diff --git a/plugins/pow/pow.plugin.zsh b/plugins/pow/pow.plugin.zsh
index 6b2a6f2be..a4c9adac2 100644
--- a/plugins/pow/pow.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/pow/pow.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,10 +1,81 @@
 # Thanks to Christopher Sexton
-# https://gist.github.com/965032
-function kapow {
-	touch ~/.pow/$1/tmp/restart.txt
-	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-		echo "$fg[yellow]Pow restarting $1...$reset_color"
-	fi
+# https://gist.github.com/1019777
+
+# Adds a kapow command that will restart an app
+#
+#   $ kapow myapp
+#
+# Supports command completion.
+#
+# If you are not already using completion you might need to enable it with
+# 
+#    autoload -U compinit compinit
+#
+# Changes:
+#
+# Defaults to the current application, and will walk up the tree to find 
+# a config.ru file and restart the corresponding app
+#
+# Will Detect if a app does not exist in pow and print a (slightly) helpful 
+# error message
+
+rack_root_detect(){
+  setopt chaselinks
+  local orgdir=$(pwd)
+  local basedir=$(pwd)
+
+  while [[ $basedir != '/' ]]; do
+    test -e "$basedir/config.ru" && break
+    builtin cd ".." 2>/dev/null
+    basedir="$(pwd)"
+  done
+
+  builtin cd $orgdir 2>/dev/null
+  [[ ${basedir} == "/" ]] && return 1
+	echo $basedir
 }
 
+kapow(){
+  local vhost=$1
+  [ ! -n "$vhost" ] && vhost=$(basename `rack_root_detect` | sed -E "s/.(com|net|org)//")
+  if [ ! -h ~/.pow/$vhost ]
+  then
+    echo "pow: This domain isn’t set up yet. Symlink your application to ${vhost} first."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  [ ! -d "~/.pow/${vhost}/tmp" ] &&  mkdir -p "~/.pow/$vhost/tmp"
+  touch ~/.pow/$vhost/tmp/restart.txt;
+  [ $? -eq 0 ] &&  echo "pow: restarting $vhost.dev"
+}
+
+# The powinit command symlinks a dir to ~/.pow
+#
+#   $ powinit /path/to/myapp
+#
+# powinit alone uses the working dir:
+#
+#   $ powinit
+
+powinit(){
+  local full_path=$1
+  [ -n "$full_path" ] && full_path=$(echo $full_path(:A))
+  [ ! -n "$full_path" ] && full_path=$(rack_root_detect)
+  if [ ! -n "$full_path" ]
+  then
+    echo "pow: Not a rack app"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  local vhost=$(basename $full_path | sed -E "s/.(com|net|org)//")
+  if [ -h ~/.pow/$vhost ]
+  then
+    echo "pow: This domain is already set up. Remove the symlink in ~/.pow to reconfigure."
+    return 1
+  fi
+	ln -s $full_path ~/.pow/$vhost
+	echo "pow: Application set up on http://$vhost.dev"
+}
 compctl -W ~/.pow -/ kapow
+
+# View the standard out (puts) from any pow app
+alias kaput="tail -f ~/Library/Logs/Pow/apps/*"
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