diff --git a/bash/next/next.sh b/bash/next/next.sh
index a5885d0..cf6dfb5 100755
--- a/bash/next/next.sh
+++ b/bash/next/next.sh
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@
 # may in certain situations conflict with the alias. The link should be "next.sh" -> ~/config/..
 # 4. NOTE: I use 'e' rather than 'emacs', to use my clever emacs/emacsclient function.
 
-e `
-
 ls | egrep '^[[:digit:]].*\.md|txt' | tail -n 1 | awk '
 
 BEGIN {
@@ -110,4 +108,3 @@ finalstr = sprintf("%s.%s", finalstr, $NF)
 END {
 print finalstr
 }'
-`
diff --git a/um b/um
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..85a673b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/um
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# catch first arguments with $1
+case "$1" in
+    next)
+        ~/dev/uldb/bash/next/next.sh $2
+        ;;
+    *)
+        # else
+        echo "usage: um (next|last|cat|rename)"
+        ;;
+esac