diff --git a/cmd b/cmd
index 58a13d9..7cf2667 100755
--- a/cmd
+++ b/cmd
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ subcmd="$1"
 
 shift
 
-exec "$DIR"/cmd.d/"$subcmd" "$@"
+echo will run  "$DIR"/framework/cmd.d/"$subcmd" "$@"
+
+exec "$DIR"/framework/cmd.d/"$subcmd" "$@"
diff --git a/cmd.d/list b/framework/cmd.d/list
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd.d/list
rename to framework/cmd.d/list
diff --git a/framework/cmd.d/node b/framework/cmd.d/node
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dea36cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/cmd.d/node
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+"$DIR"/../shims/node "$@"
diff --git a/cmd.d/pnpm b/framework/cmd.d/pnpm
similarity index 69%
rename from cmd.d/pnpm
rename to framework/cmd.d/pnpm
index 05bc6da..f31a0b7 100755
--- a/cmd.d/pnpm
+++ b/framework/cmd.d/pnpm
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -eu
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
-"$DIR"/../framework/shims/pnpm "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+"$DIR"/../shims/pnpm "$@"
diff --git a/cmd.d/sync b/framework/cmd.d/sync
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 77%
rename from cmd.d/sync
rename to framework/cmd.d/sync
index 2cdbc53..6684a6a
--- a/cmd.d/sync
+++ b/framework/cmd.d/sync
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
 
 
-cd $DIR/../framework/node
\ No newline at end of file
+cd $DIR/../node
+
+$DIR/pnpm install
+
+echo we will download other files here later
diff --git a/framework/shims/common b/framework/shims/common
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9244976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/shims/common
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+ROOT="$DIR/../../"
+
+
diff --git a/framework/shims/node b/framework/shims/node
index 083ab35..671020a 100755
--- a/framework/shims/node
+++ b/framework/shims/node
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# This file belongs to the framework.  You are not expected to modify it.
+
 set -eu
 
 export DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
diff --git a/framework/shims/npm b/framework/shims/npm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d6b7e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/shims/npm
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+source "$DIR"/node.common
+
+cd $DIR/../.nodejs-config
+echo in dir $(pwd)
+npm "$@"
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/framework/shims/pnpm b/framework/shims/pnpm
index 3aa9376..33c4c8a 100755
--- a/framework/shims/pnpm
+++ b/framework/shims/pnpm
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ set -eu
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
 source "$DIR"/node.common
+source "$DIR"/common
 
-# "$DIR"/../.nodejs-config/node_modules/.bin/pnpm "$@"
-
-echo pnpm file: "$DIR"/../shims/pnpm
+cd $ROOT/framework/node
 
 exec "$DIR"/../binaries/pnpm "$@"