diff --git a/sys/apps/Overview.lua b/sys/apps/Overview.lua
index 1b68f5b..7fae2ba 100644
--- a/sys/apps/Overview.lua
+++ b/sys/apps/Overview.lua
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ end
 
 local REGISTRY_DIR = 'usr/.registry'
 
--- icon:gsub('.', function(b) return '\\' .. b:byte() end)
+-- iconExt:gsub('.', function(b) return '\\' .. b:byte() end)
 local DEFAULT_ICON = NFT.parse('\30\55\31\48\136\140\140\140\132\
 \30\48\31\55\149\31\48\128\128\128\30\55\149\
 \30\55\31\48\138\143\143\143\133')
diff --git a/sys/apps/Tasks.lua b/sys/apps/Tasks.lua
index f8c2edd..be21f9c 100644
--- a/sys/apps/Tasks.lua
+++ b/sys/apps/Tasks.lua
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ local page = UI.Page {
 	},
 	accelerators = {
 		[ 'control-q' ] = 'quit',
-		space = 'activate',
+		[ ' ' ] = 'activate',
 		t = 'terminate',
 	},
 	eventHandler = function (self, event)
diff --git a/sys/init/2.vfs.lua b/sys/init/2.vfs.lua
index 3361d80..9dc946d 100644
--- a/sys/init/2.vfs.lua
+++ b/sys/init/2.vfs.lua
@@ -100,6 +100,26 @@ end
 function nativefs.delete(node, dir)
 	if node.mountPoint == dir then
 		fs.unmount(dir)
+		-- hack here
+		-- if a file is mounted over an existing directory
+		-- ie. sys/apps/MOUNT.LUA
+		-- then sys and sys/apps are created as temp nodes
+		-- therefore, trying to delete sys will was only
+		-- removing the node and not deleting the directory
+		-- Need a better way to backfill nodes in a way
+		-- that preserves the vfs functionality
+
+		-- perhaps a flag that denotes that this is a
+		-- file/directory is the actual mount
+
+		-- this hack will not fix
+		-- rm packages/common
+		-- where packages is linked from a drive
+		-- and urls are mounted under packages/common
+		-- (as the fstype will be linkfs)
+		if node.fstype == 'nativefs' then
+			fs.native.delete(dir)
+		end
 	else
 		fs.native.delete(dir)
 	end
diff --git a/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/Checkbox.lua b/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/Checkbox.lua
index 50bae5f..ddde55a 100644
--- a/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/Checkbox.lua
+++ b/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/Checkbox.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ UI.Checkbox.defaults = {
 	height = 1,
 	width = 3,
 	accelerators = {
-		space = 'checkbox_toggle',
+		[ ' ' ] = 'checkbox_toggle',
 		mouse_click = 'checkbox_toggle',
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/CheckboxGrid.lua b/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/CheckboxGrid.lua
index 0e6a62d..5712225 100644
--- a/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/CheckboxGrid.lua
+++ b/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/CheckboxGrid.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ UI.CheckboxGrid.defaults = {
 	UIElement = 'CheckboxGrid',
 	checkedKey = 'checked',
 	accelerators = {
-		space = 'grid_toggle',
+		[ ' ' ] = 'grid_toggle',
 		key_enter = 'grid_toggle',
 	},
 }
diff --git a/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/Chooser.lua b/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/Chooser.lua
index 49f882c..9da5e15 100644
--- a/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/Chooser.lua
+++ b/sys/modules/opus/ui/components/Chooser.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ UI.Chooser.defaults = {
 	rightIndicator = UI.extChars and '\187' or '>',
 	height = 1,
 	accelerators = {
-		space = 'choice_next',
+		[ ' ' ] = 'choice_next',
 		right = 'choice_next',
 		left  = 'choice_prev',
 	}
diff --git a/sys/modules/opus/util.lua b/sys/modules/opus/util.lua
index 8cd7286..c1c152f 100644
--- a/sys/modules/opus/util.lua
+++ b/sys/modules/opus/util.lua
@@ -730,24 +730,6 @@ function Util.parse(...)
 	return args, options
 end
 
-function Util.args(arg)
-	local options, args = { }, { }
-
-	local k = 1
-	while k <= #arg do
-		local v = arg[k]
-		if _ssub(v, 1, 1) == '-' then
-			local opt = _ssub(v, 2)
-			options[opt] = arg[k + 1]
-			k = k + 1
-		else
-			table.insert(args, v)
-		end
-		k = k + 1
-	end
-	return options, args
-end
-
 -- http://lua-users.org/wiki/AlternativeGetOpt
 local function getopt( arg, options )
 	local tab = {}