diff --git a/examples/bus.mjs b/examples/bus.mjs
index cd99d8f..d4156af 100644
--- a/examples/bus.mjs
+++ b/examples/bus.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const PATH = '/opt/uci/unix.sock'
   ;
 (async () => {
 
-  let i2cbus  = new Bus({id:'i2c-bus', us:{path:PATH} })
+  let i2cbus  = new Bus({id:'i2c-bus'})
 
   await i2cbus.init()
 
diff --git a/examples/ipc-relay.mjs b/examples/ipc-relay.mjs
index ce75f87..0cd4be7 100644
--- a/examples/ipc-relay.mjs
+++ b/examples/ipc-relay.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *
 */
 
-const PATH = '/opt/uci/unix.sock'
+const PATH = '/opt/sockets/i2c-bus.sock'
 
 import Base from  '../../uci-base/src/base'
 // import Base from  '@uci/base'
diff --git a/examples/ipc-scan.mjs b/examples/ipc-scan.mjs
index ea31714..59c92db 100644
--- a/examples/ipc-scan.mjs
+++ b/examples/ipc-scan.mjs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import Base from  '../../uci-base/src/base'
 
-const PATH = '/opt/uci/unix.sock'
+const PATH = '/opt/sockets/i2c-bus.sock'
 
 const delay = time => new Promise(res=>setTimeout(()=>res(),time))
 ;
diff --git a/examples/tcp-relay.mjs b/examples/tcp-relay.mjs
index ded5dc6..daa1ee9 100644
--- a/examples/tcp-relay.mjs
+++ b/examples/tcp-relay.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const delay = time => new Promise(res=>setTimeout(()=>res(),time))
 ;
 (async () => {
 
-  let relays = new Base({id:'tcp-i2c-client', sockets:'tc#c>t', tc:{host:HOST}})
+  let relays = new Base({id:'tcp-i2c-client', sockets:'tc#c>t', tc:{port: 1776, host:HOST}})
 
   relays.reply = function (packet) {
     // console.log(packet.bus)
diff --git a/examples/tcp-scan.mjs b/examples/tcp-scan.mjs
index ff7a082..d2b5b4f 100644
--- a/examples/tcp-scan.mjs
+++ b/examples/tcp-scan.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const delay = time => new Promise(res=>setTimeout(()=>res(),time))
 ;
 (async () => {
 
-  let scanner = new Base({id:'tcp-i2c-client', sockets:'tc#c>t', tc:{host:HOST}})
+  let scanner = new Base({id:'tcp-i2c-client', sockets:'tc#c>t', tc:{port: 1776, host:HOST}})
 
   scanner.reply = function (packet) {
     let addresses = packet.response.map(device => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f60185..97dd28a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
   "description": "I2c Bus Classes for Communication to I2C bus via socket or direct call",
   "main": "src/bus",
   "scripts": {
-    "bus": "node_modules/.bin/nodemon --require @std/esm --watch ../  examples/bus",
-    "bus2": "node_modules/.bin/nodemon --require @std/esm examples/bus",
+    "busa": "node_modules/.bin/nodemon --require @std/esm --watch ../  examples/bus",
+    "bus": "SOCKET_DIR=/opt/sockets node_modules/.bin/nodemon --require @std/esm examples/bus",
+    "busl": "DEBUG=true SOCKETS_DIR=/opt/sockets node_modules/.bin/nodemon --require @std/esm examples/bus",
     "test": "mocha -r @std/esm test/*.test.mjs",
     "testw": "mocha -r @std/esm test/*.test.mjs --watch --recurse --watch-extensions mjs",
     "testci": "istanbul cover ./node_modules/.bin/_mocha test/ --report lcovonly -- -R spec --recursive && codecov || true"
diff --git a/src/bus-packet.mjs b/src/bus-packet.mjs
index 2853f32..13d6940 100644
--- a/src/bus-packet.mjs
+++ b/src/bus-packet.mjs
@@ -4,22 +4,32 @@ import pify from 'pify'
 // import Base from '@uci/base'
 import Base from '../../uci-base/src/base'
 
+import logger from '../../uci-logger/src/logger'
+let log = {}
+const LOG_OPTS = {
+  repo:'uci-i2c-bus',
+  npm:'@uci/i2c-bus',
+  file:'src/bus-packet.mjs',
+  class:'Bus',
+  id:this.id,
+  instance_created:new Date().getTime()
+}
+
 export default class Bus extends Base {
   constructor(opts) {
-    console.log(opts)
+    log = logger.child(LOG_OPTS)
     opts.sockets = opts.sockets || 'us#s>n,ts#s>t'
+    opts.ts = opts.ts || { port:1776 }
+    opts.us = opts.us || {path: (process.env.SOCKETS_DIR || __dirname)  + '/i2c-bus.sock'}
+    log.info({opts:opts},'create bus with these opts')
     super(opts)
     this.busnum = opts.busnum || 1
     this.i2cbus = i2c.open(this.busnum, () => {})
-    // console.log(' ',this._packetProcess)
-    // this._packetProcess = packetProcess
-    // console.log(' ',this._packetProcess)
     this.bus = bus_funcs
     // this.init = this.init.bind(this)
   }
 
   async init(){
-    this.amendSocketProcessing(bus_funcs)
     await super.init()
   }
 
@@ -69,16 +79,14 @@ const validateArgs = function (packet) {
   }
 
   if (missing.length > 0) {
-    return {error: `following arguments are missing ${missing}`, packet: packet }
+    return {error: `following bus arguments are missing ${missing}`, packet: packet }
   }
   return {}
 }
 
 const bus_funcs = {
 
-  scan: function () {
-    // console.log(this)
-    return pify(this.i2cbus.scan).bind(this.i2cbus)() },
+  scan: function () { return pify(this.i2cbus.scan).bind(this.i2cbus)() },
   close: function () { return pify(this.i2cbus.close).bind(this.i2cbus)() },
 
   readRaw: function (args) {