diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e33050ee..96c9ede3 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ bin_PROGRAMS =
 bin_SCRIPTS =
 dist_doc_DATA =
 
-docs_targets = docs/Utilities
-
 check-target:
 	@test $(prefix) = $(shell $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/version.sh --install) || ( echo "ERROR [Makefile]: prefix '$(prefix)' and target '($(shell $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/version.sh --install))' mismatch; ./configure is outdated. Build using '--clean' option to fix this." > /dev/stderr ; false )
 
@@ -331,7 +329,5 @@ documents/gridlabd.pdf: documents/gridlabd.glm
 	(cd documents ; $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gridlabd gridlabd.glm | echo "WARNING: unable to update documents/gridlabd.pdf")
 	test -f documents/gridlabd.md && pandoc -V geometry:landscape documents/gridlabd.md -o documents/gridlabd.pdf
 
-docs: $(docs_targets) # documents/gridlabd.pdf
-
 docs_toc:
 	utilities/regen_toc >'docs/User manual/0 - Cover/1 - Contents.md'
diff --git a/docs/Makefile.mk b/docs/Makefile.mk
index 19526eeb..e2c793f7 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.mk
+++ b/docs/Makefile.mk
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 
-DOCS = 
-DOCS += docs/Utilities/Framework.md
-DOCS += docs/Utilities/Network.md
-DOCS += docs/Utilities/Edit.md
-DOCS += docs/Utilities/Mapping.md
-DOCS += docs/Utilities/Unitcalc.md
+docs: docs/Utilities
+
+DOCS_UTILITIES = 
+DOCS_UTILITIES += docs/Utilities/Framework.md
+DOCS_UTILITIES += docs/Utilities/Network.md
+DOCS_UTILITIES += docs/Utilities/Edit.md
+DOCS_UTILITIES += docs/Utilities/Mapping.md
+DOCS_UTILITIES += docs/Utilities/Unitcalc.md
+
+docs/Utilities: $(DOCS_UTILITIES)
+	echo "Updating $@..."
 
 %.md: FORCE
-	echo "Updating $@"
 	$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gridlabd python docs/makemd.py $(basename $(notdir $(shell echo "$@" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'))) $(dir $@)
 
-docs/Utilities: $(DOCS)
-
 FORCE:
diff --git a/subcommands/gridlabd-marimo b/subcommands/gridlabd-marimo
index 9b6da27c..112b4e48 100644
--- a/subcommands/gridlabd-marimo
+++ b/subcommands/gridlabd-marimo
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+##
 ## Syntax: gridlabd marimo [OPTIONS ...] [COMMAND] [NOTEBOOK]
 ## 
 ## Options:
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@
 ## 
 ## * `--pid`: get the process id for the notebook (if any)
 ## 
+## * `-R|--repo`: change marimo repository (default `arras-energy/marimo`)
+## 
 ## * `--upgrade`: upgrade marimo to latest version
 ## 
 ## * `--url`: get the URL for the notebook (if any)
@@ -17,6 +20,8 @@
 ## 
 ## * `--wait`: wait for marimo server to exit
 ## 
+## * `-W|--workdir`: change work directory (default `gridlabd-marimo`)
+## 
 ## Commands:
 ## 
 ## * `edit NOTEBOOK`: open the notebook in the marimo editor
@@ -25,6 +30,8 @@
 ## 
 ## * `list`: list open marimo notebooks
 ## 
+## * `status`: list details of active notebooks
+## 
 ## * `stop NOTEBOOK`: stops the marimo notebook
 ## 
 ## Run a gridlabd marimo notebook.
@@ -53,8 +60,8 @@
 
 LIB=$GLD_ETC/marimo
 LOG=$LIB/marimo.log
-URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arras-energy/marimo/refs/heads/main/source
 WAIT=no
+WORKDIR=gridlabd-marimo
 
 E_OK=0
 E_SYNTAX=1
@@ -62,6 +69,17 @@ E_FAIL=2
 E_NOTFOUND=3
 E_MISSING=4
 
+function repo()
+{
+    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+        error "missing repo name" E_MISSING
+    fi
+    URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/$1/refs/heads/main/source
+    API=https://api.github.com/repos/$1/contents/source
+    GIT=https://github.com/$1
+}
+repo arras-energy/marimo
+
 function error()
 {
     # error MESSAGE [EXITCODE]
@@ -90,13 +108,13 @@ function index()
     if [ "$(gridlabd.bin --version=branch)" == "master" ]; then
         curl -sL -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' $URL/.index 2>>$LOG
     else
-        curl -sL -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' https://api.github.com/repos/arras-energy/marimo/contents/source 2>>$LOG | grep '"name": ".*\.py",' | cut -f2 -d: | cut -f1 -d. | tr -cd "A-Za-z0-9_\\n"
+        curl -sL -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' $API 2>>$LOG | grep '"name": ".*\.py",' | cut -f2 -d: | cut -f1 -d. | tr -cd "A-Za-z0-9_\\n"
     fi
 }
 
 function getlist()
 {
-    basename -s .py $(ps -ax | grep bin/marimo | grep -v grep | sed -r 's/ +/ /g' | cut -f7 -d' ') 2>>$LOG
+    basename -s .py $(ps -ax | grep bin/marimo | grep -v grep | sed -r 's/ +/ /g' | rev | cut -f1 -d'/' | rev ) 2>>$LOG
 }
 
 function getpid()
@@ -105,13 +123,6 @@ function getpid()
     ps ax | grep bin/marimo | grep $EXE | cut -f1 -d' ' 2>>$LOG
 }
 
-function getinfo()
-{
-    for PID in $*; do
-        lsof -i -P -a -p $PID | tail -n +1 2>>$LOG
-    done
-}
-
 function geturl()
 {
     PID=$(getpid $1)
@@ -175,20 +186,30 @@ function edit()
     elif [ "$(gridlabd.bin --version=branch)" == "master" ]; then
         error "you must use a development version of gridlabd" E_FAIL
     fi
-    if [ -d gridlabd-marimo ]; then
-        ( cd gridlabd-marimo ; git pull )
+    if [ -d "$WORKDIR" ]; then
+        ORIGIN=$(cd "$WORKDIR"; git remote get-url origin)
+        if [ "$URL" != "$ORIGIN" ]; then
+            warning "repository '$GIT' does not match '$WORKDIR' origin '$ORIGIN', unable to pull"
+        elif [ ! -d "$WORKDIR/.git" ]; then
+            warning "'$WORKDIR' is not a git repository (you cannot commit changes), unable to pull"
+        else
+            ( cd "$WORKDIR" ; git pull )
+        fi
     else
-        git clone https://github.com/arras-energy/marimo gridlabd-marimo
+        git clone $GIT "$WORKDIR" || error "clone failed" E_FAIL
     fi
-    if [ ! -d gridlabd-marimo/source ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$WORKDIR/source" ]; then
         error "clone failed" E_FAIL
     else
-        if [ ! -f gridlabd-marimo/source/$1.py ]; then
-            echo "Creating gridlabd-marimo/source/$1.py"
+        if [ ! -f "$WORKDIR/source/$1.py" ]; then
+            echo "Creating '$WORKDIR/source/$1.py'"
         fi
-        ( cd gridlabd-marimo/source ; marimo edit $1.py )
+        echo "Opening marimo notebook..." >/dev/stderr
+        ( cd "$WORKDIR/source" ; marimo edit "$1.py" )
+    fi
+    if [ -d "$WORKDIR/.git" ]; then
+        warning "don't forget to add/commit/push changes to '$WORKDIR' when done editing"
     fi
-    warning "don't forget to add/commit/push when done editing"
 }
 
 function open()
@@ -203,6 +224,21 @@ function open()
 
 }
 
+function status()
+{
+    LIST=$(getlist)
+    if [ ! -z "$LIST" ]; then
+        FORMAT="%-16.16s %-6.6s %-32.32s\n"
+        printf "$FORMAT" Name PID URL
+        printf "$FORMAT" ---------------- ------ --------------------------------
+        for APP in $LIST; do
+            APPPID=$(getpid $APP)
+            APPURL=$(geturl $APP)
+            printf "$FORMAT" $APP $APPPID $APPURL
+        done
+    fi
+}
+
 mkdir -p $LIB/.etag
 echo "*** COMMAND = '$0 $*' ***" >>$LOG
 
@@ -228,6 +264,10 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
             getpid $2
             shift 1
             ;;
+        -R|--repo)
+            repo $2
+            shift 1
+            ;;
         --upgrade)
             python3 -m pip install --upgrade marimo
             shift 1
@@ -242,10 +282,21 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         --wait)
             WAIT=yes
             ;;
+        -W|--workdir)
+            if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+                error "missing folder name" E_MISSING
+            fi
+            WORKDIR=$2
+            shift
+            ;;
         index) # list of available apps
             index
             exit $E_OK
             ;;
+        status)
+            status
+            exit $E_OK
+            ;;
         list) # list of active apps
             getlist
             exit $E_OK