diff --git a/owo/__init__.py b/owo/__init__.py
index 2d9f559..7326395 100644
--- a/owo/__init__.py
+++ b/owo/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# from . import config
-from . import output
+# TODO: clean this up
+# TODO: load datafiles. if not found, either fail or install files (maybe)?
+from .output.owoOutputClass import owoOutputClass
+from . import datafiles
 import logging
 import sys
 
@@ -14,22 +15,17 @@ __version__ = "0.0.0-alpha0"
 
 DEBUG = True
 
-def main() -> dict:
-    try:
-        out=output.OutputObject()
-    except Exception as exc:
-        return {
-            '_err':True,
-            'exception':exc,
-            'vars':{
-                'globals': globals(),
-                'locals': locals(),
-                'dir': dir()
-            }
-        }
-    try:
-        pass
-      # do shit 
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        return {'_kbi':True}
 
+def main() -> owoOutputClass:
+  # PART 1: init
+  try:
+    out = owoOutputClass()
+  except Exception as exc:
+    import traceback
+    traceback.print_exc(exc, file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+  else:
+    pass
+  # PART 2: load config/data files
+  try:
+    
diff --git a/owo/__main__.py b/owo/__main__.py
index 169e443..622eab0 100644
--- a/owo/__main__.py
+++ b/owo/__main__.py
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@ import owo
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     output=owo.main()
-    del owo
-    if output.__contains__('_err'):
-       print("an error occured!", file=sys.stderr)
-    if output.__contains__('_kb'):
-       print("interupted by keyboard")
-       sys.exit()
+    if output == None:
+      print("an error might have occured...",file=sys.stderr)
     else:
-        pass # output results
+      from yaml import dump
+      print(dump(output))
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diff --git a/owo/config.py b/owo/config.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a340abe..0000000
--- a/owo/config.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-confDict = {}
-
-def loadConfig(confLocation = "$HOME/.config/owo.yaml"):
-    from os import path
-    if not path.exists(confLocation):
-        
diff --git a/owo/datafiles/__init__.py b/owo/datafiles/__init__.py
index 665a9cb..799190e 100644
--- a/owo/datafiles/__init__.py
+++ b/owo/datafiles/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from sys import platform
 from yaml import load, dump
 import os
-from re import search, IGNORECASE
+import sys
+import re
 import collections.abc
 
 _config={}
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ _LOCATIONS = {
             "{}/owo/".format(os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"]) if "XDG_CONFIG_HOME" in os.environ else str(Path.home())+"/.config/owo/",
             "{}/".format(os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"]) if "XDG_CONFIG_HOME" in os.environ else str(Path.home())+"/.config/",
             str(Path('~').resolve()),
-            str(Path().resolve()) if str(Path.cwd()) not in self._DIRS else None
+            str(Path().resolve())
         ],
         '_FNAME_RE': 
             r"([ou^>]w[ou^<]|config)\.(ya?ml|c(on)?fi?g?)$"
@@ -23,26 +24,48 @@ _LOCATIONS = {
 
 }
 
+def _mDC_listMatches(inp: str) -> list:
+  "\n".join(os.listdir(inp))
+  return re.findall(
+    _LOCATIONS['_YAMLCONFPATH']['_FNAME_RE'],
+    inp
+  )
+
+def _makeDefaultConfs() -> list:
+  locates=[]
+  for x in _LOCATIONS['_YAMLCONFPATH']['_DIR']:
+    locates+=_mDC_listMatches(x)
+  return locates
+
 def _updateConf(toAdd: dict):
-    _config = toAdd.update(_config)
+  _config.update(toAdd)
+
+def _loadConfigFile(path: str):
+  try:
+    file = Path(path)
+
+    if file.exists() and not file.is_dir():
+      try:
+        conf = yaml.load(file.read_text())
+      except Exception as exc:
+        raise exc
+      else:
+        if not _config:
+          _config = conf
+        else:
+          _updateConf(conf)
+          if file not in _files:
+            _files+str(file)
+  except Exception as exc:
+    print(exc)
+    import traceback
+    traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
 
-def initConfig(path: str) -> bool:
+def initConfig(path: str = None) -> bool:
     if _configloaded:
         return True# If config already loaded, do not reload.
     else:
-        try:
-            file = Path(path)
-
-            if file.exists() and not file.is_dir():
-                try:
-                    conf = yaml.load(file.read_text())
-                except Exception as exc:
-                    raise exc
-                else:
-                    if not _config:
-                        _config = conf
-                    else:
-                        _updateConf(conf)
-                    if file not in _files:
-                        _files+str(file)
+        _toLookIn=_makeDefaultConfs()+path
+        for loc in _toLookIn:
+          _loadConfigFile(loc)
 
diff --git a/owo/format.py b/owo/format.py
index 46ac9d7..8ab32c6 100644
--- a/owo/format.py
+++ b/owo/format.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# TODO: clean this up
+# TODO: complete dateFormat()
+# TODO: complete stringFormat()
+
 _DEFAULT = {
     '_DATETEMP':'%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z%z',
     '_INCLUDE':[
@@ -14,7 +18,7 @@ def dateFormat(input: str = _DEFAULT._DATETEMP,use_local:bool=True) -> str:
         from time import gmtime
         return strftime(input,gmtime())
 
-def stringformat(
+def stringFormat(
         input: str,
         include: list = _DEFAULT._INCLUDE
     ) -> str:
diff --git a/owo/output/OutputObject.py b/owo/output/OutputObject.py
index 3f36075..ca99e2e 100644
--- a/owo/output/OutputObject.py
+++ b/owo/output/OutputObject.py
@@ -10,15 +10,14 @@ import logging
 #         'errors': []
 #     }
 
+
 class OutputObject:
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.status = 1
-        import sys
-        self.input = {
-            'argsRaw': sys.argv,
-            'streamObjects': []
-        }
-        del sys
-        self.output = []
-        self.errors = []
+  def __init__(self, type: int):
+    self.OOType = [
+      'HeaderTable', 'BasicInfoTable', 'AdvancedInfoTable', 'DebugInfoTable'
+    ][type]
+    if type == 0:
+      import sys
+      self.input = {'argsRaw': sys.argv, 'streamObjects': []}
+      del sys
diff --git a/owo/output/owoOutputClass.py b/owo/output/owoOutputClass.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ccbecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/owo/output/owoOutputClass.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from .OutputObject import OutputObject
+class owoOutputClass:
+  def newObject(self,type: int):
+    self.objects.push(OutputObject(type))
+  def __init__(self):
+    self.objects=[OutputObject(0)]
+  # def __iter__(self):
+  #   yield [
+  #     self.header
+  #   ]+self.objects
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diff --git a/owo/parseargs.py b/owo/parseargs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af81c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/owo/parseargs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def parse():
+  
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