diff --git a/tunnel-nim/default.nix b/tunnel-nim/default.nix
index 05b2985..8f94178 100644
--- a/tunnel-nim/default.nix
+++ b/tunnel-nim/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   lib,
-  makeWrapper,
   buildNimblePackage,
 }:
 buildNimblePackage {
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ buildNimblePackage {
   version = "unstable";
 
   src = lib.cleanSource ./.;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
   doCheck = false;
-  nimbleDepsHash = "sha256-fw0Utdq5wu2t30hez6EWgulzieIMlE07bOpYdtL6nms=";
+  nimbleDepsHash = "sha256-2yuYtCq4nqwXlWA02RhoScfGprEVdZkxoaVSWPH0eL8=";
 }
diff --git a/tunnel-nim/nimble.lock b/tunnel-nim/nimble.lock
index 8bb3d4a..bd55fa6 100644
--- a/tunnel-nim/nimble.lock
+++ b/tunnel-nim/nimble.lock
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
       "checksums": {
         "sha1": "5a082835594887c0fdaea17dbfd2d3a2e744a2a9"
       }
+    },
+    "hwylterm": {
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "vcsRevision": "7e82f7ba5a24d816a79b3a5ea49f32b4c7a5ef7e",
+      "url": "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm",
+      "downloadMethod": "git",
+      "dependencies": [],
+      "checksums": {
+        "sha1": "d6d97bdff3fcdfcf4b39b144fa5f27a6b9f9494d"
+      }
     }
   },
   "tasks": {}
diff --git a/tunnel-nim/todo.md b/tunnel-nim/todo.md
index 865d816..a80193f 100644
--- a/tunnel-nim/todo.md
+++ b/tunnel-nim/todo.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # tunnel-nim todo's
 
-- [ ] show no output from tunnel up on connection
+- [ ] show no output from `tunnel up` on connection
 
 <!-- generated with <3 by daylinmorgan/todo -->
diff --git a/tunnel-nim/tunnel.nim b/tunnel-nim/tunnel.nim
index 170a02e..7e04781 100644
--- a/tunnel-nim/tunnel.nim
+++ b/tunnel-nim/tunnel.nim
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import std/[os, osproc, sequtils, strformat, strutils, sugar]
-import cligen
+import hwylterm
+
 
 proc checkHost(host: seq[string]): string =
   case host.len:
   of 1: return host[0]
-  of 0: quit "expected hostname"
-  else: quit "expected one positinal argument"
+  of 0: quit $bb"[red]expected hostname"
+  else: quit $bb"[red]expected one positional argument"
 
 proc check(name: string): bool = (execCmd &"ssh -O check {name}") == 0
 proc startSsh(name: string) = discard execCmd &"ssh -M -f -N {name}"
@@ -33,13 +34,15 @@ proc show() =
     collect(for _,p in walkDir(sshDir): p)
     .map(extractFilename)
     .filterIt(it.startsWith("control"))
-  echo &"{controllers.len} active connections"
+  echo fmt"[yellow]{controllers.len}[/] active connections"
   if controllers.len == 0: quit 0
   echo "hosts:"
   echo controllers.mapIt("  " & it.split('-')[1]).join("\n")
 
-const
-  hostUsage = "$command [flags] hostname\n${doc}Options:\n$options"
-  usage = "$command [flags]\n${doc}Options:\n$options"
-
-dispatchMulti([up, usage=hostUsage], [down, usage=hostUsage], [show, usage=usage])
+when isMainModule:
+  import cligen, hwylterm/cligen
+  hwylCli(clCfg)
+  let
+    # use= $bb("$command [[[i]flags[/]]\n${doc}[b]Options[/]:\n$options")
+    hostUse= $bb("$command [green]hostname[/] [[[i]flags[/]]\n${doc}[b]Options[/]:\n$options")
+  dispatchMulti([up,usage=hostUse], [down, usage=hostUse], [show, usage=clCfg.use])
diff --git a/tunnel-nim/tunnel.nimble b/tunnel-nim/tunnel.nimble
index 904f98e..e3574d4 100644
--- a/tunnel-nim/tunnel.nimble
+++ b/tunnel-nim/tunnel.nimble
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ bin           = @["tunnel"]
 # Dependencies
 requires "nim >= 2.0.8"
 requires "cligen"
-
+requires "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm#HEAD"