diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index d97d8e49..c7eb57db 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@ Working TODO list:
 
  - self-hosting, there are a lot of accumulated TODO's that need to be addressed
 
+   - installation - let's get this nailed down, since it is important and a mess right now
+     * need to figure out how to get the share/cyclone dir from build
+       cmd line to the codebase. Maybe it could be part of the runtime
+       library, as a C argument? EG: could pass $(PREFIX) to the build
+       command
+     * purge (cyc:get-*-dir) functions
+       should only need these maybe for the chicken install.
+     * figure out how a build will go now. is it possible to build locally
+       and test (which would be ideal) or is an install required? a
+       compromise might be to require libs/includes be installed, but
+       allow local cyclone/icyc to work with them. TBD how the scheme/cyclone
+       dir would fit in that case (implies share dir may need to live in
+       scheme code and not in the runtime libraries).
+
    - improved error handling:
      - param count checks
        * should have checks in compiler as well. could possibly