diff --git a/frappyman.py b/frappyman.py
index ba8c05f..6294904 100644
--- a/frappyman.py
+++ b/frappyman.py
@@ -103,57 +103,46 @@ class FrappyManager(ServiceManager):
             cfgs = {i for i, s in cfginfo if s == service or service is None}
             return [i for i in ins_list if i in cfgs]
 
-    def check_server(self, ins='', service='main'):
-        start_dir, env = self.prepare_start(ins, service)
-        sys.path.insert(0, start_dir)
-        try:
-            self.check_running(ins, service)
-        except ServiceDown as e:
-            raise UsageError('frappy %s %s is not running' % (ins, service))
-            return
-        except KeyError:
-            if not ins:
+    def get_nodes(self, ins='', service=None):
+        start_dir = ServiceManager.prepare_start(self, ins, None)[0]
+        if start_dir not in sys.path:
+            sys.path.insert(0, start_dir)
+        nodes = []
+        services = self.services if service is None else [service]
+        for service in services:
+            try:
+                self.check_running(ins, service)
+                nodes.append('localhost:%d' % self.info[ins][service])
+            except ServiceDown:
+                if len(services) == 1:
+                    raise UsageError('frappy %s %s is not running' % (ins, service))
+            except KeyError:
+                if ins:
+                    raise UsageError('unknown instance %s' % ins)
                 raise UsageError('missing instance')
-            raise UsageError('unknown instance %s' % ins)
+        if not nodes:
+            raise UsageError(f"frappy {ins}: none of {'/'.join(services)} is running")
+        return nodes
 
-    def do_gui(self, ins='', service='main'):
-        self.check_server(ins, service)
+    def do_gui(self, ins='', service=None):
+        print(f'starting frappy gui {ins} {service or ""}')
+        nodes = self.get_nodes(ins, service)
 
-        print('starting frappy gui %s' % ins)
-
-        import mlzlog
-        if exists(join(self.env[ins].get('FRAPPY_ROOT'), 'frappy')):
-            import frappy
-        else:
-            import secop as frappy
+        import logging
         from frappy.gui.qt import QApplication
         from frappy.gui.mainwindow import MainWindow
 
-        mlzlog.initLogging('gui', 'info')
-
         app = QApplication([])
-        win = MainWindow(['localhost:%d' % self.info[ins][service]])
+        win = MainWindow(nodes, logging.getLogger('gui'))
         win.show()
-
         return app.exec_()
 
-    def do_cli(self, ins='', service='main'):
-        self.check_server(ins, service)
-        import code
-        if exists(join(self.env[ins].get('FRAPPY_ROOT'), 'frappy')):
-            import frappy
-        else:
-            print('secop!')
-            import secop as frappy
-        from frappy.client.interactive import Client
-        namespace = {}
-        try:
-            from frappy.client.interactive import watch
-            namespace['watch'] = watch
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-        namespace['client'] = Client('localhost:%d' % self.info[ins][service])
-        code.interact(banner='', local=namespace)
+    def do_cli(self, ins='', service=None):
+        nodes = self.get_nodes(ins, service)
+        print(f"PP {os.environ['PYTHONPATH']} {sys.path}")
+        from frappy.client.interactive import init, interact
+        init(*nodes)
+        interact()
 
     def all_cfg(self, ins, service, by_dir=False):
         result = {}
diff --git a/nicosman.py b/nicosman.py
index 78cc459..00f1ef9 100644
--- a/nicosman.py
+++ b/nicosman.py
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ class NicosManager(ServiceManager):
             nicos_conf = join(base, 'nicos.conf')
             content = {
                 'nicos': {
-                    'setup_subdirs': '%s, common, frappy' % ins,
-                    'logging_path': '%s/%s' % (env['NICOS_LOG'], ins),
-                    'pid_path': '%s/%s' % (env['NICOS_LOG'], ins),
+                    'setup_subdirs': '["%s", "common", "frappy_sinq"]' % ins,
+                    'logging_path': '"%s/%s"' % (env['NICOS_LOG'], ins),
+                    'pid_path': '"%s/%s"' % (env['NICOS_LOG'], ins),
                 },
-                'environment': {
-                    key: env[key] for key in env if key in ENV_KEYS
-                }
+                # 'environment': {
+                #     key: f'"{env[key]}"' for key in env if key in ENV_KEYS
+                #}
             }
             try:
                 cp = ConfigParser()