diff --git a/src/viv/viv.py b/src/viv/viv.py
index 7f5c4cb..5cb12f8 100755
--- a/src/viv/viv.py
+++ b/src/viv/viv.py
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class ViVenv:
             a.table((("key", "value"), *((k, v) for k, v in info.items())))
 
 
-def use(*packages: str, track_exe: bool = False, name: str = "") -> None:
+def use(*packages: str, track_exe: bool = False, name: str = "") -> ViVenv:
     """create a vivenv and append to sys.path
 
     Args:
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ def use(*packages: str, track_exe: bool = False, name: str = "") -> None:
         vivenv.dump_info(write=True)
 
     modify_sys_path(vivenv.path)
+    return vivenv
 
 
 def validate_spec(spec: Tuple[str, ...]) -> None:
@@ -895,7 +896,7 @@ class Viv:
 
         vivenv.dump_info()
 
-    def self_manage(self, args: Namespace) -> None:
+    def manage(self, args: Namespace) -> None:
         """manage viv installation"""
         echo("not yet implemented. sorry")
 
@@ -1017,7 +1018,7 @@ class Viv:
             parents=[p_vivenv_arg],
         )
 
-        self._get_subcmd_parser(subparsers, name="self", attr="self_manage")
+        self._get_subcmd_parser(subparsers, name="manage")
 
         args = parser.parse_args()