diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ff4843..5631318 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .nyc_output/
+artifacts/
 lib/
 node_modules/
 
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 3874581..1335f3d 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .nyc_output/
+artifacts/
 node_modules/
 src/
 testables/
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ testables/
 
 .npmignore
 .travis.yml
+chest-temp.png
 mocha.opts
 tsconfig.json
 tslint.json
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc972a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# License
+© 2017 NativeCode Development <support@nativecode.com>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index afd9d74..78b31e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # @beard/chest
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="chest-temp.png">
+  <img src="https://github.com/nativecode-dev/chest/raw/master/chest-temp.png">
 </p>
 
 # WTF
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 019af49..caf6ac5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "./lib/CLI.js",
   "typings": "./lib/index.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha-3",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha-4",
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "^2.3.0"
   },
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc --project tsconfig.json",
     "lint": "tslint src/**/*.ts",
-    "prebuild": "rimraf lib",
+    "prebuild": "rimraf lib && rimraf artifacts",
     "postbuild": "bin-shebang && yarn run lint",
     "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test nyc mocha --opts mocha.opts",
     "pretest": "yarn run build",
diff --git a/src/Chest.spec.ts b/src/Chest.spec.ts
index 150ad6f..0583953 100644
--- a/src/Chest.spec.ts
+++ b/src/Chest.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as chai from 'chai'
 import * as chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised'
 
 import { Chest } from './Chest'
-import { Files, Registry } from './Core'
+import { Files, Project, Registry } from './Core'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
 
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ describe('when using RootProject to load a project', () => {
     expect(projects[0].owner).to.not.equal(undefined)
   })
 
-  it('should throw error when single project does not exist', async () => {
+  it('should return static InvalidProject when single project does not exist', async () => {
     const directory = Files.join(process.cwd(), 'testables', 'nonexistant')
-    Chest.project(directory).then(project => Chest.projects(project).should.eventually.throw())
+    Chest.project(directory).then(project => Chest.projects(project).should.eventually.equal(Project.InvalidProject))
   })
 
   it('should throw error when workspace project has no child projects', async () => {
@@ -45,14 +45,16 @@ describe('when using RootProject to load a project', () => {
     Chest.project(directory).then(project => Chest.projects(project).should.eventually.throw())
   })
 
-  it('should run scripts for single project', () => {
+  it('should run scripts for single project', (done) => {
     const directory = Files.join(process.cwd(), 'testables', 'single')
-    Chest.run(directory, ...Object.keys(Registry.all()))
+    const args = Object.keys(Registry.all())
+    Chest.run(directory, ...args).then(() => done())
   })
 
-  it('should run scripts for workspace project', () => {
+  it('should run scripts for workspace project', (done) => {
     const directory = Files.join(process.cwd(), 'testables', 'workspaces')
-    Chest.run(directory, ...Object.keys(Registry.all()))
+    const args = Object.keys(Registry.all())
+    Chest.run(directory, ...args).then(() => done())
   })
 
 })
diff --git a/src/Chest.ts b/src/Chest.ts
index cece83b..bb8de3d 100644
--- a/src/Chest.ts
+++ b/src/Chest.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import * as path from 'path'
 
-import { Files, NPM, Project, Registry, UpdaterType } from './Core'
+import { Files, Log, Logger, NPM, Project, Registry, UpdaterType } from './Core'
 
 export class Chest {
+  private static readonly Log: Log = Logger('chest')
+
   public static async run(root: string, ...args: string[]): Promise<void> {
     const project = await Chest.project(root)
     const projects = await Chest.projects(project)
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ export class Chest {
     const npmfile = path.join(root, 'package.json')
 
     if (await Files.exists(npmfile) === false) {
-      throw new Error(`failed to find ${npmfile} in ${root}`)
+      Chest.Log.error(new Error(`failed to find ${npmfile} in ${root}`))
+      return Project.InvalidProject
     }
 
     const npm = await Files.json<NPM>(npmfile)
diff --git a/src/Core/Actions/Packages.ts b/src/Core/Actions/Packages.ts
index 3e47a53..84173ce 100644
--- a/src/Core/Actions/Packages.ts
+++ b/src/Core/Actions/Packages.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ class Script extends UpdateScript {
   }
 
   public async workspace(project: Project): Promise<void> {
-    const source = await project.package
-    const target = await project.owner.package
+    const source = await project.owner.package
+    const target = await project.package
 
     target.author = source.author
     target.bugs = source.bugs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Script extends UpdateScript {
     const filename = path.join(project.path, 'package.json')
 
     if (this.testing) {
-      this.log.task('updated package info', filename, target)
+      this.log.task('updated package info', filename, JSON.stringify(target, null, 2))
     } else {
       await Files.save(filename, target)
       this.log.task('updated package info', filename)
diff --git a/src/Core/Actions/Typings.ts b/src/Core/Actions/Typings.ts
index 0b566fb..ddaeb8d 100644
--- a/src/Core/Actions/Typings.ts
+++ b/src/Core/Actions/Typings.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Script extends UpdateScript {
       tsconfig.compilerOptions.types = typings.map(typing => typing.npmname).sort()
 
       if (this.testing) {
-        this.log.task('updated types', tsconfigfile, tsconfig)
+        this.log.task('updated types', tsconfigfile, JSON.stringify(tsconfig, null, 2))
       } else {
         await Files.save(tsconfigfile, tsconfig)
         this.log.task('updated types', tsconfigfile)
diff --git a/src/Core/Files.spec.ts b/src/Core/Files.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e652c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Files.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import 'mocha'
+
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import * as chaiAsPromise from 'chai-as-promised'
+
+import { Files } from './Files'
+
+const expect = chai.expect
+
+describe('', () => {
+
+  before(async () => {
+    const artifacts = Files.join(process.cwd(), 'artifacts')
+    await Files.mkdir(artifacts)
+  })
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    chai.should()
+    chai.use(chaiAsPromise)
+  })
+
+  it('should write file', () => {
+    const filename = Files.join(process.cwd(), 'artifacts', 'test.json')
+    Files.writefile(filename, {}).should.eventually.not.throw()
+  })
+
+})
diff --git a/src/Core/Files.ts b/src/Core/Files.ts
index cce268c..dcc43d3 100644
--- a/src/Core/Files.ts
+++ b/src/Core/Files.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ class InternalFiles {
     return stats.filter(stat => stat.file).map(stat => stat.filename)
   }
 
+  public mkdir(filepath: string): Promise<void> {
+    return new Promise<void>(async (resolve, reject) => {
+      fs.mkdir(filepath, (error: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => {
+        if (error) {
+          reject(error)
+        } else {
+          resolve()
+        }
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
   public async save<T>(filepath: string, data: T): Promise<void> {
     await this.writefile(filepath, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2))
   }
@@ -116,6 +128,7 @@ export interface Files {
   readfile(filepath: string): Promise<Buffer>
   listdirs(filepath: string): Promise<string[]>
   listfiles(filepath: string): Promise<string[]>
+  mkdir(filepath: string): Promise<void>
   save<T>(filepath: string, data: T): Promise<void>
   statfile(filepath: string): Promise<fs.Stats>
   statfiles(filepath: string): Promise<Stat[]>
diff --git a/src/Core/Project.ts b/src/Core/Project.ts
index 32b0137..5d0a521 100644
--- a/src/Core/Project.ts
+++ b/src/Core/Project.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { Files } from './Files'
 import { NPM } from './Interfaces'
 
 export class Project {
+  public static InvalidProject: Project = new Project('invalid', 'invalid')
+
   private readonly _name: string
   private readonly _owner: Project
   private readonly _path: string
diff --git a/src/Core/Registry.spec.ts b/src/Core/Registry.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6bd4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Registry.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import 'mocha'
+
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import * as chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised'
+
+import { Files } from './Files'
+import { UpdaterType } from './Interfaces'
+import { Registry } from './Registry'
+import { UpdateScript } from './UpdateScript'
+
+const expect = chai.expect
+const ScriptName = Files.extensionless(__filename)
+const RootScriptName = `${ScriptName}-root`
+const ProjectsScriptName = `${ScriptName}-projects`
+
+class DoesNothingGoesNowhereRoot extends UpdateScript {
+  constructor() {
+    super(RootScriptName, UpdaterType.Root)
+  }
+}
+
+class DoesNothingGoesNowhereProjects extends UpdateScript {
+  constructor() {
+    super(ProjectsScriptName, UpdaterType.Projects)
+  }
+}
+
+describe('', () => {
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    chai.should()
+    chai.use(chaiAsPromised)
+  })
+
+  it('should return registered script names', () => {
+    expect(Registry.names().length).to.be.gt(0)
+  })
+
+  it('should register new script object', () => {
+    expect(Registry.contains(RootScriptName)).to.equal(false)
+    Registry.add(RootScriptName, new DoesNothingGoesNowhereRoot())
+    expect(Registry.contains(RootScriptName)).to.equal(true)
+    expect(Registry.get(RootScriptName).name).to.equal(RootScriptName)
+  })
+
+  it('should throw error when calling "get" and script does not exist', () => {
+    expect(() => Registry.get('invalid')).to.throw(Error)
+  })
+
+})
diff --git a/src/Core/Registry.ts b/src/Core/Registry.ts
index a4606c6..cf4fcf3 100644
--- a/src/Core/Registry.ts
+++ b/src/Core/Registry.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ export class Registry {
     return Object.assign({}, this.registrations)
   }
 
+  public static contains(name: string): boolean {
+    return this.registrations[name.toLowerCase()] !== undefined
+  }
+
   public static execute(root: string, ...args: string[]): Promise<void[]> {
     return Promise.all(
       args.map(arg => arg.toLowerCase())
@@ -20,10 +24,15 @@ export class Registry {
 
   public static get(name: string): Updater {
     const key = name.toLowerCase()
+
     if (this.registrations[key]) {
       return this.registrations[key]
     }
 
     throw new Error(`no registered updaters named ${name}`)
   }
+
+  public static names(): string[] {
+    return Object.keys(this.registrations)
+  }
 }