diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b95ff45..a875763 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-modularium
+mir
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 351eb02..5023d6e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@ go 1.18
 
 require golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1
 
-require golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/jordanorelli/lexnum v0.0.0-20141216151731-460eeb125754 // indirect
+	github.com/jordanorelli/serve v0.0.0-20190310214448-81022000f440 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7214757..b766615 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+github.com/jordanorelli/lexnum v0.0.0-20141216151731-460eeb125754 h1:ovgRFhVUYZWz6KnWPrnV7HBxrK0ErOeyXtlVvh0Rr5k=
+github.com/jordanorelli/lexnum v0.0.0-20141216151731-460eeb125754/go.mod h1:f1WdQhB98V35bULPsZUMFP9U1XWhpaHrO6myMijgMhU=
+github.com/jordanorelli/serve v0.0.0-20190310214448-81022000f440 h1:of3Mn87FnYXxbHQII4Q1IE2en/r903YPKAy7HgMuo68=
+github.com/jordanorelli/serve v0.0.0-20190310214448-81022000f440/go.mod h1:AlXw87dXhL0dJjfMQuyQ+7L/rI555OGfF1ctdwVXRzg=
+github.com/jordanorelli/tea v0.0.5 h1:fYI1Ag4Ec0Q9KqtjykQQO1dDNJsBFLBhAi04gOSUjOU=
+github.com/jordanorelli/tea v0.0.5/go.mod h1:mnnRKfuTTk8d+3rcOC6TIiBOLVG8RQitOtFtCfQo8Bw=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1 h1:OJxoQ/rynoF0dcCdI7cLPktw/hR2cueqYfjm43oqK38=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1/go.mod h1:5OXOZSfqPIIbmVBIIKWRFfZjPR0E5r58TLhUjH0a2Ro=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e h1:aZzprAO9/8oim3qStq3wc1Xuxx4QmAGriC4VU4ojemQ=
diff --git a/serve.go b/serve.go
index 6053c39..5e971ec 100644
--- a/serve.go
+++ b/serve.go
@@ -3,28 +3,20 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 
-	"orel.li/mir/internal/index"
 	"orel.li/mir/internal/ref"
 )
 
 func serve(args []string) {
 	path := "./mir.sock"
-	indexPath := pathArg{path: "./modules-index.json"}
+	rootDir := "/srv/mir"
 
 	serveFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("serve", flag.ExitOnError)
 	serveFlags.StringVar(&path, "l", path, "path for a unix domain socket to listen on")
-	serveFlags.Var(&indexPath, "index", "an index config")
+	serveFlags.StringVar(&rootDir, "root", rootDir, "root directory for module storage")
 	serveFlags.Parse(args)
 
-	idx, err := index.Load(indexPath.path)
-	if err != nil {
-		shutdown(err)
-	}
-	log_info.Printf("index: %v", idx)
-
 	h := handler{
-		path:  ref.New(&path),
-		index: ref.New(&indexPath),
+		path: ref.New(&path),
 	}
 	if err := h.run(); err != nil {
 		bail(1, err.Error())