diff --git a/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm b/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
index 0258fb9f..f90395cc 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk-0.1.tm
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ namespace eval punk {
            return $result
         } else {
             set a1 [lindex $args 0]
-            if {$a1 in [list . ..]} {
-                if {$a1 eq ".."} {
+            if {$a1 in [list . .. "./" "../"]} {
+                if {$a1 in [list ".." "../"]} {
                     cd $a1
                 }
                 tailcall punk::./ {*}[lrange $args 1 end]
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ namespace eval punk {
         }
     }
     proc ../ {args} {
-        set ::punk::last_run_display
+        set ::punk::last_run_display [list]
         if {![llength $args]} {
             cd ..
         } else {
diff --git a/src/modules/shellrun-0.1.tm b/src/modules/shellrun-0.1.tm
index 13e8b43e..4db521b1 100644
--- a/src/modules/shellrun-0.1.tm
+++ b/src/modules/shellrun-0.1.tm
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace eval shellrun {
             } else {
                 set e $::shellrun::runerr
             }
-            append chunk "$e\n"
+            append chunk "[a+ red light]$e[a+]\n"
         }
         lappend chunklist [list stderr $chunk]
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ namespace eval shellrun {
             } else {
                 set o $::shellrun::runout
             }
-            append chunk "$o\n"  ;#this newline is the display output separator - always there whether data has trailing newline or not.
+            append chunk "[a+ white light]$o[a+]\n"  ;#this newline is the display output separator - always there whether data has trailing newline or not.
         }
         lappend chunklist [list stdout $chunk]
 
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ namespace eval shellrun {
         flush stderr
         flush stdout
        
+        if {[dict exists $exitinfo error]} {
+            #todo - check errorInfo makes sense.. return -code? tailcall?
+            error [dict get $exitinfo error]
+        }
         
         #set x [shellfilter::stack::add stdout var -action sink-locked -settings {-varname ::repl::runxoutput}]
         set chunklist [list]
@@ -365,10 +369,6 @@ namespace eval shellrun {
         #return [lindex [list [list stdout $::runout stderr $::runerr {*}$exitinfo] [shellfilter::stack::remove stdout $x][puts -nonewline stdout $pretty][set ::repl::output ""]] 0]
 
 
-        if {[dict exists $exitinfo error]} {
-            #todo - check errorInfo makes sense.. return -code? tailcall?
-            error [dict get $exitinfo error]
-        }
         if {$nonewline} {
             return [list stdout [string trimright $::shellrun::runout \r\n] stderr [string trimright $::shellrun::runerr \r\n] {*}$exitinfo]
         }