diff --git a/setup/apps/setup.zsh b/setup/apps/setup.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c66178e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/apps/setup.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+APPS__PACKAGE_DIR="$HOME/.packages"
+
+function SETUP__APPS() {
+	STATUS 'starting application source-build installs'
+
+	APPS__SIMPLE_INSTALL 'https://github.com/tiyn/dmenu' 'patched-dmenu'
+}
+
+
+function APPS__SIMPLE_INSTALL() {
+	[ ! -d $APPS__PACKAGE_DIR ] && mkdir $APPS__PACKAGE_DIR
+
+	local TARGET="$1"
+	local NAME="$2"
+	local LOCAL_BUILD="$APPS_PACKAGE_DIR/$NAME"
+
+	CHECK "Downloading $NAME"
+	git clone $TARGET $LOCAL_BUILD >>$LOG 2>&1 \
+		&& { OK; cd $LOCAL_BUILD; } || { WARN; return 1; }
+
+	CHECK "Building $NAME"
+	make clean >>$LOG 2>&1 \
+		&& OK || { WARN; return 2; }
+
+	CHECK "Installing $NAME"
+	sudo make install >>$LOG 2>&1 \
+		&& OK || { WARN; return 3; }
+}
diff --git a/setup/aws/setup.zsh b/setup/aws/setup.zsh
index 95250f0..3d5c547 100644
--- a/setup/aws/setup.zsh
+++ b/setup/aws/setup.zsh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AWS__SETUP() {
+function SETUP__AWS() {
 	STATUS 'starting aws setup'
 	"$DOTWRYN_PATH/bin/aws/configure"
 
diff --git a/setup/config/setup.zsh b/setup/config/setup.zsh
index eb7c137..a294dfe 100644
--- a/setup/config/setup.zsh
+++ b/setup/config/setup.zsh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CONFIG__SETUP() {
+function SETUP__CONFIG() {
 	############################################################################################
 	#               Friendly Name   ~/.config/THE_REST      .wryn/config/THE_REST (if different)
 	CONFIG__SYMLINK 'compton'       'compton/compton.conf'
diff --git a/setup/linux b/setup/linux
index 730d87f..f416a2e 100755
--- a/setup/linux
+++ b/setup/linux
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ MAKE_REQUIRED_DIRECTORY_STRUCTURE() {
 ################################################################################
 
 source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/os-dependencies/setup.zsh"
+source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/config/setup.zsh"
 source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/zsh/setup.zsh"
 source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/vim/setup.zsh"
-source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/config/setup.zsh"
+source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/apps/setup.zsh"
 source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/aws/setup.zsh"
 
 ################################################################################
@@ -130,14 +131,15 @@ source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/aws/setup.zsh"
 INIT
 
 GET_SUDO_PASSWORD
-OS_DEPENDENCY__SETUP || FATAL 'user abort'
+SETUP__OS_DEPENDENCY || FATAL 'user abort'
 MAKE_REQUIRED_DIRECTORY_STRUCTURE
 
-CONFIG__SETUP || ERROR=1
+SETUP__CONFIG || ERROR=1
 
-ZSH__SETUP || ERROR=2
-VIM__SETUP || ERROR=3
-AWS__SETUP || ERROR=4
+SETUP__ZSH  || ERROR=2
+SETUP__VIM  || ERROR=3
+SETUP__APPS || ERROR=4
+SETUP__AWS  || ERROR=5
 
 CLEANUP $ERROR
 
diff --git a/setup/os-dependencies/setup.zsh b/setup/os-dependencies/setup.zsh
index e970c6b..ccea4d8 100644
--- a/setup/os-dependencies/setup.zsh
+++ b/setup/os-dependencies/setup.zsh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/os-dependencies/arch.zsh"
 	&& DEPENDENCY_DIR="$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/os-dependencies" \
 	|| DEPENDENCY_DIR="${0:a:h}"
 
-function OS_DEPENDENCY__SETUP() {
+function SETUP__OS_DEPENDENCY() {
 	local ERROR=0
 	STATUS 'checking os dependencies'
 
diff --git a/setup/vim/setup.zsh b/setup/vim/setup.zsh
index e5a80f4..dc4500b 100644
--- a/setup/vim/setup.zsh
+++ b/setup/vim/setup.zsh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source "$DOTWRYN_PATH/setup/vim/compile-from-source.zsh"
 
 #####################################################################
 
-function VIM__SETUP() {
+function SETUP__VIM() {
 	STATUS 'starting vim setup'
 	VIM__COMPILE_FROM_SOURCE
 	VIM__SOURCE_RC
diff --git a/setup/zsh/setup.zsh b/setup/zsh/setup.zsh
index 6d91054..65f918e 100644
--- a/setup/zsh/setup.zsh
+++ b/setup/zsh/setup.zsh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #####################################################################
 
-function ZSH__SETUP() {
+function SETUP__ZSH() {
     ZSH__SET_DEFAULT_SHELL
 	ZSH__SOURCE_RC
 }