diff --git a/all/alias/term b/all/alias/term
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0c642ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/all/alias/term
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alias gterm='GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN='\'''\'' gnome-terminal'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/all/modules/vscode.sh b/all/modules/vscode.sh
index c5095b9..a4a46ec 100755
--- a/all/modules/vscode.sh
+++ b/all/modules/vscode.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-command -v code >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit
-
+VSCODE_BIN=$(command -v code)
+VSCODE_BIN=${VSCODE_BIN:-$(command -v codium)}
+[[ $VSCODE_BIN ]] || { echo "no vscode binary on machine";exit; }  
 # set default home here
 # can pass 
 vscode () {
@@ -9,12 +10,12 @@ vscode () {
 local home=/opt/vscode
 home=${VSCODE_HOME:-$home}
 [[ $1 == "-h" ]] && home=$2 && shift 2
-mkdir -p $home
-[[ $? -ne 0 ]] && echo "unable to set vscode home at $home, aborting" && return 1
-exts=${home}/extensions
-user=${home}/user
-exe=$(command -v code)
-$exe --user-data-dir=$user --extensions-dir=$exts "$@"
+mkdir -p ${home}/${USER}
+[[ $? -ne 0 ]] && echo "unable to set vscode home at $home/$USER, aborting" && return 1
+exts=${home}/${USER}/extensions
+user=${home}/${USER}/data
+echo $VSCODE_BIN --user-data-dir=$user --extensions-dir=$exts "$@"
+$VSCODE_BIN --user-data-dir=$user --extensions-dir=$exts "$@"
 }
 
 # # if script was executed then call the function