diff --git a/modules/utility/bindfs.lib b/modules/utility/bindfs.lib
index 7dd4f91..29b9726 100644
--- a/modules/utility/bindfs.lib
+++ b/modules/utility/bindfs.lib
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mounted () {
 
 dir_bind_unmount () {
    local usesudo
-   local mp=$1
+   local mp=${1:-$PWD}
    [[ ! $(mounted $mp) ]] && echo no mountpoint at $mp && mp=$BFS_MOUNT_DIR/$(basename $mp) 
    [[ ! $(mounted $mp) ]] && echo no mountpoint at $mp either, aborting && return 1
    [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]] && usesudo=sudo
@@ -68,18 +68,22 @@ if [[ $(mounted $mp) ]]; then
    echo "to unmount use:    dir_bind_unmount $mp   or  bfsum $mp"  
  else
   echo unable to mount $dir at $mp as user $user
- fi
+fi
 
- }
+}
 
 dir_bind () {
-mp=${2:-$BFS_MOUNT_DIR/$(basename $1)}
-dir_bind_user $USER $1 $mp
+dir=${1:-$PWD} 
+mp=${2:-$BFS_MOUNT_DIR/$(basename "$dir")}
+dir_bind_user $USER $dir $mp
 if [ -v PS1 ]; then
-echo enter \"u\" when you ready to unmount, otherwise any other key will leave mounted
-read -n1 ans
-echo -e "\n"
-[[ $ans == "u" ]] && dir_bind_unmount $mp
+  if [[ $BFSEDIT ]]; then /opt/bin/vscode $mp 1>/dev/null ; else xdg-open $mp; fi 
+  echo $BFSEDIT 
+  echo enter \"u\" to unmount, otherwise any other key will leave mounted
+  unset BFSEDIT
+  read -n1 ans
+  echo -e "\n"
+  [[ $ans == "u" ]] && dir_bind_unmount $mp
 fi
 }
 
@@ -92,18 +96,10 @@ dir_bind_user $1 $2 $2
 }
 
 bfs_vscode () {
-mp=${2:-$BFS_MOUNT_DIR/$(basename $1)}
-dir_bind_user $USER $1 $mp
-/opt/bin/vscode $mp 
-if [ -v PS1 ]; then
-echo when you ready to unmount FIRST close your vscode window then enter \"u\"
-echo otherwise any other key will leave mounted
-read -n1 ans
-echo -e "\n"
-[[ $ans == "u" ]] && dir_bind_unmount $mp
-fi
-
+BFSEDIT="When done editing FIRST close your vscode window then"  
+dir_bind "$@"
 }
 
+
 (return 0 2>/dev/null) || dir_bind_user $@