diff --git a/modules/networks.mod b/modules/networks.mod
index 8a6ffdb..4e40203 100644
--- a/modules/networks.mod
+++ b/modules/networks.mod
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ function network_path () {
 
 function get_network_paths () {
 
-  (return 0 2>/dev/null) || (echo network_dirs must be sourced; return 1)
-  
 local lookin="$BASH_SHELL_HOST $BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR $BASH_SHELL_DEV"
 local networks
+local home
+[[ $1 == "-h" ]] && home=true && shift 1
 for dir in $lookin; do
   # echo checking in $dir
   if [[ -f $dir/.networks ]]; then
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ for network in $networks; do
   export BASH_NETWORK_HOME_PATH
   export BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS
 
+  [[ $home ]] && echo $BASH_NETWORK_HOME_PATH || echo $BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS
+  
   # env | grep NETWORK
 
 } 
 
-
 loadssh () {
     module_load ssh
     module_load ssh-config
@@ -86,39 +87,44 @@ loadssh () {
     module_load ssh-pubkey
     module_load sshfs
     enable_mounts
-    # echo ssh modules are loaded
+    export BASH_SHELL_SSH_LOADED=true
+    # echo ssh modules are loaded 
 }
 
 
 load_home_network() {
-unset BASH_NETWORK_HOME
-unset BASH_NETWORK_HOME_PATH
-get_network_paths
-if [[ $BASH_NETWORK_HOME_PATH ]]; then 
-  # echo loading home $BASH_NETWORK_HOME_PATH
-  shell_process_directory $BASH_NETWORK_HOME_PATH
-fi  
+  local home 
+  home=$(get_network_paths -h)
+  # echo returned $home
+  if [[ $home ]]; then 
+    # echo loading home $BASH_NETWORK_HOME_PATH
+    [[ ! "$BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOADED" == *"$home"* ]] && BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOADED+="$home "
+    export BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOADED
+  fi  
 }
 
-load_all_networks () {
-#  unset BASH_SHELL_HOME_NETWORK_LOAD
-#  export BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOAD=true
-  unset BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS
-  get_network_paths
-  if [[ $BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS ]]; then
-    for dir in ${1:-$BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS}; do
-    #  echo network $dir processed
-    shell_process_directory $dir
+loaded_networks () {
+  echo $BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOADED
+}
+
+load_networks () {
+  # echo load networks $1
+  local network; local networks; local path
+  if [[ $1 ]]; then
+    for network in "$@"; do
+    networks+="$(network_path $network) "
     done
+   else  
+    unset BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS
+    networks=$(get_network_paths)
   fi
-}
-
-load_a_network () {
-    [[ ! $1 ]] && return 1
-    for dir in $1; do
-    # echo network $dir processed
-    shell_process_directory $dir
-    done
+  # echo networks to load $networks
+  for path in $networks; do
+    # echo network $path processed
+    shell_process_directory $path
+    [[ ! "$BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOADED" == *"$path"* ]] && BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOADED+="$path "
+  done
+  export BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOADED
 }
 
 clear_networks () {
@@ -132,13 +138,10 @@ clear_networks () {
 
 networks_load () {
 
-  # echo load_networks called $@
+  # echo networks_load called $@
   
-  [[ $1 == "-h" ]] && { shift 1; load_home_network || return $?; }
-  [[ $1 == "-a" ]] && { shift 1; load_all_networks || return $?; }
-  [[ $1 ]] && { load_a_network $@ || return 1; }
-  # echo loading ssh
-  loadssh
+  [[ $1 == "-h" ]] && { shift 1; load_home_network || return $?; } || load_networks "$@"
+  if [[ $BASH_SHELL_SSH_LOADED ]]; then enable_mounts; ssh_config; else loadssh; fi
   [[ $BASH_SHELL_LOADED ]] && load_shell_host_user_dev
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ssh-config.mod b/modules/ssh-config.mod
index 86c3091..b6a34cf 100644
--- a/modules/ssh-config.mod
+++ b/modules/ssh-config.mod
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if [[ (! $SSH_CONFIG || $RESET ) ]]; then
     chmod 600 $SSH_CONFIG
   fi 
 
-  [[ ! $DIRS ]] && DIRS=($BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS "$BASH_SHELL_HOST" "$BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR" "$BASH_SHELL_DEV")
+  [[ ! $DIRS ]] && DIRS=($BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOADED "$BASH_SHELL_HOST" "$BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR" "$BASH_SHELL_DEV")
   # echo DIRS "${DIRS[@]}"
   # echo $SSH_CONFIG
   CDIRS=()
diff --git a/modules/sshfs.mod b/modules/sshfs.mod
index 60415b3..b0cd1cb 100755
--- a/modules/sshfs.mod
+++ b/modules/sshfs.mod
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function umntBackup() {
 
 function enable_mounts() {
   
-  DIRS=($BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS "$BASH_SHELL_HOST" "$BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR" "$BASH_SHELL_DEV")
+  DIRS=($BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOADED "$BASH_SHELL_HOST" "$BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR" "$BASH_SHELL_DEV")
   # echo DIRS "${DIRS[@]}"
   CDIRS=()
   j=0