diff --git a/cli/Program.cs b/cli/Program.cs
index 5085bec7..fc471b1a 100644
--- a/cli/Program.cs
+++ b/cli/Program.cs
@@ -3,22 +3,24 @@
 
 
 using System;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder.Internal;
-using Yavsc.Services;
 using Google.Apis.Util.Store;
-using cli_2;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting;
-using Yavsc.Models;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.OptionsModel;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting.Builder;
-
-using Yavsc;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting.Internal;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Server;
+
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.OptionsModel;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using Yavsc;
+using Yavsc.Models;
+
+using Yavsc.Services;
+using cli_2;
 
 public class Program 
 {
@@ -26,14 +28,20 @@ public class Program
     private static Startup startup;
 
     public Program()
-    {        
+    {
+
         ConfigureServices(new ServiceCollection());
+
     } 
 
     private void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services, string environmentName="Development")
     {
 
         IHostingEnvironment hosting = new HostingEnvironment{ EnvironmentName = environmentName };
+        
+        services.Add(new ServiceDescriptor(typeof(IHostingEnvironment), hosting ));
+        
+
             services.AddLogging();
 
             services.AddOptions();
@@ -55,11 +63,11 @@ public class Program
             
             services.AddIdentity<ApplicationUser,IdentityRole>();
 			var basePath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
-			// FIXME null ref var appName = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ApplicationIdentity.FullName;
+			// FIXME null ref  var appName = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ApplicationIdentity.FullName;
 
-			// var rtdcontext = new System.Runtime.DesignerServices.WindowsRuntimeDesignerContext (new string { "." }, "nonname");
+			// var rtdcontext = new WindowsRuntimeDesignerContext (new string [] { "../Yavsc" }, "Yavsc");
+            
             
-
 			 serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
 
             var projectRoot = "/home/paul/workspace/yavsc/Yavsc";
@@ -75,23 +83,24 @@ public class Program
             // needs a logger factory ...
 			var loggerFactory = serviceProvider
 				.GetService<ILoggerFactory>()
-				.AddConsole(LogLevel.Debug);
-
-		    startup = new Startup (hosting, appEnv);
-            startup.ConfigureServices(services);
+				.AddConsole(LogLevel.Verbose);
+  startup = new Startup (hosting, appEnv);
+         
 
 
         ApplicationBuilderFactory applicationBuilderFactory
          = new ApplicationBuilderFactory(serviceProvider);
     
         var builder = applicationBuilderFactory.CreateBuilder(null);
+        
+        startup.ConfigureServices(services);
 
-
-            IOptions<SiteSettings> siteSettings = serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IOptions<SiteSettings>)) as IOptions<SiteSettings>;
+        builder.ApplicationServices = serviceProvider;
+           IOptions<SiteSettings> siteSettings = serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IOptions<SiteSettings>)) as IOptions<SiteSettings>;
             IOptions<SmtpSettings> smtpSettings = serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(IOptions<SmtpSettings>)) as IOptions<SmtpSettings>;
-
-            startup.Configure(builder,siteSettings,smtpSettings);
-
+          
+           startup.Configure(builder, loggerFactory,  siteSettings, smtpSettings);
+        
     }
 
 
diff --git a/cli/Startup.cs b/cli/Startup.cs
index 177e3bc0..93ff0e4f 100644
--- a/cli/Startup.cs
+++ b/cli/Startup.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
 using System;
 using System.Threading;
 using Yavsc.Server.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
 
 public class Startup
 {
@@ -30,7 +32,9 @@ public class Startup
     public static SiteSettings SiteSetup { get; private set; }
     public static SmtpSettings SmtpSettup { get; private set; }
     public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; set; }
-    public string ConnectionString { get; private set; }
+    public string ConnectionString { 
+        get { return DbHelpers.ConnectionString; }
+        private set {  DbHelpers.ConnectionString = value; } }
     public static IdentityOptions AppIdentityOptions { get; private set; }
 
     public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env, IApplicationEnvironment appEnv)
@@ -61,8 +65,7 @@ public class Startup
     // Use this method to add services to the container.
     public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
     {
-        System.Console.WriteLine("Configuring services ...");
-
+        services.AddLogging();
         var siteSettings = Configuration.GetSection("Site");
         services.Configure<SiteSettings>(siteSettings);
         var smtpSettings = Configuration.GetSection("Smtp");
@@ -116,15 +119,18 @@ public class Startup
 
 
     // Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
-    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder builder, IOptions<SiteSettings> siteSettingsOptions, IOptions<SmtpSettings> smtpSettingsOptions)
+    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder builder, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,  IOptions<SiteSettings> siteSettingsOptions, IOptions<SmtpSettings> smtpSettingsOptions)
     {
-        System.Console.WriteLine("Configuring application ...");
+        
 
-        app = builder.UseIdentity().UseMiddleware<InteractiveConsoleMiddleWare>().Build();
+        var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<Startup>();
+        logger.LogInformation("Configuring application startup ...");
 
         SiteSetup = siteSettingsOptions.Value;
         SmtpSettup = smtpSettingsOptions.Value;
         DbHelpers.ConnectionString = Configuration["Data:DefaultConnection:ConnectionString"];
+        
+logger.LogInformation("done");
     }
 
     public void Main(string[] args)
@@ -132,11 +138,8 @@ public class Startup
         var dbContext = new ApplicationDbContext();
          foreach (var user in dbContext.Users) {
             Console.WriteLine($"UserName/{user.UserName} FullName/{user.FullName} Email/{user.Email} ");
-        } /**/
-
+        }
     }
-
-
 }
 
 
diff --git a/cli/appsettings.json b/cli/appsettings.json
index 54ceb803..5299e181 100644
--- a/cli/appsettings.json
+++ b/cli/appsettings.json
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
         "FavIcon": "/favicon.ico",
         "Icon": "/images/yavsc.png"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/cli/project.json b/cli/project.json
index aee05499..987c4d6f 100644
--- a/cli/project.json
+++ b/cli/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
     "commands": {
-        "run": "run"
+        "run": "cli"
     },
     "resource": "Resources/**/*.resx",
     "buildOptions": {