diff --git a/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/core/cli b/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/core/cli
index fd857fc6..69683201 100644
--- a/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/core/cli
+++ b/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/core/cli
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ do
       debug_flag=1
       ;;
 
+    --module=*)
+      preload_modules+=( ${token##--module=} )
+      ;;
+
+    --call=*)
+      call_action="${token##--call=}"
+      [[ "$call_action" =~ \/ ]] && preload_modules+=( ${call_action%/*} ) || true
+      call_action="${call_action##*/}"
+      ;;
+
     --)
       shift #end of processing
       extension_args=("$@")
diff --git a/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/core/initialize b/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/core/initialize
index 926b37bb..12e3b5f9 100644
--- a/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/core/initialize
+++ b/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/core/initialize
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ true \
   "${active_path:="${packages_path}/active"}" \
   "${extension_args:=""}"
 
+# Make sure preload_modules is an array
+export preload_modules=( ${preload_modules[@]} )
+
 if [[ -d "${active_path}/bin" ]]
 then
   export PATH="${active_path}/bin:${active_path}/sbin:${PATH}"
@@ -81,6 +84,16 @@ if [[ -n $bdsm_script ]]
 then
   # load script
   . $bdsm_script
+elif [[ -n "${call_action}" ]]
+then
+  if ! declare -F "${call_action}" >/dev/null
+  then
+    error "${call_action} is not a valid function name"
+  else
+    trace_filter action
+    "${call_action}" "${extension_args[@]}"
+    trace_filter
+  fi
 elif set | grep '^extension_args=(' >/dev/null
 then
   case "${extension_args[0]}" in
diff --git a/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/modules/initialize b/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/modules/initialize
index a9699617..67cc25be 100644
--- a/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/modules/initialize
+++ b/extensions/builtin/core/modules/shell/modules/initialize
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ do
   module_path="${module_def//*=}"
   log_search preload "$module_name" "${module_path}"
 done
+
+for module in ${preload_modules[@]}
+do
+  module_or_error ${module} \
+    "Can not load preload_module: ${module}"
+done
diff --git a/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/project/dsl b/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/project/dsl
index 502e7a88..fdd94431 100644
--- a/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/project/dsl
+++ b/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/project/dsl
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ project_initialize()
     : \
       "${shared_path:=${project_path}/shared}" \
       "${release_path:=${project_path}/current}" \
-      "${environment:="production"}" \
-      "${vcs:=$(vcs "${shared_path}/${project}")}"
+      "${environment:="production"}"
 
     # Set the project log path into the shared path's log directory
     project_log_path="$shared_path/log"
@@ -63,75 +62,3 @@ project_initialize()
     source_files ".${project}rc"
   fi
 }
-
-#
-# ## vcs()
-#
-# Detect and set the vcs, if any, for the current project.
-#
-# ### Input Parameters
-#
-# First parameter must be the path to a repository for determining the VCS.
-#
-# ### Stream Outputs
-#
-# None.
-#
-# ### Environmental effects
-#
-# The environment variable 'vcs' will be set to the VCS detected, or 'git' by
-# default.
-#
-# ### Return Codes
-#
-# 0 for success
-#
-# ### Failure Scenarios
-#
-# Fails if no repository path is given.
-#
-# ### Usage Examples
-#
-#     user$ vcs /home/appuser/shared/appuser
-#     user$ echo $vcs
-#     git
-#
-# ##### Code Walkthrough
-vcs()
-{
-  # Store the first parameter in the path variable. This is the path that we
-  # will check to see what vcs it contains.
-  local _path="$1"
-
-  # if the path variable is nonempty
-  if variable_is_nonempty _path
-  then
-    # and if there is a .git directory in the given path
-    if path_exists "${_path}/.git"
-    then
-      # Then set the vcs variable to git.
-      vcs="git"
-
-    # and if there is a .svn directory in the given path
-    elif path_exists "${_path}/.svn"
-    then
-      # Then set the vcs variable to svn.
-      vcs="svn"
-
-    # and if there is a .hg directory in the given path
-    elif path_exists "${_path}/.hg"
-    then
-      # Then set the vcs variable to hg.
-      vcs="hg"
-
-      # # TODO: detect when vcs="fossil"
-    else
-      # otherwise default the scm to git
-      vcs="git"
-    fi
-  else
-    # Programming error, no path was passed in in order to determine the vcs
-    fail "Repository path must be given in order to detect the VCS used."
-  fi
-}
-
diff --git a/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/vcs/dsl b/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/vcs/dsl
index bf4fe6f3..0fc274da 100644
--- a/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/vcs/dsl
+++ b/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/vcs/dsl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ directory_get()
 
   if cp -r ${_source} "${_target}" >/dev/null 2>&1
   then
-    write "$(cd "${_source}"; pwd)" to "${_target}/.uri"
+    echo "$(cd "${_source}"; pwd)" > "${_target}/.uri"
   else
     fail "There was an error copying '${_source}'"
   fi
@@ -67,7 +67,14 @@ git_get()
 
   local _target="${scm_path}/$( scm_identifier "${_url}" )"
 
-  if path_exists "$_target/.git"
+  _final_target=$(
+    builtin cd "${initial_pwd}"
+    mkdir -p "${_final_target}"
+    builtin cd "${_final_target}"
+    pwd
+  )
+
+  if [[ -d "$_target/.git" ]]
   then
     builtin cd "${_target}"
     git checkout master -f -q 2>&1 >/dev/null
@@ -101,7 +108,7 @@ git_get()
       fail "Git pull failed."
     fi
   else
-    ensure_paths_exist "${_target}"
+    mkdir -p "${_target}"
     if git clone --depth 1 ${_url} "${_target}" 2>&1 >/dev/null
     then
       echo "${_url}" > "${_target}/.uri"
@@ -109,20 +116,21 @@ git_get()
       local _url_https="${_url/git:\/\//https:\/\/}"
       if git clone --depth 1 ${_url_https} "${_target}" 2>&1 >/dev/null
       then
-        write "${_url_https}" to "${_target}/.uri"
+        echo "${_url_https}" > "${_target}/.uri"
       else
         fail "There was an error while cloning the repository from the url '${_url}'"
       fi
     fi
   fi
+
   rm -rf "${_final_target}" 2>&1 >/dev/null
 
-  if ! cp -r "${_target}" "${_final_target}" 2>&1 >/dev/null
+  if ! cp -frT "${_target}" "${_final_target}" 2>&1 >/dev/null
   then
     fail "There was an error copying '${_target}' -> '${_final_target}'"
   fi
 
-  enter "$initial_pwd"
+  builtin cd "$initial_pwd"
 }
 
 hg_get()
@@ -163,7 +171,7 @@ github_get()
   # use git for fetching github repo
   git_get "git://github.com/${_url}.git" "${_target}" "$@"
   # and overwrite repo uri
-  write "${_url}" to "${_target}/.uri"
+  echo "${_url}" > "${_target}/.uri"
 }
 
 archive_get() {
@@ -225,6 +233,7 @@ is_archive_uri() {
       return 0
       ;;
   esac
+  return 1
 }
 
 # ## fetch\_uri()
@@ -242,7 +251,7 @@ fetch_uri()
   log "${log_prefix}Fetching $1"
   unset scm_type
 
-  if path_exists "$1" # check for directory
+  if [[ -d "$1" ]] # check for directory
   then
     scm_type='directory'
     directory_get "$@"
@@ -286,6 +295,11 @@ fetch_uri()
   esac
 }
 
+fetch()
+{
+  fetch_uri "$@"
+}
+
 scm_help()
 {
   NIY "display help for scm"
diff --git a/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/vcs/modules b/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/vcs/modules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..102ae21a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/builtin/ext/modules/shell/vcs/modules
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bdsm/variables
diff --git a/extensions/builtin/install/actions/install b/extensions/builtin/install/actions/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 156ffd94..00000000
--- a/extensions/builtin/install/actions/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-install_bdsm
diff --git a/extensions/builtin/install/modules/shell/modules b/extensions/builtin/install/modules/shell/modules
index 37245241..6f4656e3 100644
--- a/extensions/builtin/install/modules/shell/modules
+++ b/extensions/builtin/install/modules/shell/modules
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+bdsm/filesystem
 ext/vcs
 ext/users
diff --git a/install b/install
index 6d4277c5..e6967425 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ bdsm_path="$PWD"            # Path to load everything from
 modules_path="${bdsm_path}/extensions/builtin/core/modules"
 export initial_pwd bdsm_path modules_path
 
-extension_args=(install install)
+preload_modules=( install )
+call_action=install_bdsm
 # basic options parsing
 . "${modules_path}/shell/core/cli"
 # initialize BDSM