diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e5176d..ea2bd4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-# maddog
+# modo
 
 A suite of tools for dealing with a directory of markdown files.
 
 ## Tasks
 
+- TODO: improve inline help
 - TODO: more flags
-  - [ ] filters
+  - [x] filters
   - [x] sorting
   - [ ] reverse sort
 - TODO: add config file {by:2024-08-01}
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ A suite of tools for dealing with a directory of markdown files.
 - DONE: support checkboxes
   - [x] scan lists
   - [x] percent complete
-- TODO: decide on more permanent name {by:2024-08-15}
+- DONE: decide on more permanent name {by:2024-08-15}
 - IDEA: recurring?
 - IDEA: track changes
 - DONE: add color {by: 2024-07-26}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 060fdc7..ab593bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
-name = "maddog"
+name = "modo"
 version = "0.1.0"
-description = "markdown tools"
+description = "todos and more from simple markdown"
 authors = [{ name = "James Turk", email = "dev@jpt.sh" }]
 dependencies = ["click>=8.1.7", "rich>=13.7.1", "python-dateutil>=2.9.0.post0"]
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
 
 [project.scripts]
-maddog = "maddog.app:cli"
+modo = "modo.app:cli"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["pdm-backend"]
diff --git a/src/maddog/__init__.py b/src/modo/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/maddog/__init__.py
rename to src/modo/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/maddog/app.py b/src/modo/app.py
similarity index 92%
rename from src/maddog/app.py
rename to src/modo/app.py
index 9ad2489..64cb24c 100644
--- a/src/maddog/app.py
+++ b/src/modo/app.py
@@ -187,19 +187,37 @@ def get_todo_sort_func(keys):
     return sort_func
 
 
+def apply_filter(items, rule):
+    key, val = rule.split(":")
+    if key == "status":
+        return [item for item in items if item.status == val]
+    else:
+        return [item for item in items if rule in item.tags]
+
+
 @cli.command()
-@click.argument("dirname", nargs=-1)
+@click.argument("dirname", default="")
 @click.option("--sort", "-s")
-def todos(dirname, sort):
+@click.option("--filter", "-f", multiple=True)
+def todos(dirname, sort, filter):
+    # scan files
     output = []  # list of data
     for file in get_files(dirname):
         output += pull_todos(file)
+
+    # filter
+    for rule in filter:
+        output = apply_filter(output, rule)
+
+    # do sorting
     if not sort:
         sort = ["status", "due"]
     else:
         sort = sort.split(",")
     sort_func = get_todo_sort_func(sort)
     output.sort(key=sort_func)
+
+    # display
     table = lod_table(output)
     console.print(table)
 
@@ -256,7 +274,7 @@ def human_readable_date(dt: datetime.datetime) -> str:
     elif delta < datetime.timedelta(days=1):
         return f"{int(delta.total_seconds() / 3600)}h ago"
     else:
-        return f"{int(delta.total_seconds() / 3600 / 24)}d ago"
+        return f"{delta.days}d ago"
 
 
 def scan_contents(file: pathlib.Path) -> dict:
@@ -266,10 +284,10 @@ def scan_contents(file: pathlib.Path) -> dict:
 
 
 @cli.command()
-@click.argument("dirname", nargs=-1)
+@click.argument("dirname", default="")
 @click.option("--sort", "-s")
 def ls(dirname, sort):
-    table = Table()
+    # scan files
     output = []
     for file in get_files(dirname):
         st = file.stat()
@@ -283,12 +301,16 @@ def ls(dirname, sort):
                 **scan,
             )
         )
+
+    # sort
     if not sort:
         sort = ["file", "modified"]
     else:
         sort = sort.split(",")
     sort_func = get_ls_sort_func(sort)
     output.sort(key=sort_func)
+
+    # display
     table = lod_table(output)
     console.print(table)