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diff --git a/scripts/core/connect_feisty_meow.sh b/scripts/core/connect_feisty_meow.sh
index 6b235793..6f6ffd38 100644
--- a/scripts/core/connect_feisty_meow.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/connect_feisty_meow.sh
@@ -9,16 +9,35 @@ export WORKDIR="$( \cd "$(\dirname "$0")" && \pwd )"  # obtain the script's work
 # normalize the path we want to cobble together.
 export FEISTY_MEOW_APEX="$( \cd "$WORKDIR/../.." && \pwd )"
 
+echo calculated apex as $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX
+
+do_root="$1"; shift
+
 if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ] && grep -q "launch_feisty_meow.sh" "$HOME/.bashrc"; then
   # the stanza for loading feisty meow already seems to be present.
   echo "Feisty Meow already seems to be configured in '~/.bashrc'."
 else
-  # stuff the normal user init file into .bashrc.  not appropriate for root probably, but
-  # this is the easy quick start script for normal folks.
-  cat $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-normal-user |
-    sed -e \
-      "s? \$.*/scripts/core/launch_feisty? $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/core/launch_feisty?" \
-      >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
-  echo "Feisty Meow is now configured in '~/.bashrc'."
+  # check for the --root flag to see if they're trying to get the root version of inits.
+  if [ "$do_root" != "--root" ]; then
+    # stuff the "normal user" init file into .bashrc.  not appropriate for root.
+    # this is the easy and quick start script for most folks.
+    cat $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-normal-user |
+      sed -e \
+        "s?FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\".*\"?FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\"$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX\"?" \
+        >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    echo "Feisty Meow is now configured in '~/.bashrc' for standard users."
+  else
+    # stuff the root user init file into .bashrc.  this one doesn't
+    # automatically load the feisty meow scripts.  instead, there is a macro
+    # (uhh, an alias) that loads the feisty meow scripts.  the 'fredme' macro
+    # comes from the main author of feisty meow, named fred t. hamster.  we
+    # have since added a 'feistyme' macro too, to be slightly less
+    # idiosyncratic, as if that were possible.
+    cat $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root |
+      sed -e \
+        "s?FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\".*\"?FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=\"$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX\"?" \
+        >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    echo "Feisty Meow is now configured in '~/.bashrc' for the root user."
+  fi
 fi