diff --git a/nimble.lock b/nimble.lock
index d356842..43aae3e 100644
--- a/nimble.lock
+++ b/nimble.lock
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
 {
   "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",
+      "vcsRevision": "337083afe13bf0f1bd024b870c2174a901e8ce06",
       "url": "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm",
       "downloadMethod": "git",
       "dependencies": [],
       "checksums": {
-        "sha1": "1932229840c893c39acca0b50def19913678f5f0"
+        "sha1": "a995a81f5e4af2991c79ed04b02f17d47dd509e0"
       }
     },
     "illwill": {
diff --git a/nix/flake.nix b/nix/flake.nix
index 4325391..d12c908 100644
--- a/nix/flake.nix
+++ b/nix/flake.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
           pname = "tsm";
           version = "2024.1001-unstable";
           src = ../.;
-          nimbleDepsHash = "sha256-8noTwYwtaPaF9iGq4EZhWMi709l9e66CJn8vm4aIyO4=";
+          nimbleDepsHash = "sha256-YtW7jv2D/o6z6vgx8cKfqGzs/Yyd6s/Cl5Xs7yavA18=";
           nimFlags = [
             "-d:TsmVersion=v${version}"
           ];
diff --git a/src/project.nim b/src/project.nim
index a586a4b..c446cd6 100644
--- a/src/project.nim
+++ b/src/project.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type
     open*: bool
     matched*: bool
 
-proc pathToName(path: string): string =
+proc pathToName*(path: string): string =
   splitPath(path)[1].replace(".", "_")
 
 proc newProject*(path: string, open: bool, name = "", named: bool = false): Project =
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ proc newProject*(path: string, open: bool, name = "", named: bool = false): Proj
     if name != "":
       name
     else:
-      path.pathToName()
+      pathToName(path)
   result.updated = getLastModificationTime(path)
   result.open = open
   result.named = named
diff --git a/src/selector.nim b/src/selector.nim
index 858b86c..b41104e 100644
--- a/src/selector.nim
+++ b/src/selector.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import std/[enumerate, os, strformat, strutils, terminal, sequtils]
+import std/[enumerate, os, strformat, strutils, terminal]
 from illwill import illwillDeinit, illwillInit, getKey, Key
 import term, project
 
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ func addDivider(b: var Buffer) =
   b.addLine "─".repeat(b.width - 2)
 
 proc addInput(b: var Buffer) =
-  b.addLine "$ " & state.input
+  var line = "$ "
+  if state.input != "":
+    line.add state.input
+  else:
+    line.add $pathToName(getCurrentDir()).bb("faint")
+  b.addLine line
 
 func numLines(b: Buffer): int =
   b.buffer.count '\n'
diff --git a/src/tsm.nim b/src/tsm.nim
index c9850d3..7741581 100644
--- a/src/tsm.nim
+++ b/src/tsm.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import std/[tables]
-
-import selector, project, tmuxutils
+import ./[selector, project, tmuxutils]
 
 # TODO: add option to only opened configured sessions
 proc tsm(open: bool = false) =
@@ -14,16 +12,44 @@ proc tsm(open: bool = false) =
   else:
     tmux.attach project.name
 
-proc getVersion(): string =
-  const tsmVersion {.strdefine.} = "unknown"
-  const gitVersion = staticExec "git describe --tags --always HEAD --match 'v*'"
-  when tsmVersion != "unknown": tsmVersion
-  else: gitVersion
-
 
 when isMainModule:
-  import cligen, hwylterm, hwylterm/cli
-  clCfg.version = getVersion()
-  hwylCli(clCfg)
-  let clUse* = $bb("$command $args\n${doc}[bold]Options[/]:\n$options")
-  dispatch(tsm, usage = clUse, short = {"version": 'v'})
+  import std/parseopt
+  import hwylterm, hwylterm/cli
+
+  const tsmVersion {.strdefine.} = staticExec "git describe --tags --always HEAD --match 'v*'"
+  proc help() =
+    echo newHwylCli(
+      """tmux session manager
+
+[bold]tsm[/] [[[faint]-h|-v|-o[/]]""",
+
+      flags = [
+        ("h","help","show this help"),
+        ("v","version", "print version"),
+        ("o","open", "only search open sessions")
+      ]
+    )
+  var open: bool
+  var p = initOptParser(
+    shortNoVal = {'h', 'v', 'o'},
+    longNoVal = @["open"]
+  )
+  for kind, key, val in p.getOpt():
+    case kind:
+    of cmdEnd:
+      break
+    of cmdArgument:
+      echo bb"[red]Error[/]: unexpected positional argument ", bbfmt"[bold]{key}[/]"
+    of cmdShortOption, cmdLongOption:
+      case key:
+      of "help", "h":
+        help(); quit 0
+      of "version", "v":
+        echo "tsm: " & tsmVersion; quit 0
+      of "open", "o":
+        open = true
+      else:
+        echo bbfmt"[red]Error[/]: unknown key value pair", bbfmt"[b]key[/]: {key}, [b]value[/]: {val}"
+
+  tsm(open)
diff --git a/tsm.nimble b/tsm.nimble
index cd4035e..8e946f9 100644
--- a/tsm.nimble
+++ b/tsm.nimble
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ binDir        = "bin"
 
 requires "nim >= 2.0.0"
 requires "illwill >= 0.4.1"
-requires "cligen"
 requires "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm#HEAD"
 requires "https://github.com/usu-dev/usu-nim"