diff --git a/bin/sync-cli b/bin/sync-cli
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..693e804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/sync-cli
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env node
+require = require('esm')(module)
+require('./sync.js')  // iife
diff --git a/bin/sync-cli.js b/bin/sync-cli.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e86de6..0000000
--- a/bin/sync-cli.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// Set options as a parameter, environment variable, or rc file.
-require = require('esm')(module)
-module.exports = require('./sync.js')
diff --git a/bin/sync.js b/bin/sync.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65d9a99..b2b6414 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci-utils/sync",
-  "version": "0.0.6",
+  "version": "0.0.7",
   "description": "module to copy, maintain, and launch hardware modules on other machines",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "bin": {
-    "syncu": "./bin/sync.js"
+    "syncu": "./bin/sync-cli"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "sync": "node -r esm ./bin/sync",
diff --git a/src/sync.js b/src/sync.js
index 90ecd10..481e354 100644
--- a/src/sync.js
+++ b/src/sync.js
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ class Sync extends merge(Rsync, Emitter) {
           }
           if (errors) log.warn({errors: errors, cmd:cmd, msg:'sync ran but with with errors'})
           log.info({cmd:cmd, status:status, msg:'sync run'})
+          if (!errors) this.emit('sync',status)
           resolve({cmd:cmd, errors:errors, status:status, msg:'sync run'})
         }, function(data) {
           status += data.toString()