diff --git a/env/history.env b/env/history.env
index 37fef9c..5b77271 100644
--- a/env/history.env
+++ b/env/history.env
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
 # See bash(1) for more options
 HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
-
 # for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
 HISTSIZE=1000
 HISTFILESIZE=2000
diff --git a/functions/01-basic b/functions/01-basic
index 38ff1c2..ef82422 100644
--- a/functions/01-basic
+++ b/functions/01-basic
@@ -94,4 +94,5 @@ fsudo () # run a function as sudo
   [[ "$(type -t $1)" == "function" ]] &&
     ARGS="$@" && sudo bash -c "$(declare -f $1); $ARGS"
 }
+
 alias ssudo="ssudo "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install/files/etc/profile b/install/files/etc/profile
index aa5f38b..9484057 100644
--- a/install/files/etc/profile
+++ b/install/files/etc/profile
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ else
     mkdir -p $HOME/logs
     touch $LOGIN_LOG
     llog () {
-      echo "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGIN_LOG
+       echo "$@" >> $LOGIN_LOG 2>&1
     }
-     export -f llog
+    export -f llog
     llog "$(env | grep BASH)"
     echo "$(date)" > $LOGIN_LOG
     llog "non-interactive login shell for $USER"
diff --git a/install/scripts/copy-user.sh b/install/scripts/copy-user.sh
index 6ce62c8..f6d0d4a 100755
--- a/install/scripts/copy-user.sh
+++ b/install/scripts/copy-user.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ install_dir=${install_dir:-"$(dirname $(dirname $(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}")
 [[ $1 == "-d" ]] && { shift; subdir=test; shift; } || subdir=shell
 user=${1:-$USER}
 
-echo $subdir $user $USER
-
 [[ $(id -u $user 2> /dev/null) -eq 0 ]]
 [[ $(id -u $user 2> /dev/null) -eq 0 ]] && echo user is root use root user copy script, exiting && return 1
 [[ ! $(id -u $user) -ge 1000 ]] && echo "no user $user or user not a regular" && return 2
@@ -16,8 +14,7 @@ echo $subdir $user $USER
 user_home=$( getent passwd $user | cut -d: -f6 )
 [[ ! $user_home ]] && echo no user home directory for $user in which to install shell files, exiting && return 4
 
-
-echo $subdir $user $USER $user_home $dir 
+# echo DEBUG: $subdir $user $USER $user_home $dir 
 
 echo -e "***********  copying UCI BASH Shell .profile and bash_profile and .bashrc for user: $user *******"
 files=$(find $install_dir/files/user -type f)
@@ -25,13 +22,8 @@ for file in $files; do
 install -C -m 660 -o $user -g ${2:-$user} $file $user_home
 done
 
-# sed -i 's/BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR=/export "$user_home\/$dir/' $user_home/.bashrc
-
 if [[ ! subdir == "shell" ]]; then
    echo "export BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR=$user_home/$subdir" >> $user_home/.ucishell
-#   var="export BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR="
-#   using $dir
-#   sed -i "s:${var}*.:${var}${dir}:" $user_home/.bashrc
 fi
 
 echo -e "***********  create UCI BASH Shell directories for user in $dir *******"
diff --git a/load.sh b/load.sh
index 44e32f0..5c29443 100755
--- a/load.sh
+++ b/load.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ reload_shell () {
 
 load_custom_shell_env () {
   [[ -f $BASH_SHELL_HOST/shell.env ]] && source $BASH_SHELL_HOST/shell.env
-  [[ -f $HOME/${BASH_SHELL_USER:-shell}/shell.env ]] && source $HOME/${BASH_SHELL_USER:-shell}/shell.env 
+  [[ -f $BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR/shell.env ]] && source $BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR/shell.env 
   [[ -f $BASH_SHELL_DEV/shell.env ]] && shell_process_directory $BASH_SHELL_DEV/shell.env 
 }
 
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ load_shell_host_user_dev () {
 
 ######################  START LOAD SCRIPT #############################
 
-load_custom_shell_env
-
 ([[ $BASH_ENV ]] && [[ ! $- == *i* ]] && [[ $BASH_USE_ALIAS ]]) && shopt -s expand_aliases  
 
 # process the base directory by default
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ module_load shell-process-directory
   # as set in shell.env
 for dir in ${1:-$BASH_SHELL_DIRS}; do
   # env | grep BASH
-  # echo base $dir
+  # echo loading dir $dir
   shell_process_directory $dir
   [[ "$dir" = "$BASH_SHELL_BASE" ]] && export BASH_SHELL_BASE_LOADED=true
 done
@@ -101,4 +99,3 @@ export BASH_SHELL_LOADED=true
 
 # Note: $HOME/shell or $HOME/BASH_SHELL_USER are processed via $HOME/.bashrc
 
-