diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10bd4bebc..6d7ae549e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# custom files
-custom/
 
 # temp files directories
 cache/
diff --git a/custom/aliases.zsh b/custom/aliases.zsh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d0860eeef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/aliases.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+#API ALIASES
+alias dapi='~/Projects/denim-api';
+alias activate='source ~/Projects/denim-api/.denim-api/bin/activate';
+
+#FRONT-END ALIASES
+alias dfe='~/Projects/denim-app';
+alias dcw='celery worker --config=app.data.celeryconfig';
+alias dfw='flower --port=5555 --config=app.data.celeryconfig';
+alias dar='python run.py';
+alias dapidev='rabbitmq-server; dcw && dfw && dar';
+
+#MAC ALIASES
+alias virtualenv3='~/Library/Python/3.5/bin/virtualenv';
+
+alias gffs='git flow feature start'
+alias gfff='git flow feature finish `git branch | sed -En "s/\* feature\/(.*)/\1/p"`; ggp'
+alias ggl="git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads/ --format='%1B[38;5;010m%(authorname)%1B[m: [%1B[0;31m%(refname:short)%1B[m] %1B[38;5;201m%(subject)%1B[m'"
+
+alias ls='ls -G'
diff --git a/custom/example.zsh b/custom/example.zsh
deleted file mode 100644
index c505a9673..000000000
--- a/custom/example.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# You can put files here to add functionality separated per file, which
-# will be ignored by git.
-# Files on the custom/ directory will be automatically loaded by the init
-# script, in alphabetical order.
-
-# For example: add yourself some shortcuts to projects you often work on.
-#
-# brainstormr=~/Projects/development/planetargon/brainstormr
-# cd $brainstormr
-#
diff --git a/custom/exports.zsh b/custom/exports.zsh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9e1b68e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/exports.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh
+export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
+export PATH="/usr/local/opt/python/libexec/bin:$PATH"
+export ZSH_THEME="dallas"
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diff --git a/custom/functions.zsh b/custom/functions.zsh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b10d86315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/functions.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+ggp () {
+	if [[ "$#" != 0 ]] && [[ "$#" != 1 ]]
+	then
+		git push origin "${*}"
+	else
+		[[ "$#" == 0 ]] && local b="$(git_current_branch)"
+		git push origin "${b:=$1}"
+	fi
+}
+
+function killPort(){
+  lsof -i tcp:$1 | awk '{print $2}' | grep -v 'PID' | xargs kill
+}
+
+killPort2 () {
+        lsof -i tcp:$1 | awk '{print $2}' | grep --color=auto --exclude-dir={.bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn} -v 'PID' | xargs kill -9
+}
+
+reset_zsh(){
+  source ~/Projects/zsh-custom/init.zsh
+}
+
+function gitUpstream() {
+    CURRENT_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+    git checkout master
+    git fetch upstream
+    git rebase upstream/master
+    git push origin master
+    git checkout "${CURRENT_BRANCH}"
+}
+
+function gitPullRequest() {
+    local remote=${2:-origin}
+    git fetch ${remote} +refs/pull/$1/head:refs/remotes/${remote}/pr/$1
+    git pull --no-rebase --squash ${remote} pull/$1/head
+}
+
+function gitPullRequestUpstream() {
+    git reset --hard
+    gitUpstream
+    local remote=${2:-upstream}
+    git fetch ${remote} +refs/pull/$1/head:refs/remotes/${remote}/pr/$1
+    git pull --no-rebase --squash ${remote} pull/$1/head
+}
+
+function yarnVersion() {
+    echo "Uninstalling yarn..."
+    rm -f /usr/local/bin/yarnpkg
+    rm -f /usr/local/bin/yarn
+
+    echo "Removing yarn cache..."
+    if [ -z ${YARN_CACHE_FOLDER+x} ]; then
+        rm -rf ${YARN_CACHE_FOLDER}
+    else
+        rm -rf ${HOME}/.yarn
+    fi
+
+    echo "Installing yarn..."
+    curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash -s -- --version $1
+}
+
+function findDepsRecrusivly(){
+    cd ~/Projects
+    grep --include=\package.json -rnw '.' -e $1
+}
+
+function backupDb(){
+#     host=denimsocial-beta.c5gy6o8ang2y.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com
+# user=admin
+# pass=28KBEKpwcgMQTEfd8wbvDeWN
+    ssh ci.denimsocial.com 'mysqldump --opt denimsocial_beta -h denimsocial-beta.c5gy6o8ang2y.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com --user admin -p' | gzip | aws s3 cp - s3://social-dump/beta.sql.gz
+}
+
+
+# grab master and update it.
+# fetch all branches
+# delete all branches merged into master
+# grab develop and update it
+# delete all branches merged into develop
+function git_clean_local(){
+    git checkout master && git pull origin master && git fetch -p && git branch -d $(git branch --merged | grep master -v);
+    git checkout develop && git pull origin develop && git fetch -p && git branch -d $(git branch --merged | grep develop -v);
+}
+
+# show local branches and when they were created
+function git_branch_history(){
+    for k in $(git branch | sed s/^..//); do echo -e $(git log --color=always -1 --pretty=format:"%Cgreen%ci %Cblue%cr%Creset" $k --)\\t"$k";done | sort
+}
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diff --git a/custom/plugins.zsh b/custom/plugins.zsh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bf96e1b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/plugins.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PLUGINS_DIR=$ZSH/plugins
+source $PLUGINS_DIR/git/git.plugin.zsh
+source $PLUGINS_DIR/z/z.plugin.zsh
+
+if [ ! -d "${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions" ]; then
+# Take action if $DIR exists. #
+echo "Installing zsh autosuggestions..."
+  git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
+else
+  source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.plugin.zsh
+fi
+
+
+eval "$(gh completion -s zsh)"
diff --git a/custom/plugins/example/example.plugin.zsh b/custom/plugins/example/example.plugin.zsh
deleted file mode 100644
index 406f27445..000000000
--- a/custom/plugins/example/example.plugin.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Add your own custom plugins in the custom/plugins directory. Plugins placed
-# here will override ones with the same name in the main plugins directory.
diff --git a/custom/plugins/zsh-auto-nvm-use b/custom/plugins/zsh-auto-nvm-use
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..539ad85cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/plugins/zsh-auto-nvm-use
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 539ad85cc5bd7bb9d2ee940390678760459f75c2
diff --git a/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions b/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..a411ef3e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a411ef3e0992d4839f0732ebeb9823024afaaaa8
diff --git a/custom/secrets.zsh b/custom/secrets.zsh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b53937a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/secrets.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+export GOOGLE_MAPS_KEY='AIzaSyC_amaqk2zvjFaxRQsNe1RlQsd2LQDHQvU'
+export MAIL_PASS='duvrtRuWdnKgkf4GEe[LBwcHTBEc'
+export MAIL_FROM='noreply@denimlabs.com'
+export CSE_API_KEY='AIzaSyAGtVgkxshncV0d2r0J5EaeO-IzGuAoZoY'
+export CSE_ID='011491340340727568483:21aexljjiig'
+export FB_ADMIN_TOKEN='EAASqT3VilxUBAJS9VUWGzZCZBOQ516rmJk7TaHaSP5oGDTLzNxw8qnt5DU4EhyyL4ctscpDI7TQ176XHx18EteB17dqDOVydgxRNjd98XmmJEx04oVZCaLooI2Qscexfs8JzNWnjpZAgjW5mxq1QNM4ZAtu4on3LXUhOgp1QZCN8k8gByyjgrW'
+export FB_ADMIN_APPSECRET_PROOF='b5c4f527ec33457e9e9923e81096a75e4ca3823d56e0c82b8467298108cc11f3'
+export FB_BUSINESS_ID='1704512749835563'
+export FB_APP_SECRET='6e6f5facf2dcbe12c5f114574d8264d0'
+export NPM_TOKEN="532aedef-30f6-4f7c-9786-24a7585c23d1"
+export ATLAS_API_KEY='3g2r5lMiT2cV9iDv9yHfnoVmHK0RHaGdzO6D5AUcF8n79QvqZN3y364l0dwtkMyx'
+# export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="ASIA3E4CFGJKJ2SRH2WV"
+# export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="NQKMB3dsFYa91PiwAvZ9BGiJ4cRIo+fg/8Tn8zpm"
+# export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN="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"
+export PUBLISHING_BETA_DB_PASS='oJExzjttPKjLFGvc,3KY'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/custom/sources.zsh b/custom/sources.zsh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/sources.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/custom/themes/example.zsh-theme b/custom/themes/example.zsh-theme
deleted file mode 100644
index ef8f1c630..000000000
--- a/custom/themes/example.zsh-theme
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Put your custom themes in this folder.
-# Example:
-
-PROMPT="%{$fg[red]%}%n%{$reset_color%}@%{$fg[blue]%}%m %{$fg[yellow]%}%~ %{$reset_color%}%% "
diff --git a/custom/zshrc.zsh b/custom/zshrc.zsh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..05198065d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/zshrc.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# source ~/Projects/zsh-custom/init.zsh
+# backup for new installs..zshrc should be light
+# export ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh
+# export ZSH_CUSTOM=/Users/michaelwclark/Projects/zsh-custom/
+# export ZSH_THEME="dallas"
+# source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+  [ -s "/usr/local/opt/nvm/nvm.sh" ] && . "/usr/local/opt/nvm/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
+  [ -s "/usr/local/opt/nvm/etc/bash_completion.d/nvm" ] && . "/usr/local/opt/nvm/etc/bash_completion.d/nvm"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
+
+
+
+# Sync changes
+cwd=$(pwd)
+
+echo $THIS_CWD
+cd ~/.oh-my-zsh
+git pull >> /dev/null 
+git add . >> /dev/null 
+git commit -m "update" >> /dev/null 
+git push mine >> /dev/null 
+cd $cwd
+
+bindkey "\e[1;3D" backward-word     # ⌥←
+bindkey "\e[1;3C" forward-word      # ⌥→
+bindkey "^[[1;9D" beginning-of-line # cmd+←
+bindkey "^[[1;9C" end-of-line       # cmd+→