diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 03f63036..9fbc75f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: run init.sh 
-        run: ./scripts/init.sh 
-      - name: run test.sh 
-        run: ./scripts/test.sh 
+
+      - name: create venv 
+        run: python3 -m venv 
+
+      - name: install packages into venv 
+        run: venv/bin/pip install chatmaild deploy_chatmail 
+
+      - name: run tests 
+      - run: venv/bin/cmdeploy test 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 168e3eaa..693c276c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,26 +36,22 @@ DNS domain name (FQDN), for example `chat.example.org`.
 3. Create chatmail configuration file `chatmail.ini`:
 
    ```
-    cmdeploy init chatmail.ini CHATMAIL_DOMAIN
+    cmdeploy init CHATMAIL_DOMAIN
    ```
 
-4. Deploy to the remote chatmail server, pointing to the chatmail config file: 
+4. Deploy to the remote chatmail server:
 
    ```
-    cmdeploy install chatmail.ini 
+    cmdeploy run 
    ```
 
 5. To output a DNS zone file from which you can transfer DNS records 
-   to your DNS provider for your `CHATMAIL_DOMAIN`
+   to your DNS provider:
 
    ```
-    cmdeploy dns chatmail.ini
+    cmdeploy dnszone 
    ```
 
-   to generate a DNS zone file from which you can transfer records to your 
-   DNS provider. 
-
-
 
 ### Refining the web pages 
 
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py
index 446521a8..5058cc74 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-from fnmatch import fnmatch
 import iniconfig
 
 
@@ -23,3 +21,31 @@ class Config:
 
     def _getbytefile(self):
         return open(self._inipath, "rb")
+
+
+def write_initial_config(inipath, mailname):
+    from importlib.resources import files
+
+    inidir = files(__package__).joinpath("ini")
+    content = inidir.joinpath("chatmail.ini.f").read_text().format(mailname=mailname)
+    if mailname.endswith(".testrun.org"):
+        override_inipath = inidir.joinpath("override-testrun.ini")
+        privacy = iniconfig.IniConfig(override_inipath)["privacy"]
+        lines = []
+        for line in content.split("\n"):
+            for key, value in privacy.items():
+                value_lines = value.strip().split("\n")
+                if not line.startswith(f"{key} =") or not value_lines:
+                    continue
+                if len(value_lines) == 1:
+                    lines.append(f"{key} = {value}")
+                else:
+                    lines.append(f"{key} =")
+                    for vl in value_lines:
+                        lines.append(f"    {vl}")
+                break
+            else:
+                lines.append(line)
+        content = "\n".join(lines)
+
+    inipath.write_text(content)
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/filtermail.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/filtermail.py
index c0f318f6..fdc77085 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/filtermail.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/filtermail.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from email.parser import BytesParser
 from email import policy
 from email.utils import parseaddr
 
-from aiosmtpd.smtp import SMTP
 from aiosmtpd.controller import Controller
 from smtplib import SMTP as SMTPClient
 
diff --git a/deploy-chatmail/src/deploy_chatmail/ini/chatmail.ini.f b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/chatmail.ini.f
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy-chatmail/src/deploy_chatmail/ini/chatmail.ini.f
rename to chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/chatmail.ini.f
diff --git a/deploy-chatmail/src/deploy_chatmail/ini/override-testrun.ini b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/override-testrun.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy-chatmail/src/deploy_chatmail/ini/override-testrun.ini
rename to chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/override-testrun.ini
diff --git a/deploy-chatmail/src/deploy_chatmail/cmdeploy.py b/deploy-chatmail/src/deploy_chatmail/cmdeploy.py
index 6b465bfe..1a40900f 100644
--- a/deploy-chatmail/src/deploy_chatmail/cmdeploy.py
+++ b/deploy-chatmail/src/deploy_chatmail/cmdeploy.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ along with command line option and subcommand parsing.
 """
 import importlib.resources
 import argparse
+import shutil
 import subprocess
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import iniconfig
 
 from termcolor import colored
-from chatmaild.config import read_config
+from chatmaild.config import read_config, write_initial_config
 
 
 class Out:
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ def add_subcommand(subparsers, func):
     doc = func.__doc__.strip()
     p = subparsers.add_parser(name, description=doc, help=doc)
     p.set_defaults(func=func)
+    add_config_option(p)
     return p
 
 
@@ -63,15 +65,13 @@ def get_parser():
     )
 
     init_parser = add_subcommand(subparsers, init_cmd)
-    add_config_option(init_parser)
     init_parser.add_argument(
         "chatmail_domain",
         action="store",
         help="fully qualified DNS domain name for your chatmail instance",
     )
 
-    install_parser = add_subcommand(subparsers, install_cmd)
-    add_config_option(install_parser)
+    install_parser = add_subcommand(subparsers, run_cmd)
     install_parser.add_argument(
         "--dry-run",
         dest="dry_run",
@@ -80,46 +80,24 @@ def get_parser():
     )
 
     add_subcommand(subparsers, webdev_cmd)
+
+    add_subcommand(subparsers, test_cmd)
+
     return parser
 
 
-def write_initial_config(inipath, mailname, out):
-    inidir = importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath("ini")
-    content = inidir.joinpath("chatmail.ini.f").read_text().format(mailname=mailname)
-    if mailname.endswith(".testrun.org"):
-        override_inipath = inidir.joinpath("override-testrun.ini")
-        privacy = iniconfig.IniConfig(override_inipath)["privacy"]
-        lines = []
-        for line in content.split("\n"):
-            for key, value in privacy.items():
-                value_lines = value.strip().split("\n")
-                if not line.startswith(f"{key} =") or not value_lines:
-                    continue
-                if len(value_lines) == 1:
-                    lines.append(f"{key} = {value}")
-                else:
-                    lines.append(f"{key} =")
-                    for vl in value_lines:
-                        lines.append(f"    {vl}")
-                break
-            else:
-                lines.append(line)
-        content = "\n".join(lines)
-
-    inipath.write_text(content)
-    out(f"written {inipath} for chatmail domain {mailname}")
-
 
 def init_cmd(args, out):
     """Initialize chatmail config file."""
     if args.chatmail_ini.exists():
         out.red(f"Path exists, not modifying: {args.chatmail_ini}")
         raise SystemExit(1)
-    write_initial_config(args.chatmail_ini, args.chatmail_domain, out)
+    write_initial_config(args.chatmail_ini, args.chatmail_domain)
+    out.green(f"created config file for {args.chatmail_domain} in {args.chatmail_ini}")
 
 
-def install_cmd(args, out):
-    """Install or update chatmail services on the remote server."""
+def run_cmd(args, out):
+    """Deploy chatmail services on the remote server."""
     import pyinfra
 
     try:
@@ -147,6 +125,17 @@ def webdev_cmd(args, out):
     main()
 
 
+def test_cmd(args, out):
+    """run Run web development loop for static local web pages."""
+
+    tox = shutil.which("tox")
+    subprocess.check_call([tox, "-c", "chatmaild"])
+    subprocess.check_call([tox, "-c", "deploy-chatmail"])
+
+    pytest_path = shutil.which("tox")
+    subprocess.check_call([pytest_path, "tests/online", "-rs", "-x", "-vrx", "--durations=5"])
+
+
 def main(args=None):
     """Provide main entry point for 'xdcget' CLI invocation."""
     parser = get_parser()
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e3def8ec..00000000
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-echo -----------------------------------------
-echo deploying to $CHATMAIL_DOMAIN 
-echo -----------------------------------------
-
-
-venv/bin/pyinfra --ssh-user root "$CHATMAIL_DOMAIN" \
-    deploy-chatmail/src/deploy_chatmail/deploy.py run chatmail.ini
diff --git a/scripts/init.sh b/scripts/init.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f658cdb0..00000000
--- a/scripts/init.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-python3 -m venv venv
-pip=venv/bin/pip
-
-$pip install pyinfra pytest build 'setuptools>=68' tox 
-$pip install -e deploy-chatmail 
-$pip install -e chatmaild 
-venv/bin/deploy-chatmail init $*
diff --git a/scripts/webdev.sh b/scripts/webdev.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 73e3f7d7..00000000
--- a/scripts/webdev.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-echo -----------------------------------------
-echo starting local webdev 
-echo -----------------------------------------
-
-venv/bin/python3 -m deploy_chatmail.www 
-
-
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 686f72dc..eea5d6e3 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -409,12 +409,11 @@ class CMUser:
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def make_config(tmp_path):
-    from deploy_chatmail.cmdeploy import main
-    from chatmaild.config import read_config
+    from chatmaild.config import read_config, write_initial_config
     inipath = tmp_path.joinpath("chatmail.ini")
 
     def make_conf(mailname):
-        main(["init", "--config", str(inipath), mailname])
+        write_initial_config(inipath, mailname=mailname)
         return read_config(inipath)
 
     return make_conf