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diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
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+++ b/init.go
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+package ENV
+
+// this is an experiment at this point to
+// see how this turns out
+
+func Init(appname, version, buildtime string, fromargv []string) error {
+	APPNAME = appname
+	VERSION = version
+	BUILDTIME = buildtime
+	argv = fromargv
+
+	err := loadENV()
+	if err == nil {
+		envPB.Init = true
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func InitValid() bool {
+	if envPB == nil {
+		// todo: track that the application did not init
+		envPB = NewKeys()
+		return false
+	}
+	return envPB.Init
+}