --tags --always --match 'v*'").output
+  exec fmt"./bin/forge release -v {version} -V"
+
+task bundle, "package build assets":
+  withDir "dist":
+    for dir in listDirs("."):
+      let cmd =
+        if "windows" in dir: fmt"7z a {dir}.zip {dir}"
+        else: fmt"tar czf {dir}.tar.gz {dir}"
+      cpFile("../README.md", fmt"{dir}/README.md")
+      exec cmd
+
+
+# begin Nimble config (version 2)
+--noNimblePath
+when withDir(thisDir(), system.fileExists("nimble.paths")):
+  include "nimble.paths"
+# end Nimble config
diff --git a/forge.nimble b/forge.nimble
index 360002a..6cb03a6 100644
--- a/forge.nimble
+++ b/forge.nimble
@@ -7,26 +7,8 @@ bin           = @["forge", "forgecc"]
 binDir        = "bin"
 
 
-requires "nim >= 2.0.0",
-         "cligen",
-         "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/bbansi#head"
-
-
-import strformat
-
-task release, "build release assets":
-  version = (gorgeEx "git describe --tags --always --match 'v*'").output
-  exec &"forge release -v {version} -V"
-
-task bundle, "package build assets":
-  withDir "dist":
-    for dir in listDirs("."):
-      let cmd = if "windows" in dir:
-        &"7z a {dir}.zip {dir}"
-      else: 
-        &"tar czf {dir}.tar.gz {dir}"
-      cpFile("../README.md", &"{dir}/README.md")
-      exec cmd
-
+requires "nim >= 2.0.0"
+requires "cligen"
+requires "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm#HEAD"
 
 
diff --git a/nimble.lock b/nimble.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46c4d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nimble.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "version": 2,
+  "packages": {
+    "cligen": {
+      "version": "1.7.5",
+      "vcsRevision": "85daafd76b0104387f50ff3f75c829b4c2804412",
+      "url": "https://github.com/c-blake/cligen.git",
+      "downloadMethod": "git",
+      "dependencies": [],
+      "checksums": {
+        "sha1": "f3ffe7329c8db755677d3ca377d02ff176cec8b1"
+      }
+    },
+    "hwylterm": {
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "vcsRevision": "c2bcfd1f73dda97bd3e209c89e2abfe588f0977c",
+      "url": "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm",
+      "downloadMethod": "git",
+      "dependencies": [],
+      "checksums": {
+        "sha1": "1932229840c893c39acca0b50def19913678f5f0"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "tasks": {}
+}
diff --git a/src/forge.nim b/src/forge.nim
index a47183a..37701a1 100644
--- a/src/forge.nim
+++ b/src/forge.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import std/[os, osproc, sequtils, strformat, strutils, tables]
-
 import forge/[config, utils, term, zig]
 
 proc genFlags(target: string, args: seq[string] = @[]): seq[string] =
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ proc targets() =
 
 proc cc(target: string, dryrun: bool = false, nimble: bool = false, args: seq[string]) =
   ## compile with zig cc
+  zigExists()
   if args.len == 0:
     termErrQuit "expected additional arguments i.e. -- -d:release src/main.nim"
 
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ proc release(
   ##  default: ${name}-v${verison}-${target}
   ##
   ## if name or version are not specified they will be inferred from the local .nimble file
+  zigExists()
 
   let cfg = newConfig(
             target,
@@ -125,33 +126,23 @@ proc release(
 
 when isMainModule:
   import cligen
-  zigExists()
+  import hwylterm/cli
+  hwylCli(clCfg)
 
-  const
-    customMulti = "Usage:\n  $command {SUBCMD} [sub-command options & parameters]\n\nsubcommands:\n$subcmds"
-    vsn = staticExec "git describe --tags --always HEAD"
-
-
-  if clCfg.useMulti == "": clCfg.useMulti = customMulti
-  if clCfg.helpAttr.len == 0:
-    clCfg.helpAttr = {"cmd": "\e[1;36m", "clDescrip": "", "clDflVal": "\e[33m",
-        "clOptKeys": "\e[32m", "clValType": "\e[31m", "args": "\e[3m"}.toTable
-    clCfg.helpAttrOff = {"cmd": "\e[m", "clDescrip": "\e[m", "clDflVal": "\e[m",
-        "clOptKeys": "\e[m", "clValType": "\e[m", "args": "\e[m"}.toTable
+  let clUse* = $bb("$command $args\n${doc}[bold]Options[/]:\n$options")
+  const vsn = staticExec "git describe --tags --always HEAD"
 
   var vsnCfg = clCfg
   vsnCfg.version = vsn
 
-
   dispatchMulti(
     ["multi", cf = vsnCfg],
-    [cc, help = {
-      "dryrun": "show command instead of executing",
-      "nimble": "use nimble as base command for compiling"
+    [cc, usage = clUse, help = {
+        "dryrun": "show command instead of executing",
+        "nimble": "use nimble as base command for compiling"
     }],
-    [targets],
-    [release,
-      help = {
+    [targets, usage = clUse],
+    [release, usage = clUse, help = {
       "target": "set target, may be repeated",
       "bin": "set bin, may be repeated",
       "dryrun": "show command instead of executing",
@@ -160,6 +151,6 @@ when isMainModule:
       "config-file": "path to config",
       "no-config": "ignore config file"
       },
-    short = {"verbose": 'V'}
+      short = {"verbose": 'V'}
     ]
   )
diff --git a/src/forge/config.nim b/src/forge/config.nim
index c77cd82..1a49de2 100644
--- a/src/forge/config.nim
+++ b/src/forge/config.nim
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ proc showConfig*(c: ForgeConfig) =
     if args != "":
       result.add fmt" | " & $args.bb("faint")
 
-  addLine $fmt"""
+  addLine $bbfmt"""
 config =
 | [blue]nimble[/]  {c.nimble}
 | [blue]outdir[/]  {c.outdir}
 | [blue]format[/]  {c.format}
-| [blue]version[/] {c.version}""".bb
+| [blue]version[/] {c.version}"""
 
   
-  addLine $"| [green]targets[/]:".bb
+  addLine $bb"| [green]targets[/]:"
   for target, args in c.targets:
     addLine addNameArgs(target, args)
 
-  addLine $"| [green]bins[/]:".bb
+  addLine $bb"| [green]bins[/]:"
   for bin, args in c.bins:
     addline addNameArgs(bin, args)
 
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ proc loadConfigFile*(
     f: string,
     load_targets: bool,
     load_bins: bool
-  ): ForgeConfig =
-
+): ForgeConfig =
   let dict = loadConfig(f)
 
   # get the top level flags
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ proc loadConfigFile*(
 proc inferName(s: string, nimbleFile: string): string =
   if s != "":
     return s
-  elif nimbleFile != "":
+  elif nimbleFile != "": 
     return nimbleFile.rsplit(".", maxsplit = 1)[0]
 
 proc findNimbleFile(): string =
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ proc newConfig*(
   nimble: bool,
   configFile: string,
   noConfig: bool
-  ): ForgeConfig =
+): ForgeConfig =
 
   let nimbleFile = findNimbleFile()
 
diff --git a/src/forge/term.nim b/src/forge/term.nim
index 5512396..8d4b788 100644
--- a/src/forge/term.nim
+++ b/src/forge/term.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import std/strutils
 
-import bbansi
+import hwylterm
 
 let prefix = "[bold magenta]forge[/] [yellow]||[/] ".bb
 
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ template termErrQuit*(args: varargs[string | BbString, `$`]) =
   termErr args
   quit 1
 
-export bbansi
+export hwylterm