diff --git a/bin/env.ts b/bin/env.ts
index ff45582..3370ec2 100644
--- a/bin/env.ts
+++ b/bin/env.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // Show some debugging information.
 
-import { NOSE_STARTED, NOSE_SYS_BIN, NOSE_BIN, NOSE_DATA, NOSE_DIR, GIT_SHA } from "@/config"
+import { NOSE_STARTED, NOSE_ROOT_BIN, NOSE_BIN, NOSE_DATA, NOSE_DIR, GIT_SHA } from "@/config"
 import { highlightToHTML } from "../lib/highlight"
 
 export default function () {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default function () {
         `PWD=${valueOrNone(process.env.PWD)}`,
         `NOSE_STARTED=${NOSE_STARTED}`,
         `NOSE_BIN="${NOSE_BIN}"`,
-        `NOSE_SYS_BIN="${NOSE_SYS_BIN}"`,
+        `NOSE_ROOT_BIN="${NOSE_ROOT_BIN}"`,
         `NOSE_DATA="${NOSE_DATA}"`,
         `NOSE_DIR="${NOSE_DIR}"`,
         `GIT_SHA="${GIT_SHA}"`,
diff --git a/nose/sys/bin/sys.ts b/nose/root/bin/root.ts
similarity index 55%
rename from nose/sys/bin/sys.ts
rename to nose/root/bin/root.ts
index 7a25c01..11bb0f3 100644
--- a/nose/sys/bin/sys.ts
+++ b/nose/root/bin/root.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export default () =>
-    "sys online"
\ No newline at end of file
+    "root online"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commands.ts b/src/commands.ts
index 929f545..566007c 100644
--- a/src/commands.ts
+++ b/src/commands.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ////
-// Manages the commands on disk, in NOSE_SYS_BIN and NOSE_BIN
+// Manages the commands on disk, in NOSE_ROOT_BIN and NOSE_BIN
 
 import { Glob } from "bun"
 import { watch } from "fs"
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ import { sendAll } from "./websocket"
 import { expectDir } from "./utils"
 import { unique } from "./shared/utils"
 import { projectBin, projectName } from "./project"
-import { NOSE_DIR, NOSE_SYS_BIN, NOSE_BIN } from "./config"
+import { DEFAULT_PROJECT, NOSE_DIR, NOSE_ROOT_BIN, NOSE_BIN } from "./config"
 
 export function initCommands() {
   startWatchers()
 }
 
-export async function commands(project = "sys"): Promise<string[]> {
+export async function commands(project = DEFAULT_PROJECT): Promise<string[]> {
   let cmds = (await findCommands(NOSE_BIN))
-    .concat(await findCommands(NOSE_SYS_BIN))
+    .concat(await findCommands(NOSE_ROOT_BIN))
 
-  if (project !== "sys")
+  if (project !== DEFAULT_PROJECT)
     cmds = cmds.concat(await findCommands(projectBin()))
 
   return unique(cmds).sort()
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ export function commandPath(cmd: string): string | undefined {
   let paths = [
     join(NOSE_BIN, cmd + ".ts"),
     join(NOSE_BIN, cmd + ".tsx"),
-    join(NOSE_SYS_BIN, cmd + ".ts"),
-    join(NOSE_SYS_BIN, cmd + ".tsx"),
+    join(NOSE_ROOT_BIN, cmd + ".ts"),
+    join(NOSE_ROOT_BIN, cmd + ".tsx"),
   ]
 
-  if (projectName() !== "sys")
+  if (projectName() !== DEFAULT_PROJECT)
     paths = paths.concat(
       join(projectBin(), cmd + ".ts"),
       join(projectBin(), cmd + ".tsx"),
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ let noseDirWatcher
 let binCmdWatcher
 function startWatchers() {
   if (!expectDir(NOSE_BIN)) return
-  if (!expectDir(NOSE_SYS_BIN)) return
+  if (!expectDir(NOSE_ROOT_BIN)) return
 
   binCmdWatcher = watch(NOSE_BIN, async (event, filename) => {
     sendAll({ type: "commands", data: await commands() })
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 71cca6a..124a3a8 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ export const NOSE_BIN = resolve("./bin")
 export const NOSE_DATA = resolve("./data")
 
 export const NOSE_DIR = resolve(untilde(process.env.NOSE_DIR || "./nose"))
-export const NOSE_SYS_BIN = join(NOSE_DIR, "sys", "bin")
+export const DEFAULT_PROJECT = "root"
+export const NOSE_ROOT_BIN = join(NOSE_DIR, DEFAULT_PROJECT, "bin")
 
 export const NOSE_STARTED = Date.now()
 export const GIT_SHA = (await $`git rev-parse --short HEAD`.text()).trim()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/project.ts b/src/project.ts
index 1b7cdd3..3ce6d87 100644
--- a/src/project.ts
+++ b/src/project.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-//// 
+////
 // Helpers for working with projects in the CLI.
 
 import { join } from "path"
 import { readdirSync, type Dirent } from "fs"
 import { sessionGet } from "./session"
-import { NOSE_DIR } from "./config"
+import { DEFAULT_PROJECT, NOSE_DIR } from "./config"
 import { isDir } from "./utils"
 
 export function projectName(): string {
   const state = sessionGet()
   if (!state) throw "no state"
 
-  return state.project || "sys"
+  return state.project || DEFAULT_PROJECT
 }
 
 export function projects(): string[] {
diff --git a/src/server.tsx b/src/server.tsx
index 2ebb454..3d0b6cd 100644
--- a/src/server.tsx
+++ b/src/server.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { prettyJSON } from "hono/pretty-json"
 import color from "kleur"
 
 import type { Message } from "./shared/types"
-import { NOSE_ICON, NOSE_BIN, NOSE_DATA, NOSE_DIR, NOSE_SYS_BIN } from "./config"
+import { NOSE_ICON, NOSE_BIN, NOSE_DATA, NOSE_DIR, NOSE_ROOT_BIN } from "./config"
 import { transpile, isFile, tilde, isDir } from "./utils"
 import { serveApp } from "./webapp"
 import { commands, commandPath, loadCommandModule } from "./commands"
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
 //
 
 console.log(color.cyan(NOSE_ICON))
-console.log(color.blue("    NOSE_BIN:"), color.yellow(tilde(NOSE_BIN)))
-console.log(color.blue("   NOSE_DATA:"), color.yellow(tilde(NOSE_DATA)))
-console.log(color.blue("    NOSE_DIR:"), color.yellow(tilde(NOSE_DIR)))
-console.log(color.blue("NOSE_SYS_BIN:"), color.yellow(tilde(NOSE_SYS_BIN)))
+console.log(color.blue("     NOSE_BIN:"), color.yellow(tilde(NOSE_BIN)))
+console.log(color.blue("    NOSE_DATA:"), color.yellow(tilde(NOSE_DATA)))
+console.log(color.blue("     NOSE_DIR:"), color.yellow(tilde(NOSE_DIR)))
+console.log(color.blue("NOSE_ROOT_BIN:"), color.yellow(tilde(NOSE_ROOT_BIN)))
 
 await initNoseDir()
 initCommands()