diff --git a/global.zsh b/global.zsh
index 0719b7a..fa404d3 100644
--- a/global.zsh
+++ b/global.zsh
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ if [[ -z $globaldots_path ]]; then
     echo 'functions require $globaldots_path to be set!'
 fi
 
-autoload global_path_expand global_fpath_expand global_set_useropts \
+autoload global_path_expand global_fpath_expand \
          global_configure global_config_setup global_boot 
 fpath+=(${zshlibs_install}/global)
diff --git a/global/global_config_setup b/global/global_config_setup
index 7ef4e62..5ccc9c9 100644
--- a/global/global_config_setup
+++ b/global/global_config_setup
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 function global_config_setup()
 {
   zshlibs_log global "expanding path with '$path_extra'"
-  global_path_expand $path_extra
+  if [[ -n "${extras_path}" ]]
+  then
+    global_path_expand $extras_path $path_extra
+  fi
   zshlibs_log global "expanding fpath with '$fpath_extra'"
   global_fpath_expand vanilla
   zshlibs_log global "done loading noninteractive config"
diff --git a/global/global_configure b/global/global_configure
index 5958280..3eeb16e 100644
--- a/global/global_configure
+++ b/global/global_configure
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 function global_configure()
 {
-  typeset -a -g path_extra 
+  typeset -a -g extras_choices 
 }
diff --git a/global/global_path_expand b/global/global_path_expand
index ce57a57..2737571 100644
--- a/global/global_path_expand
+++ b/global/global_path_expand
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 function global_path_expand()
 {
-	local bin_base=${globaldots_path}/bin
+	local bin_base=${1}/bin
+  shift
 	for pathnew in ${*}; do
     zshlibs_path_add "${bin_base}/${pathnew}"
 	done;
diff --git a/global/global_set_useropts b/global/global_set_useropts
deleted file mode 100644
index e2f99da..0000000
--- a/global/global_set_useropts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-function global_set_useropts()
-{
-  typeset -a -g path_extra 
-}
diff --git a/tools/zshlibs_path_add b/tools/zshlibs_path_add
index a310628..ef506e2 100644
--- a/tools/zshlibs_path_add
+++ b/tools/zshlibs_path_add
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ function zshlibs_path_add()
     path+=(${pathtoadd})
   fi
 }
-