diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bffe4c9..1347520 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/pterm/pterm v0.12.35
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0
+	github.com/visionmedia/go-cli-log v0.0.0-20151214173634-914d1b040b20 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1435c73..0772536 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5Cc
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0 h1:qph92Y649prgesehzOrQjdWyxFOp/QVM+6imKHad91M=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:LJmUH05zAU44vOAcrfzZQKsZbVcdbOG8rtL3/XcUArI=
+github.com/visionmedia/go-cli-log v0.0.0-20151214173634-914d1b040b20 h1:RDJ3ggSqBL4Mu/ANRKmxuLrwnupJsvHRDXe4/KI+HWE=
+github.com/visionmedia/go-cli-log v0.0.0-20151214173634-914d1b040b20/go.mod h1:iljxuLc3m07jsXOWojqehoTp/Fh0XP7irbhV+6sYNGc=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20210125001918-ca9a967f8778 h1:QldyIu/L63oPpyvQmHgvgickp1Yw510KJOqX7H24mg8=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20210125001918-ca9a967f8778/go.mod h1:2MuV+tbUrU1zIOPMxZ5EncGwgmMJsa+9ucAQZXxsObs=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.25/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
diff --git a/internal/cli/mfer.go b/internal/cli/mfer.go
index 5d03e65..9694b1a 100644
--- a/internal/cli/mfer.go
+++ b/internal/cli/mfer.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	log "github.com/visionmedia/go-cli-log"
+
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/mfer/mfer"
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/pterm/pterm"
@@ -89,12 +91,12 @@ func (mfa *CLIApp) run() {
 
 	if err != nil {
 		mfa.exitCode = 1
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Error(err)
 	}
 }
 
 func (mfa *CLIApp) validateManifestOperation(c *cli.Context) error {
-	log.Fatal("unimplemented")
+	log.Error(errors.New("unimplemented"))
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/mfer/manifest.go b/mfer/manifest.go
index bc06af7..552f0b4 100644
--- a/mfer/manifest.go
+++ b/mfer/manifest.go
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 )
 
@@ -14,8 +16,13 @@ type ManifestFile struct {
 	FileInfo fs.FileInfo
 }
 
+func (m *ManifestFile) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("<File \"%s\">", m.Path)
+}
+
 type Manifest struct {
 	SourceFS      afero.Fs
+	SourceFSRoot  string
 	Files         []*ManifestFile
 	ScanOptions   *ManifestScanOptions
 	TotalFileSize int64
@@ -27,11 +34,22 @@ type ManifestScanOptions struct {
 }
 
 func NewFromPath(inputPath string, options *ManifestScanOptions) (*Manifest, error) {
-	afs := afero.NewBasePathFs(afero.NewOsFs(), inputPath)
-	return NewFromFilesystem(afs, options)
+	abs, err := filepath.Abs(inputPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	afs := afero.NewBasePathFs(afero.NewOsFs(), abs)
+	spew.Dump(afs)
+	m, err := NewFromFS(afs, options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	m.SourceFSRoot = abs
+	spew.Dump(m)
+	return m, nil
 }
 
-func NewFromFilesystem(fs afero.Fs, options *ManifestScanOptions) (*Manifest, error) {
+func NewFromFS(fs afero.Fs, options *ManifestScanOptions) (*Manifest, error) {
 	m := &Manifest{
 		SourceFS:    fs,
 		ScanOptions: options,
@@ -41,7 +59,7 @@ func NewFromFilesystem(fs afero.Fs, options *ManifestScanOptions) (*Manifest, er
 }
 
 func (m *Manifest) Scan() {
-	afero.Walk(m.SourceFS, "", func(path string, info fs.FileInfo, err error) error {
+	afero.Walk(m.SourceFS, "./", func(path string, info fs.FileInfo, err error) error {
 
 		if m.ScanOptions.IgnoreDotfiles && strings.HasPrefix(path, ".") {
 			// FIXME make this check all path components BUG
@@ -54,6 +72,9 @@ func (m *Manifest) Scan() {
 		}
 
 		fmt.Printf("path = %s\n", path)
+		spew.Dump(path)
+		spew.Dump(info)
+
 		fileinfo, staterr := m.SourceFS.Stat(path)
 		if staterr != nil {
 			panic(staterr)