diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 22cafc5..2d75c2f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #![feature(iter_intersperse)]
-use std::io::{BufRead, Write};
+#![feature(trait_alias)]
+use std::{fs, io::{BufRead, Write}, path::Path, process::{self, Stdio}};
 
 fn main() {
 
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ fn main() {
     let stdout = std::io::stdout();
     let mut out_lock = stdout.lock();
 
+    let commands = &Command::commands();
+    println!("Loaded {} commands", commands.len());
+
     loop {
 
         let mut buf = String::new();
@@ -18,58 +22,44 @@ fn main() {
         out_lock.flush().unwrap();
 
         in_lock.read_line(&mut buf).expect("Failed to read in to buffer.");
-        let trim = buf.trim();
+        let trimmed_input = buf.trim();
 
-        if let Some(choice) = Command::choose(trim, &commands()) {
-            let words = trim.split(' ').collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+        let o_choice = Command::choose(trimmed_input, commands);
+        if let Some(choice) = o_choice {
+            let words = trimmed_input.split(' ').collect::<Vec<&str>>();
             choice.call(words);
         }
     }
 }
 
-
-fn commands() -> Vec<Command> {
-
-    let commands = vec![
-        Command::init("ls", vec![], nil),
-        Command::init("exit", vec![], |_| {
-            std::process::exit(0);
-        }),
-        Command::init("echo", vec![], |f| {
-            let msg = &f[1..].iter().map(|s| s.to_owned()).intersperse(" ").collect::<String>();
-            println!("{msg}");
-        }),
-    ];
-
-    commands
-}
-
 type Param<'a> = Vec<&'a str>;
-type Run = fn(Param) -> ();
-fn nil(_: Param) {}
+trait Run = Fn(Param);
+type Cmd = Box<dyn Run>;
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+// #[derive(Debug)]
 struct Command {
     name: String,
-    sub_commands: Vec<Command>,
-    cmd: Run,
+    _sub_commands: Vec<Command>,
+    cmd: Cmd,
 }
 
 impl Command {
-    fn init(name: &str, sub_commands: Vec<Command>, f: Run) -> Self {
+    fn init<T>(name: T, sub_commands: Vec<Self>, f: Cmd) -> Self where T: ToString {
         Self {
             name: name.to_string(),
-            sub_commands,
+            _sub_commands: sub_commands,
             cmd: f,
         }
     }
 
     fn call(&self, words: Param) {
-        let x = self.cmd;
+        let x = &self.cmd;
         x(words)
     }
 
-    fn choose<'a>(text: &str, choices: &'a Vec<Command>) -> Option<&'a Command> {
+    fn choose<'a>(text: &str, choices: &'a Vec<Self>) -> Option<&'a Self> {
+
+        // TODO there seems to be duplicates in here?
 
         // See what command the user is trying to call
         // iter thru all the commands
@@ -88,7 +78,10 @@ impl Command {
 
         if ranked.len() > 1 {
             // If the top two command choices are ranked the same, we don't know which to choose!
-            if ranked[0].1 == ranked[1].1 {
+            let top = ranked[0];
+            let second = ranked[0];
+            if top.1 == second.1 {
+                println!("Ambigous command '{}'.\nCould be any of {}, {}, etc...", text, top.0.name, second.0.name);
                 return None;
             }
         }
@@ -100,5 +93,57 @@ impl Command {
         }
         None
     }
-}
 
+    fn commands() -> Vec<Self> {
+        let path = Path::new("/bin");
+        let res = fs::read_dir(path).expect("Failed to read /bin");
+    
+        // load all the programs from /bin
+        let bin = res.fold(Vec::new(), |mut v, contents| {
+            if let Ok(cmd) = contents {
+                if let Ok(t) = cmd.file_type() {
+                    if t.is_file() {
+                        // v.push(cmd.path());
+                        let cmd = Command::init(
+                            cmd.file_name().into_string().unwrap(),
+                            vec![],
+                            Box::new(move |args| {
+                                let name = cmd.path().to_str().unwrap().to_owned();
+                                let out = process::Command::new(name)
+                                    .args(args)
+                                    // FIXME not printing to out
+                                    .stdout(Stdio::inherit())
+                                    .output()
+                                    .expect("Failed to call external program");
+                                let y = out.stdout.iter().map(|b| *b as char).collect::<String>();
+                                // TODO load into env
+                                // let status = out.status.code();
+                                println!("{y}"); 
+                                }
+                                )
+                            );
+                        v.push(cmd);
+                        }
+                    };
+                } ;
+            v
+        });
+    
+        // load custom programs
+        let mut commands = vec![
+            Command::init("exit", vec![], Box::new(|_| {
+                std::process::exit(0);
+            })),
+            Command::init("custom_echo", vec![], Box::new(|f| {
+                let f:Vec<&str>=f;
+                let msg = &f[1..].iter().map(|s| s.to_owned()).intersperse(" ").collect::<String>();
+                println!("{msg}");
+            })),
+        ];
+
+        // combine with a move
+        commands.extend(bin);
+        commands
+    }
+}
+