diff --git a/src/viv/viv.py b/src/viv/viv.py
index 3c8fc96..7f5c4cb 100755
--- a/src/viv/viv.py
+++ b/src/viv/viv.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ from typing import (
     Generator,
 )
 
-__version__ = "22.12a3-41-g5c40210-dev"
+__version__ = "22.12a3-41-gddb03df-dev"
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -895,11 +895,19 @@ class Viv:
 
         vivenv.dump_info()
 
+    def self_manage(self, args: Namespace) -> None:
+        """manage viv installation"""
+        echo("not yet implemented. sorry")
+
     def _get_subcmd_parser(
-        self, subparsers: _SubParsersAction[ArgumentParser], name: str, **kwargs: Any
+        self,
+        subparsers: _SubParsersAction[ArgumentParser],
+        name: str,
+        attr: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> ArgumentParser:
         aliases = kwargs.pop("aliases", [name[0]])
-        cmd = getattr(self, name)
+        cmd = getattr(self, attr if attr else name)
         parser: ArgumentParser = subparsers.add_parser(
             name,
             help=cmd.__doc__.splitlines()[0],
@@ -1009,6 +1017,8 @@ class Viv:
             parents=[p_vivenv_arg],
         )
 
+        self._get_subcmd_parser(subparsers, name="self", attr="self_manage")
+
         args = parser.parse_args()
 
         args.func(args)