diff --git a/modules/network-dirs.func b/modules/network-dirs.mod.del
similarity index 67%
rename from modules/network-dirs.func
rename to modules/network-dirs.mod.del
index 234bbd7..b11ba4d 100644
--- a/modules/network-dirs.func
+++ b/modules/network-dirs.mod.del
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # to be sourced (below) not run in subshell!
 
+function network_path () {
+
+  [[ ! $1 ]] && return 1
+  local network; 
+  network=$1
+    [[ $2 ]] && network=$2/$network
+    if [[ $(isAbsPath $network) ]]; then
+     [[ ! -d $network ]] && continue
+     else 
+       if [[ -d ${HOME}/${BASH_SHELL_USER}/${network} ]];then 
+      network=${HOME}/${BASH_SHELL_USER}/${network}
+      else 
+      if [[ -d ${BASH_NETWORKS_DIR}/${network} ]];then 
+        network=${BASH_NETWORKS_DIR}/${network}
+        else 
+        return 2
+       fi 
+      fi  
+    fi
+    echo $network
+}
+
+
 function network_dirs () {
 
   (return 0 2>/dev/null) || (echo network_dirs must be sourced; return 1)
@@ -11,38 +34,26 @@ function network_dirs () {
   [[ ! $1 ]] && return 1
   local networks; 
   networks=$1
+  [[ ! $1 ]] && return 2
   [[ -f $1 ]] && networks=$(cat $1 | tr -s "\n" " ")
+  echo networks to add $networks
   for network in $networks; 
-  # while read -r network || [ -n "$network" ]
    do
      if [[ ${network} = *!* ]]; then 
      network=${network/!/}
      BASH_NETWORK_HOME=$network
     fi
-    [[ $2 ]] && network=$2/$network
-    if [[ $(isAbsPath $network) ]]; then
-     [[ ! -d $network ]] && continue
-     else 
-       if [[ -d ${HOME}/${BASH_SHELL_USER}/${network} ]];then 
-      network=${HOME}/${BASH_SHELL_USER}/${network}
-      else 
-      if [[ -d ${BASH_NETWORKS_DIR}/${network} ]];then 
-        network=${BASH_NETWORKS_DIR}/${network}
-        else 
-        continue
-       fi 
-      fi  
+    network=$(network_path $network $2)
+    if [[ $network ]]; then
+      [[ $network =~ $BASH_NETWORK_HOME ]] && BASH_NETWORK_HOME_DIR=${network}
+      # echo adding $network to list of networks
+      BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS+="${network} "
     fi
-    [[ $network =~ $NETWORK_HOME ]] && BASH_NETWORK_HOME_DIR=${network}
-    # echo adding $network to list of networks
-    BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS+="${network} "
   done  
-  # done < "$1"
-  # echo after network-dirs $1 
-  # echo DIRS: $BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS
 
   export BASH_NETWORK_HOME
   export BASH_NETWORK_HOME_DIR
-  export BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS
+  export BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS
+
+} 
 
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/networks.mod b/modules/networks.mod
index 68a9a00..94828dc 100644
--- a/modules/networks.mod
+++ b/modules/networks.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # module_load network-dirs 
+
 # # These will be loaded for all users on a host
 # network_dirs "$BASH_SHELL_HOST/.networks"
 # # these loaded only for specific user on a host and take precedence
@@ -9,7 +10,73 @@
 # # env | grep NETWORK 
 # #   NETWORK_HOME
 # #  NETWORK_HOME_DIR
-# #  BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS
+# #  BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS
+
+function network_path () {
+
+  module_load path 
+  [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && echo unable to access the file module && return 1
+
+  [[ ! $1 ]] && return 1
+  local network; 
+  network=$1
+    [[ $2 ]] && network=$2/$network
+    if [[ $(isAbsPath $network) ]]; then
+     [[ ! -d $network ]] && continue
+     else 
+       if [[ -d ${HOME}/${BASH_SHELL_USER}/${network} ]];then 
+      network=${HOME}/${BASH_SHELL_USER}/${network}
+      else 
+      if [[ -d ${BASH_NETWORKS_DIR}/${network} ]];then 
+        network=${BASH_NETWORKS_DIR}/${network}
+        else 
+        return 2
+       fi 
+      fi  
+    fi
+    echo $network
+}
+
+function get_network_paths () {
+
+  (return 0 2>/dev/null) || (echo network_dirs must be sourced; return 1)
+  
+local lookin="$BASH_SHELL_HOST $BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR $BASH_SHELL_DEV"
+local networks
+for dir in $lookin; do
+  # echo checking in $dir
+  if [[ -f $dir/.networks ]]; then
+  local _networks=$(cat $dir/.networks | tr -s "\n" " ")
+  for network in $_networks; do
+   [[ ! "$networks" == *" $network"* ]] && networks+=" $network" || echo $network already in list
+  #  echo $networks
+  done
+  fi 
+done
+
+for network in $networks; do
+  #  echo $network
+     if [[ ${network} = *!* ]]; then 
+     network=${network/!/}
+     BASH_NETWORK_HOME=$network
+    fi
+    network=$(network_path $network $2)
+    # echo $network
+    if [[ $network ]]; then
+      [[ $network =~ $BASH_NETWORK_HOME ]] && BASH_NETWORK_HOME_PATH=${network}
+      # echo adding $network to list of networks
+      BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS+="${network} "
+    fi
+  done  
+
+  export BASH_NETWORK_HOME
+  export BASH_NETWORK_HOME_PATH
+  export BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS
+
+  # env | grep NETWORK
+
+} 
+
 
 loadssh () {
     module_load ssh
@@ -24,80 +91,55 @@ loadssh () {
 
 
 load_home_network() {
-#  unset BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOAD
-#  export BASH_SHELL_HOME_NETWORK_LOAD=true
- _load_networks -h
-#  loadssh
+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
+  [[ $BASH_SHELL_LOADED ]] && load_shell_host_user_dev
+fi  
 }
 
 load_all_networks () {
 #  unset BASH_SHELL_HOME_NETWORK_LOAD
 #  export BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOAD=true
- _load_networks -a
-#  dssh
+  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
+    done
+  fi
 }
 
-load_network () {
- unset BASH_SHELL_HOME_NETWORK_LOAD
- unset BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOAD
- _load_networks $@ 
-#  loadssh
+load_a_network () {
+    [[ ! $1 ]] && return 1
+    for dir in $1; do
+    # echo network $dir processed
+    shell_process_directory $dir
+    done
 }
 
 clear_networks () {
   unset BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOAD
   unset BASH_SHELL_HOME_NETWORK_LOAD
-  unset BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS
+  unset BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS
   unset BASH_SHELL_NETWORK
   reload_shell
   ssh_config
 }
 
-# called from reload_shell
-_load_networks () {
+networks_load () {
 
-  # echo load_networks called $@
+  #  echo load_networks called $@
   
-  [[ $1 == "-h" ]] && BASH_SHELL_HOME_NETWORK_LOAD=true && shift 1
-  [[ $1 == "-a" ]] && BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOAD=true && shift 1
-
- if [[ ! $BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOAD ]] && [[ ! $BASH_SHELL_HOME_NETWORK_LOAD ]]; then
-   [[ ! $1 ]] && return 0
-  # echo $1 was passed
- fi
-# echo loading networks
-  module_load network-dirs
-
-  # echo before unset $BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS
-  unset BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS
-  unset BASH_NETWORK_HOME
-  unset BASH_NETWORK_HOME_DIR
-  # echo after unset $BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS
-  
-  if [[ $1 ]]; then
-    network_dirs $1
-   else    
-    # These will be added for all users on a host
-    network_dirs "$BASH_SHELL_HOST/.networks"
-    # these added only for specific user on a host and take precedence
-    network_dirs "$HOME/${BASH_SHELL_USER:-"shell"}/.networks"
-    # these added only for development and take precedence
-    network_dirs "$BASH_SHELL_DEV/.networks"
-  fi
-
-  if [[ $BASH_SHELL_HOME_NETWORK_LOAD ]]; then
-    #  echo Home nework $BASH_NETWORK_HOME_DIR processed
-     shell_process_directory $BASH_NETWORK_HOME_DIR
-     export BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS=$BASH_NETWORK_HOME_DIR
-   else 
-    for dir in ${1:-$BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS}; do
-    #  echo network $dir processed
-     shell_process_directory $dir
-    done
-  fi
-  unset BASH_SHELL_NETWORKS_LOAD
-  unset BASH_SHELL_HOME_NETWORK_LOAD
+  [[ $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
   [[ $BASH_SHELL_LOADED ]] && load_shell_host_user_dev
-  # echo loaded $BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ssh-config.mod b/modules/ssh-config.mod
index 8d0b345..86c3091 100644
--- a/modules/ssh-config.mod
+++ b/modules/ssh-config.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
 # this will superceed the ssh binary in order to source all the config files
 module_load file # loads find and build_file
 
 function ssh_config() {
+  # echo ssh_config $@
   local CDIRS
   local CDIR
   local DIRS
@@ -69,9 +71,7 @@ if [[ (! $SSH_CONFIG || $RESET ) ]]; then
     chmod 600 $SSH_CONFIG
   fi 
 
-
-
-  [[ ! $DIRS ]] && DIRS=($BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS "$BASH_SHELL_HOST" "$HOME/$BASH_SHELL_USER" "$BASH_SHELL_DEV")
+  [[ ! $DIRS ]] && DIRS=($BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS "$BASH_SHELL_HOST" "$BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR" "$BASH_SHELL_DEV")
   # echo DIRS "${DIRS[@]}"
   # echo $SSH_CONFIG
   CDIRS=()
@@ -111,14 +111,14 @@ if [[ (! $SSH_CONFIG || $RESET ) ]]; then
   for CDIR in "${CDIRS[@]}"; do
     # FILES=$(find -n '*.cfg' -d 0 $CDIR)
     for f in $(_find -n '*.cfg' -p 'archive off' -d 0 $CDIR); do
-      # echo "Processing $f";
+      # echo "adding ssh config file $f";
       [[ $f ]] && build_file "$f" $SSH_CONFIG
     done
     [[ -f $CDIR/config.env ]] && build_file $CDIR/config.env /tmp/config.env
   done
 
   # append any tradtional home config
-  [[ -f "$HOME/.ssh/config" ]] && build_file -l "$HOME/.ssh/config" $SSH_CONFIG
+  [[ -f "$HOME/.ssh/config" ]] && build_file "$HOME/.ssh/config" $SSH_CONFIG
   [[ -f "$HOME/.ssh/config.env" ]] && build_file "$HOME/.ssh/config.env" "/tmp/config.env"
 
 # now replace any variables in file
diff --git a/modules/sshfs.mod b/modules/sshfs.mod
index 4dada45..60415b3 100755
--- a/modules/sshfs.mod
+++ b/modules/sshfs.mod
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function umntBackup() {
 
 function enable_mounts() {
   
-  DIRS=($BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_DIRS "$BASH_SHELL_HOST" "$HOME/$BASH_SHELL_USER" "$BASH_SHELL_DEV")
+  DIRS=($BASH_SHELL_NETWORK_PATHS "$BASH_SHELL_HOST" "$BASH_SHELL_USER_DIR" "$BASH_SHELL_DEV")
   # echo DIRS "${DIRS[@]}"
   CDIRS=()
   j=0
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function enable_mounts() {
   for CDIR in "${CDIRS[@]}"; do
   # echo $CDIR
     for f in $(_find -n '*.mnt' -p 'archive off' -d 0 $CDIR); do
-      #  echo "Processing $f";
+      # echo "adding mounts file $f";
       [[ $f ]] && source "$f"
       done
   done