diff --git a/frontrunners/apex-to-file.sh b/frontrunners/apex-to-file.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..894b357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontrunners/apex-to-file.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# to be called from top level dir of project
+node_modules/apex-source-control/scripts/check_conf_file.sh 
+node_modules/apex-source-control/scripts/apexupdate.sh
diff --git a/frontrunners/file-to-apex.sh b/frontrunners/file-to-apex.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd9cedf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontrunners/file-to-apex.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# designed to be called from top level project dir
+node_modules/apex-source-control/scripts/check_conf_file.sh
+source config/apexupdate.conf 
+cd apex/ 
+sqlplus $username/$password@$database_connection @../node_modules/apex-source-control/scripts/install_apex.sql $apexappid $workspace_name $parsing_schema
diff --git a/frontrunners/generate-app-id.sh b/frontrunners/generate-app-id.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f30177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontrunners/generate-app-id.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# designed to be called from top level project dir
+node_modules/apex-source-control/scripts/check_conf_file.sh
+source config/apexupdate.conf
+sqlplus $username/$password@$database_connection @node_modules/apex-source-control/scripts/generate_new_app_id.sql
diff --git a/frontrunners/read-conf-file.sh b/frontrunners/read-conf-file.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d65a52e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontrunners/read-conf-file.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# designed to be called from to level project dir
+
+if [ ! -h ./config/apexupdate.conf ]; then
+   echo "Missing symbolic link: $PWD/config/apexupdate.conf"
+   echo "Please use the command 'npm run switch-conf-file' to create the symbolic link ./config/apexupdate.conf to your config file"
+   echo "If you don't have a config file set up you can create one using 'npm run new-config-file'"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "The config file currently being used is: "
+readlink ./config/apexupdate.conf
+
+echo
+
+echo "The config file looks like this: "
+cat ./config/apexupdate.conf
+
+echo "If any of the data looks wrong you can simply edit the file yourself at ./config/$(readlink ./config/apexupdate.conf)"
diff --git a/frontrunners/uninstall-apex.sh b/frontrunners/uninstall-apex.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..301d76b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontrunners/uninstall-apex.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# designed to be called from top level project dir
+node_modules/apex-source-control/scripts/check_conf_file.sh
+source config/apexupdate.conf 
+sqlplus $username/$password@$database_connection @node_modules/apex-source-control/scripts/uninstall_apex.sql $apexappid $workspace_name $parsing_schema
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0bea582..8d106b3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,20 +4,24 @@
   "description": "Scripts for bringing Oracle Application Express apps into source control",
   "main": "index.js",
   "bin" : {
-     "apex-update" : "scripts/apexupdate.sh",
-     "check-conf-file" : "scripts/check_conf_file.sh",
      "new-conf-file" : "scripts/make-new-config-file.sh",
-     "switch-conf-file" : "scripts/switch-config-file.sh"
+     "switch-conf-file" : "scripts/switch-config-file.sh",
+     "apex-to-file" : "frontrunners/apex-to-file.sh",
+     "file-to-apex" : "frontrunners/file-to-apex.sh",
+     "read-conf-file" : "frontrunners/read-conf-file.sh",
+     "generate-app-id" : "frontrunners/generate-app-id.sh",
+     "uninstall-apex" : "frontrunners/uninstall-apex.sh"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo teammates all left before they had to buy a round",
     "env" : "env",
-    "apex-to-file" : "check-conf-file && apex-update",
-    "file-to-apex" : "check-conf-file && source config/apexupdate.conf && cd non-apex/install && sqlplus $username/$password@$database_connection @install_apex.sql $apexappid $workspace_name $parsing_schema",
+    "apex-to-file" : "apex-to-file",
+    "file-to-apex" : "file-to-apex",
     "new-conf-file" : "new-conf-file",
     "switch-conf-file" : "switch-conf-file",
-    "which-conf-file" : "readlink ./config/apexupdate.conf",
-    "generate-new-app-id" : "check-conf-file && cd non-apex/install && sqlplus $username/$password@$database_connection @generate_new_app_id.sql"
+    "read-conf-file" : "read-conf-file",
+    "generate-new-app-id" : "generate-app-id",
+    "uninstall-apex" : "uninstall-apex"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/scripts/generate_new_app_id.sql b/scripts/generate_new_app_id.sql
index 197f0d8..bf1db32 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_new_app_id.sql
+++ b/scripts/generate_new_app_id.sql
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ set serveroutput on
 set feedback off
 begin
    apex_application_install.generate_application_id;
-   dbms_output.put_Line("Your new apex app id is..."); --This line should be commented out if you want to use spooling
    dbms_output.put_Line(apex_application_install.get_application_id);
 end;
 /