diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e61051f..633636a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-/node_modules/
+**/node_modules/**
 /coverage/
diff --git a/example/example.js b/example/example.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72205a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import Sync from '../src/sync'
+import onDeath from  'ondeath'
+
+
+(async () => {
+  const sync = new Sync({jobsDir:'./example/jobs'})
+
+  await sync.loadJob('example')
+  sync.live()
+  sync.watch('on')
+  console.log('ready and waiting')
+
+  onDeath( () => {
+    console.log('\nHe\'s dead Jim')
+    sync.watch('remove')
+  })
+
+})().catch(err => {
+  console.error('FATAL: UNABLE TO START SYSTEM!\n',err)
+})
diff --git a/example/jobs/example.yaml b/example/jobs/example.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f05f84b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/jobs/example.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+source: ./example/source/  # be sure to add trailing / to avoid making a subdirectory under destination
+destination: ./example/destination
+flags: 'av'
+excludeFrom:
+      - ./example/source/.gitignore
+      - ./example/source/.npmignore
+exclude:
+      - .gitignore
+      - .npmignore
+set:
+  - delete
+  - delete-excluded
+watch:  # true
+  wait: 200
+  immediate: true
diff --git a/example/source/.gitignore b/example/source/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae518f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/source/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node_modules/**
+**/node_modules/**
+coverage/
diff --git a/example/source/.npmignore b/example/source/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02078d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/source/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+tests/
+test/
+*.test.js
+testing/
+example/
diff --git a/example/source/test b/example/source/test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 854d7e9..0e0923b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "@uci/remote-code",
+  "name": "@uci/sync",
   "version": "0.0.2",
   "description": "module to copy, maintain, and launch hardware modules on other machines",
   "main": "src/index.js",
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@
     "ssh": "./bin/ssh.js"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "sync": "node -r esm ./bin/ssh",
+    "sync": "node -r esm ./bin/sync",
+    "example": "node -r esm ./example/example",
+    "test": "./node_modules/.bin/mocha -r esm --timeout 30000",
     "testd": "UCI_ENV=dev ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon --exec './node_modules/.bin/mocha -r esm --timeout 30000'",
-    "test": "UCI_ENV=pro UCI_LOG_PATH=./test/test.log ./node_modules/.bin/mocha -r esm --timeout 30000 || exit 0",
+    "testdd": "UCI_LOG_LEVEL='trace' npm run testd",
+    "testde": "UCI_LOG_LEVEL='warn' npm run testd",
+    "testl": "UCI_ENV=pro UCI_LOG_PATH=./test/test.log 0 npm run test || exit 0",
     "testibc": "istanbul cover ./node_modules/.bin/_mocha test/ --report lcovonly -- -R spec --recursive && codecov || true"
   },
   "author": "David Kebler",
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@
     "await-to-js": "^2.1.1",
     "chokidar": "^2.0.4",
     "conf": "^2.2.0",
+    "debounce-fn": "^1.0.0",
     "esm": "^3.1.4",
     "fs-read-data": "^1.0.4",
     "globby": "^9.0.0",
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@
     "codecov": "^3.1.0",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
     "mocha": "^5.x",
-    "nodemon": "^1.18.9"
+    "nodemon": "^1.18.9",
+    "ondeath": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae8a9f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import Sync from  './sync'
+import Watcher from  './watcher'
+
+export { Sync, Watcher}
+export default Sync
diff --git a/src/read-lines.js b/src/read-lines.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68ad1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/read-lines.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { promisify } from 'util'
+import { readFile, writeFile } from 'fs'
+const read = promisify(readFile)
+const write = promisify(writeFile)
+// alternative with new promise experimental fs
+// import fs from 'fs'
+// const read = fs.promises.readFile
+import settle from 'p-settle'
+import path from 'path'
+import logger from '@uci/logger'
+let log = logger({ package:'@cui/sync', file:'src/read-lines.js'})
+
+// A promise helper function to return a list of paths to ignore from .npmignore, .gitignore, .rcignore
+function readLines (files=[],dir) {
+  // console.log('additional files', files)
+  let list = []
+  if (!Array.isArray(files)) files=[files]
+
+  // each set in an the array is new line delimited set of ignore patterns
+  // settle returns array of error,value pairs
+  return settle(files.map(file => {
+    // console.log('directory',path.dirname(file))
+    if (path.dirname(file)==='.') file = dir+'/'+file
+    log.debug({function:'readLines',file:file,msg:'reading a file of lines into array'})
+    return read(file)
+  }))
+    .then((sets) => {
+      sets.forEach( set =>  {
+        if (set.isFulfilled) list.push(...set.value.toString().match(/.+/g))
+        else log.warn({function:'readLines', error:set.reason, msg:' was unable to read file'})
+      })
+      return Promise.resolve(list)
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      // only returned when something horrible is wrong
+      return Promise.reject(err)
+    })
+}
+
+// an ignore list should not be huge so can serailize at once
+function writeLines (filePath,list) {
+
+  return write(filePath,list.join('\n'))
+    .then(() => {
+      log.info({function:'writeLines', file:filePath, msg:'wrote array to file of lines'})
+    })
+    .catch( err => {
+      log.fatal({function:'writeLines', error:err, msg:'unable to write array to file of lines'})
+    })
+}
+
+export default readLines
+export { readLines, writeLines }
diff --git a/src/rsync.js b/src/rsync.js
index 0d20244..85056aa 100644
--- a/src/rsync.js
+++ b/src/rsync.js
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ function Rsync(config) {
   // ordered list of file patterns to include/exclude
   this._patterns = []
 
-  // list of exlude from getFiles
+  // just a list of exclude only patterns for use elsewhere like a watcher
+  this._exclude = []
+
+  // list of exclude files
   this._excludeFiles = []
 
   // options
@@ -299,6 +302,9 @@ Rsync.prototype.exclude = function(patterns) {
     patterns = [ patterns ]
   }
 
+  // save this list for other uses
+  this._exclude = [...this._exclude,...patterns]
+
   patterns.forEach(function(pattern) {
     this._patterns.push({ action:  '-', pattern: pattern })
   }, this)
@@ -321,10 +327,14 @@ Rsync.prototype.excludeFrom = function(filePaths) {
     filePaths = [ filePaths ]
   }
 
+  // TODO if it's not a path just a file try prepending the source directory
+  // TODO only add to list if file exsists
   filePaths.forEach(function(filePath) {
     this._excludeFiles.push(filePath)
   }, this)
 
+  // this._excludeFiles = [...this._excludeFiles,...filePaths]
+
   return this
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sync.js b/src/sync.js
index 7811d3b..cc59784 100644
--- a/src/sync.js
+++ b/src/sync.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // local imports
 import Rsync from './rsync'
+import Watcher from './watcher'
 // native imports
 import { EventEmitter as Emitter } from 'events'
 import { dirname } from 'path'
@@ -7,7 +8,8 @@ import { dirname } from 'path'
 import merge from 'aggregation/es6'
 import { readFile } from 'fs-read-data'
 import Conf from 'conf'
-import getFiles from 'globby'
+import debounce from 'debounce-fn'
+// import getFiles from 'globby'
 import pathExists from 'path-exists'
 import to from 'await-to-js'
 // uci imports
@@ -19,14 +21,23 @@ class Sync extends merge(Rsync, Emitter) {
     super()
     log = logger({ package:'@uci/sync'})
     this.opts = opts
-    this.cli = opts.cli
+    this._debounce = opts.debounce || null
+    this.syncHandler = opts.syncHandler || (()=>{})
+    // TODO if opts include source and destination then call loadJob with them
+    // this._debounce = opts.debounce
     this.config = new Conf({projectName:'sync'})
     this.jobsDir = process.env.SYNC_JOBS_DIR  || opts.jobsDir || this.config.get('jobsDir') || dirname(this.config.path)
     this.sshDir = opts.sshDir || this.config.get('sshDir') || `${this.jobsDir}/ssh`
     this.optionsDir = opts.optionsDir || this.config.get('optionsDir') || `${this.jobsDir}/options`
-    log.debug({configsDir:this.configsDir, msg:'configuration files directory'})
-    this.jobs = []
+    log.debug({jobsDir:this.jobsDir, sshDir:this.sshDir, optionsDir:this.optionsDir, msg:'configuration file directories'})
+    this._watcher = new Watcher()
   }
+  // getters and setters
+  get watching() {return this._watcher.watching } // watcher active?
+  get watcher() { return this._watcher}  // in case one need set a listerner for other purposes
+
+  get defaultJobsDir() { return this.config.get('jobsDir', this.jobsDir) }
+  set defaultJobsDir(jobsDir) { this.config.set('jobsDir', jobsDir || this.jobsDir)}
 
   setConfig(name,val) { this.config.set(name,val)}
   getConfig(name) { return this.config.get(name)}
@@ -44,13 +55,39 @@ class Sync extends merge(Rsync, Emitter) {
     }
   }
 
-  setDefaultJobsDir() { this.config.set('jobsDir', this.jobsDir)}
-  getDefaultJobsDir() { this.config.get('jobsDir', this.jobsDir) }
+  // job and options processing
 
-  async listJobFiles(dir) {
-    return await getFiles(['**','*.yaml','*.yml'],{ onlyfiles:true, cwd:dir || this.jobsDir})
+  async runJob(options) {
+    await this.loadJob(options)
+    this.live()
+    this.execute(options)
   }
 
+  async loadJob (options) {
+    if (typeof options ==='string') options = await this.readOptionsFile(options,'job')
+    if (!options.error) {
+      for (const option in options) {
+        if(option === 'optionsFile') {
+          let opts = await this.readOptionsFile(options.optionsFile,'options')
+          if (!opts.error) {
+            Object.keys(opts).forEach( async opt => {
+              await this.processOption(opt,opts[opt])
+            })
+          }
+        }
+        else {
+          await this.processOption(option,options[option])
+        }
+      } // end loop
+      this.dry()  // dry run by default must .live() .unset('n')
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  // async listJobFiles(dir) {
+  //   return await getFiles(['**','*.yaml','*.yml'],{ onlyfiles:true, cwd:dir || this.jobsDir})
+  // }
+
   async readOptionsFile(filePath,type='job') {
     let dir = {job:this.jobsDir,options:this.optionsDir,ssh:this.sshDir}
     let [err,res] = await to(readFile(`${dir[type]}/${filePath}`))
@@ -65,13 +102,91 @@ class Sync extends merge(Rsync, Emitter) {
     return res
   }
 
+  // executes a method on the instance (might be in prototype chain) which may take a value(s)
+  async processOption (method, value)  {
+    log.debug({method:method, value:value, msg:`processing option ${method} with value ${value}`})
+    if (typeof(this[method]) === 'function') {
+      await this[method](value)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // methods ====================
+
   live() {
     this.unset('n')
   }
 
+  set (option=[],value) {
+    if (typeof option === 'string') super.set(option,value)  // pass through
+    else {
+      option.forEach( opt => {
+        typeof opt==='string' ? super.set(opt) : super.set(...Object.entries(opt).flat())
+      })
+    }
+    return this
+  }
+
+  async watch(cmd) {
+    // TODO make into switch ?
+    log.debug(`watch command ${cmd}`)
+
+    if (isPlainObject(cmd) || cmd==null || (typeof cmd==='boolean' && cmd) || cmd==='init'  || cmd==='add') {
+      if (cmd.wait) this.debounce(cmd)
+      let opts = {source:this._sources, excludeFrom:this._excludeFiles, ignored:this._exclude }
+      await this._watcher.init(opts)
+      this.syncHandler = syncHandler.call(this,log)
+
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (cmd==='remove') {
+      this._watcher.removeListener('changed', this.syncHandler )
+      this._watcher.remove()
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (cmd ==='on'|| cmd==='start') {
+      this._watcher.on('changed', this.syncHandler)
+      this._watcher.start()
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (cmd==='off' || cmd==='stop' ) {
+      this._watcher.removeListener('changed', this.syncHandler)
+      this._watcher.stop()
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (cmd==='pause' ) {
+      this._watcher.removeListener('changed', this.syncHandler)
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (cmd==='resume') {
+      this._watcher.on('changed', this.syncHandler)
+      return
+    }
+
+    // 'changed' event handler with optional debounce wrapper
+    function syncHandler(log) {
+      function sync (change) {
+        log.info({file:change.file, type:change.type, msg:`file ${change.file} was ${change.type}`})
+        this.execute()
+      }
+      log.debug(`in sync make Handler, ${this._debounce}, ${sync}`)
+      if (this._debounce==null) return sync.bind(this)
+      return debounce(sync.bind(this),{wait:this.opts.debounce})
+    }
+  }
+
+  debounce(opts) {
+    if (opts==null) this._debounce=null
+    this._debounce = opts
+  }
+
   sshu (file) {
     if (file && (typeof options==='string')) {
-      this.shell(`"sshu -c ${file} "`)
+      this.shell(`sshu -c ${file}`)
     }
   }
 
@@ -104,52 +219,8 @@ class Sync extends merge(Rsync, Emitter) {
     return this
   }
 
-  set (option={},value) {
-    if (typeof option === 'string') super.set(option,value)  // pass through
-    else {
-      // if (!Array.isArray(option)) { option = [option] }
-      option.forEach( opt => {
-        console.log('---',option,opt)
-        typeof opt==='string' ? super.set(opt) : super.set(...Object.entries(opt).flat())
-      })
-    }
-    return this
-  }
-
-
-  async loadJob (options) {
-    if (typeof options ==='string') options = await this.readOptionsFile(options,'job')
-    if (!options.error) {
-      for (const option in options) {
-        if(option === 'optionsFile') {
-          let opts = await this.readOptionsFile(options.optionsFile,'options')
-          if (!opts.error) {
-            Object.keys(opts).forEach( opt => {
-              this.processOption(opt,opts[opt])
-            })
-          }
-        }
-        else {
-          this.processOption(option,options[option])
-        }
-      } // end loop
-      this.dry()  // dry run by default must .live() .unset('n')
-    }
-  }
-
-  // executes a method on the instance (might be in prototype chain) which may take a value(s)
-  processOption (method, value)  {
-    if (typeof(this[method]) === 'function') {
-      this[method](value)
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  queueJobs () {}
-  runJobs () {}
-
   async execute(opts={}) {
-    log.info({cmd:this.command(), msg:'running rsync command'})
+    // log.info({cmd:this.command(), msg:'running rsync command'})
     const superexecute = super.execute.bind(this)
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       let status
@@ -161,7 +232,7 @@ class Sync extends merge(Rsync, Emitter) {
             reject ({error:err, code:code, cmd:cmd, msg:'error during sync'})
           }
           if (errors) log.warn({errors: errors, cmd:cmd, msg:'sync ran but with with errors'})
-          log.info({cmd:cmd, status:status, msg:'sync run'})
+          log.debug({cmd:cmd, status:status, msg:'sync run'})
           resolve({cmd:cmd, errors:errors, status:status, msg:'sync run'})
         }, function(data) {
           status += data.toString()
@@ -180,11 +251,9 @@ class Sync extends merge(Rsync, Emitter) {
 export default Sync
 
 
-
-
-// function isPlainObject (obj) {
-//   return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Object]'
-// }
+function isPlainObject (obj) {
+  return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Object]'
+}
 //
 // function escapeSpaces (str) {
 //   if (typeof str === 'string') {
diff --git a/src/watcher.js b/src/watcher.js
index f7a3ad8..820f407 100644
--- a/src/watcher.js
+++ b/src/watcher.js
@@ -1,41 +1,133 @@
+// native imports
 import { EventEmitter as Emitter } from 'events'
 import path from 'path'
-import chokidar from 'chokidar'
+// third party imports
+import { watch } from 'chokidar'
+// local imports
+import ignores from './read-lines'
+// UCI imports
+import logger from '@uci/logger'
+let log = {}
+
+
+const READY_TIMEOUT = 2000
 
 class Watcher extends Emitter {
-  constructor(options) {
+  constructor(opts={}) {
     super()
-    // pass in ignores
-    const opts = {
-      ignored: '**/node_modules/**',
-      ignoreInitial: true
-    }
-    const watcher = chokidar.watch(options.source, opts)
-    this.watcher = watcher
+    log = logger({ package:'@uci/sync', class:'Watcher', file:'src/watcher.js'})
+    opts.unlinkDir = Object.hasOwnProperty(opts.unlinkDir) ? opts.unlinkDir : true
+    this.opts = opts
+    this._ignored = []
+    this._ready=false
+    this.watching=false
+    return this
   }
 
-  start() {
-    const handler = (type, f) => {
-      const fname = path.basename(f)
-      if ( fname.toLowerCase() === 'package.json')
-        if (type !=='change') {
-          this.emit('error',new Error('package.json was added or removed, ignoring sync and reinstall'))
-          return
-        } else{
-          this.emit('install', f)
-        }
-      this.emit('sync', f)
-    } // end handler
-    this.watcher
-      .on('add', handler.bind(this, 'add'))
-      .on('change', handler.bind(this, 'change'))
-      .on('unlink', handler.bind(this, 'remove'))
+  async init(opts) {
+    return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
+      opts = opts || this.opts
+      if (opts.excludeFrom) await this.getIgnoreLists(opts.excludeFrom)
+      if (opts.ignoreList)  await this.getIgnoreLists(opts.ignoreList)
+      if (opts.source) {
+        opts.ignored = opts.ignored ? [...this._ignored,...opts.ignored] : this._ignored
+        log.debug({ignored:opts.ignored, msg:'all ignores'})
+        this._watcher = watch(opts.source,opts)
+        this._watcher.on('error', error => {
+          log.error({error:error, msg:'Watcher error'})
+        })
+        this._watcher.on('ready', () => {
+          clearTimeout(readyTimeout)
+          log.info('initial scan sucessful, ready to start')
+          this._ready=true
+          this.opts = opts // save options
+          resolve()
+        })
+        let readyTimeout = setTimeout(() =>{
+          log.fatal({options:opts, timeout:READY_TIMEOUT, msg:'Timeout: unabled to complete initial scan'})
+          reject('timeout during intial scan')
+        },READY_TIMEOUT)
+      }
+      else {
+        log.fatal('MUST provide a source directory(s) option to watch')
+        reject('no source provided')
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+
+  async start(opts) {
+    if(this.watching) {
+      log.warn(`watching aleady running for ${this.opts.source}`)
+      return false
+    }
+    if (!this._watcher) await this.init(opts)
+    if (this._ready) {
+      log.info(`now watching ${this.opts.source}`)
+      this._watcher.removeAllListeners() // just in case
+      this.watching = true
+      // define command listen handler
+      const handler =
+        (type, f) => {
+          log.debug(`file ${f} was ${type}`)
+          // convert this to a plugin/hook so it's not specific
+          const fname = path.basename(f)
+          if ( fname.toLowerCase() === 'package.json')
+            if (type !=='modified') {
+              this.emit('error',new Error('package.json was added or removed, ignoring sync and reinstall'))
+              return
+            } else{
+              this.emit('install', f)
+            }
+          // user might want to run debounce on the listener for this event
+          this.emit('changed', {file:f, type:type})
+        } // end handler
+
+      this._watcher
+        .on('add', handler.bind(this, 'added'))
+        .on('change', handler.bind(this, 'modified'))
+        .on('unlink', handler.bind(this, 'removed'))
+      if(this.opts.unlinkDir) this._watcher.on('unlinkDir', handler.bind(this, 'dir-deleted'))
+      if(this.opts.addDir) this._watcher.on('addDir', handler.bind(this, 'dir-added'))
+    } else {
+      log.warn('watcher is not ready to start, check options and try again')
+      return new Error('not ready to start check configuration')
+    }
   }
 
   stop() {
-    this.watcher.close()
+    if(this.watching) {
+      this.watching = false
+      this._watcher.close()
+    }
+    else log.warn('not watching, nothing to close')
   }
 
+  remove() {
+    this.stop()
+    delete(this._watcher)
+    this._ready=false
+  }
+
+  async restart(opts) {
+    this.remove()
+    await this.start(opts)
+  }
+
+  async getIgnoreLists(lists) {
+    // console.log('ignore lists', lists)
+    if (typeof lists === 'string') lists=[lists]
+    let ignored = await ignores(lists)
+    // console.log('==ignores from lists', ignored)
+    this._ignored = [...this._ignored,...ignored]
+    // console.log(this._ignored)
+  }
+
+  addIgnore(ignore) {
+    Array.isArray(ignore) ? this._ignored.push(...ignore) : this._ignored.push(ignore)
+  }
+  clearAllIgnore() { this._ignored = []  }
+
 }
 
 export default Watcher
diff --git a/test/jobs/local.yaml b/test/jobs/local.yaml
index ce6c5bf..895b2ae 100644
--- a/test/jobs/local.yaml
+++ b/test/jobs/local.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ destination: ./test/dest
 flags: 'av'
 excludeFrom:
       - ./test/repo/.gitignore
+      - ./test/repo/.npmignore
+exclude:
+      - .gitignore
+      - .npmignore
 set:
   - delete
   - delete-excluded
+watch:
diff --git a/test/read-lines.test.js.off b/test/read-lines.test.js.off
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8baad10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/read-lines.test.js.off
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// let ignoreFiles = ['.npmignore','.gitignore']
+
+import { readLines, writeLines }  from '../src/read-lines'
+import chai from 'chai'
+import assertArrays from 'chai-arrays'
+import { it } from 'mocha'
+
+chai.use(assertArrays)
+const expect = chai.expect
+
+describe (
+  'Read a File of Lines to Array and vice versa',
+  function () {
+    readList()
+    writeList()
+  })
+
+//****************** TESTS **********************
+function readList() {
+  it('==> can read one or more files (no order) each line as element in an array with common directory', async function () {
+    const shouldbe = [ 'tests/',
+      'test/',
+      '*.test.js',
+      'testing/',
+      'example/',
+      '/node_modules/',
+      '/coverage/' ]
+    let result = await readLines(['.gitignore','.npmignore'],__dirname+'/repo')
+    expect(result, 'list build failed').to.be.containingAllOf(shouldbe)
+  })
+
+  it('==> can read two files one relative the other absolute', async function () {
+    const shouldbe = [ 'tests/',
+      'test/',
+      '*.test.js',
+      'testing/',
+      'example/',
+      '/node_modules/',
+      '/coverage/' ]
+    let result = await readLines(['./test/repo/.gitignore',__dirname+'/repo/.npmignore'])
+    expect(result, 'list build failed').to.be.containingAllOf(shouldbe)
+  })
+}
+
+
+function writeList() {
+
+  it('==> can write an array items as lines in a file', async function () {
+    const shouldbe = await readLines(['.gitignore','.npmignore'],__dirname+'/repo')
+    await writeLines(__dirname+'/repo/combined.list',shouldbe)
+    const result = await readLines(['combined.list'],__dirname+'/repo')
+    expect(result, 'list build failed').to.be.containingAllOf(shouldbe)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/test/repo/.gitignore b/test/repo/.gitignore
index 25fbf5a..28bfcba 100644
--- a/test/repo/.gitignore
+++ b/test/repo/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-node_modules/
+**/node_modules/
 coverage/
diff --git a/test/sync.test.js b/test/sync.test.js.off
similarity index 97%
rename from test/sync.test.js
rename to test/sync.test.js.off
index d61ff3d..428f07e 100644
--- a/test/sync.test.js
+++ b/test/sync.test.js.off
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe('Sync Class Testing ',async ()=> {
     // // sync.execute({cli:true})
     // sync.live()
     // sync.execute({cli:true})
-    await sync.loadJob('sample')
+    await sync.loadJob('local')
     console.log('command to be run',sync.command())
     sync.live()
     sync.execute({cli:true})
diff --git a/test/watcher.test.js b/test/watcher.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08ddb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/watcher.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import Sync from '../src/sync'
+import Watcher from '../src/watcher'
+import to from 'await-to-js'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import { it } from 'mocha'
+import debounce from 'debounce-fn'
+import logger from '@uci/logger'
+// pause = require('@uci/utils').pPause
+
+describe('Watcher Class Testing ',async ()=> {
+
+  // let log = logger({})
+  before(async () => {
+    // log = logger({ package:'@uci/sync', id: 'sync-test' })
+    let sync = new Sync()
+    // await sync.loadJob('local')
+    // console.log('command to be run',sync.command())
+    // console.log('===',sync.cwd())
+    // // sync.execute({cli:true})
+    await sync.loadJob('local')
+    sync.live()
+    let options = await sync.readOptionsFile('local')
+    let watcher = new Watcher(options)
+    await watcher.start()
+    watcher.on('changed',
+      // debounce(
+      (change) => {
+        console.log(`======= file ${change.file} was ${change.type} ==========`)
+        sync.execute({cli:true})
+      }
+      // ,{wait:100, immediate:true})
+    )
+
+    // console.log('command to be run',sync.command())
+    // sync.live()
+    // sync.execute({cli:true})
+
+    // await sync.configure('./test/config/sync')
+    // log.info({cmd:sync.command(), msg:'Rsync Command that will Run'})
+    // log.info(`making connection to ${remote.opts.host}`)
+    // log.info('ready for testing')
+  })
+
+  // after(async () => {
+  //   remote.close()
+  // })
+
+  it('can sync a directory' , async function () {
+    // let [err,res] = await to(remote.exec('cd /opt && pwd'))
+    // if (err) {
+    //   log.info('error running command aborting test', err)
+    //   return
+    // }
+    // log.info(`result of remote command ${res.command} => ${res.reply.toString().trim()}`)
+    expect('test', 'test failed').to.equal('/opt')
+  })
+
+})
+
+// function hooks(remote) {
+//
+
+// // beforeEach(async() => {
+// // await someasyncfunctiontodobeforeeachtest()
+// // })
+//
+// // after(async() => {
+// // await someasyncfunctiontodoaftereeachtest()
+// // })
+//
+// }