diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index e2e93f2..5a1f7c4 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@ remove elements from this list as you see fit.
 * util: handle `-shared` in cosmocc (i.e. warn about it)
 * util: include the "pretty" version of dedupe.awk instead of the golfed version
 * util: use cache for `apk` packages
-* util: create a shortcut path to `/usr/local/bin`
diff --git a/cosmo-kuroko/Dockerfile b/cosmo-kuroko/Dockerfile
index 3be9929..ebb1389 100644
--- a/cosmo-kuroko/Dockerfile
+++ b/cosmo-kuroko/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ FROM localhost/cosmo AS builder
 COPY --from=downloader /kuroko /kuroko
 WORKDIR /kuroko
 
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /usr/local/bin/shed /usr/bin/
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /nu/shed /usr/bin/
 RUN : \
  && cp -r . ../kuroko.orig \
 \
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {\n\
 '
 
 RUN tar zxf /cosmopolitan/dist/headers.tar.gz -C /cosmopolitan
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /usr/local/bin/cosmocc /usr/bin/
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /nu/cosmocc /usr/bin/
 RUN : \
  && CC=cosmocc CFLAGS="-Os -g" AR=ar.com ARFLAGS=rcsD \
     make.com kuroko modules/codecs/sbencs.krk modules/codecs/dbdata.krk \
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ RUN : \
 RUN make.com test
 
 FROM scratch AS runner
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /usr/local/bin/busybox /bin/busybox
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /nu/busybox /bin/busybox
 COPY --chmod=0755 --from=builder /cosmopolitan/bin/ape /bin/ape
 COPY --chmod=0755 --from=builder /kuroko/kuroko.com /kuroko/kuroko.com.dbg /bin/
 COPY --from=builder /kuroko.patch /var/local/kuroko.patch
diff --git a/cosmo-perl/Dockerfile b/cosmo-perl/Dockerfile
index 1f82722..341d962 100644
--- a/cosmo-perl/Dockerfile
+++ b/cosmo-perl/Dockerfile
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ RUN : \
 
 WORKDIR perl
 
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /usr/local/bin/shed /usr/bin/
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /nu/shed /usr/bin/
 RUN : \
  && shed hints/cosmo.sh '/x86_64-linux-musl/d' \
  && shed Makefile.SH 's/.*-musl-objcopy/\tobjcopy/g' \
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ RUN : \
 ;
 
 FROM scratch AS runner
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /usr/local/bin/busybox /bin/busybox
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /nu/busybox /bin/busybox
 COPY --chmod=0755 --from=builder /cosmopolitan/bin/ape /bin/ape
 COPY --chmod=0755 --from=builder /perl/cosmo/o/perl.com /bin/perl.com
 COPY --chmod=0755 --from=builder /perl/perl.elf /bin/perl.com.dbg
diff --git a/cosmo-yices/Dockerfile b/cosmo-yices/Dockerfile
index 02c3cd3..3df5a5a 100644
--- a/cosmo-yices/Dockerfile
+++ b/cosmo-yices/Dockerfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RUN : \
  && cd /cosmopolitan \
  && tar zxf dist/headers.tar.gz \
 ;
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /usr/local/bin/cosmocc /usr/local/bin/quickconf /usr/local/bin/shed /usr/bin/
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /nu/cosmocc /nu/quickconf /nu/shed /usr/bin/
 
 COPY --from=downloader /kissat /kissat
 WORKDIR /kissat
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ RUN : \
 ;
 
 FROM scratch AS runner
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /usr/local/bin/busybox /bin/busybox
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /nu/busybox /bin/busybox
 COPY --chmod=0755 --from=builder /cosmopolitan/dist/def/ape.elf /bin/ape
 COPY --from=builder /yices/config.cache /yices/config.log /yices/config.status /var/local/
 COPY --from=builder /yices/dist/bin /bin
diff --git a/cosmo/Dockerfile b/cosmo/Dockerfile
index c5bee5b..768d50c 100644
--- a/cosmo/Dockerfile
+++ b/cosmo/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ WORKDIR /cosmopolitan
 # tell makefiles to be less noisy, also use /tmp:
 ENV V=0 COLUMNS=80 TMPDIR=/tmp
 
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /usr/local/bin/shed /usr/bin/
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /nu/shed /usr/bin/
 RUN : \
 # allow optimized builds to be more portable, so the container is too. \
  && shed build/config.mk 's/-march=native/-march=haswell -mno-pclmul -mtune=generic/' \
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ RUN . ./env \
 ;
 
 FROM builder AS distrib
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /usr/local/bin/dedupe /usr/bin/
+COPY --chmod=0755 --from=localhost/notwa-util /nu/dedupe /usr/bin/
 RUN --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/tmp : \
  && . ./env \
  && find o -name '*.sym' -delete \
diff --git a/notwa-util/Dockerfile b/notwa-util/Dockerfile
index a66b469..7fb3928 100644
--- a/notwa-util/Dockerfile
+++ b/notwa-util/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ FROM alpine:3.16 as partial
 RUN apk add --no-cache xz
 COPY --chmod=0755 acquire cosmocc dedupe quickconf shed \
     /usr/local/bin/
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/bin /nu
 
 FROM partial as downloader
 # this demonstrates how to use the `acquire` script.