diff --git a/brick.sh b/brick.sh
index c5010b8..853a759 100755
--- a/brick.sh
+++ b/brick.sh
@@ -66,25 +66,7 @@ PKGS=()
 ERRORED=false
 AUTOMATIC=false
 
-# settings the PKGS var
-# lets grab those from argv
-while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
-	case $1 in
-		-y|--noconfirm)
-			AUTOMATIC=true
-			shift;;
-		-*)
-			# meh domt need unkonw args
-			shift;;
-		*)
-			# everything else is a package name however
-			PKGS+=("$1")
-			shift;;
-	esac
-done
-
 # setting the BRICKS_DIR var
-
 BRICKS_PWD=$(pwd)
 
 while :; do
@@ -99,11 +81,35 @@ while :; do
 		exit 1
 	fi
 done
-
 unset BRICKS_PWD
 
+
 BRICKS_DB=$(brickdb)
 BRICKS_INSTALLED=$(cat $BRICKS_DB/installed)
+# settings the PKGS var
+# lets grab those from argv
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+	case $1 in
+		-y|--noconfirm)
+			AUTOMATIC=true
+			shift;;
+		-L)
+			inf "listing packages"
+			for pkg in $(find $BRICKS_DIR -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf "%f\n" | grep -E \\.brick$ | sed 's/.brick//'); do
+				source $(getbrick $pkg)
+				inf "$(inf "$pkg - $(info)")"
+			done
+			exit 0
+			;;
+		-*)
+			# meh domt need unkonw args
+			shift;;
+		*)
+			# everything else is a package name however
+			PKGS+=("$1")
+			shift;;
+	esac
+done
 
 PPKGS=()
 
diff --git a/bricks/nvim.brick b/bricks/nvim.brick
index 89d3c3c..bd165ed 100644
--- a/bricks/nvim.brick
+++ b/bricks/nvim.brick
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 # which also installs nvim
 # this brick is GPL3 only
 
+info() {
+	echo a fun vim-like editor
+}
+
 pkgs() {
 	echo neovim
 }
diff --git a/bricks/omz.brick b/bricks/omz.brick
index f266712..d360034 100644
--- a/bricks/omz.brick
+++ b/bricks/omz.brick
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # omz brick (pacakge is GPL3 only, omz itself is MIT (as of jan 2024))
 # made by alice
 
+info() {
+	echo a nice shell framework
+}
+
 pkgs() {
 	echo sh curl git zsh
 }