diff --git a/apps/cli/executables/null/setup.py b/apps/cli/executables/null/setup.py
index 9f835748d22ee2fd3e36ddaa4b40763b44a5acf8..c6f9eb0579230ac5c5de630807344de91753ced1 100644
--- a/apps/cli/executables/null/setup.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/null/setup.py
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ from setuptools import setup
 VERSION = open('src/null/_version.py').readlines()[-1].split()[-1].strip("\"'")
 README = Path('README.md').read_text()
 
-requires = [
-    'pycapo>=0.3.0,<1.0',
-]
+# requires = [
+# ]
 
 # tests_require = [
 #     'pytest>=5.4,<6.0'
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ setup(
     author_email='dms-ssa@nrao.edu',
     url='TBD',
     license="GPL",
-    install_requires=requires,
+    # install_requires=requires,
     # tests_require=tests_require,
     keywords=[],
     packages=['null'],
diff --git a/apps/cli/executables/null/src/null/null.py b/apps/cli/executables/null/src/null/null.py
index 3835930926f4a7838ef86b05468abbdfd344d756..9e54c4f3f12fdb4a2cc0b4bb82e64d20498e7cbe 100644
--- a/apps/cli/executables/null/src/null/null.py
+++ b/apps/cli/executables/null/src/null/null.py
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
+""" Module for the null executable. Performs some very basic actions
+    and utilizes pymygdala's LogHandler for logging. """
+
 import os
 import sys
 import time
+import random
 import logging
 import argparse
 
-from pymygdala import LogHandler
-from pycapo import CapoConfig
 from ._version import ___version___ as version
 
 _DESCRIPTION = """Workspaces null executable, a status capture test of the system. Version {}"""
 
-# logging.basicConfig()
 logger = logging.getLogger("null")
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-config = CapoConfig()
 
 class Null:
     def __init__(self, args, verbose):
@@ -21,19 +21,34 @@ class Null:
         if verbose:
             logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         self.args_to_funcs = {
+            'print_error': self.print_error,
             'greeting': self.print_greeting,
-            'exit': self.exit_with_failure,
+            'exit-fail': self.exit_with_failure,
+            'exit-random': self.exit_randomly,
             'nap': self.take_nap,
             'dump': self.dump_core
         }
 
+    def print_error(self):
+        print("in print_error")
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stderr)
+        logger.addHandler(handler)
+        print(logger.getEffectiveLevel())
+        logger.debug("STOP! YOU VIOLATED THE LAW! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence.")
+        logger.error("This is an error...")
+
     def print_greeting(self):
         logger.info("Hello, world!")
         logger.debug("And goodbye, world...")
 
     def exit_with_failure(self):
-        logger.error("Error purposefully induced.")
-        sys.exit('Exiting with status code -1')
+        logger.error("Error purposefully induced. Exiting with status code -1...")
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+    def exit_randomly(self):
+        status_code = random.randint(-50, 50)
+        logger.debug("Exiting with status code {}".format(status_code))
+        sys.exit(status_code)
 
     def take_nap(self):
         logger.debug("Going to sleep...")
@@ -45,27 +60,38 @@ class Null:
         os.abort()
 
     def execute(self):
+        """
+        Executes command specified by CL arguments.
+        """
         for arg, val in vars(self.args).items():
             if val and arg in self.args_to_funcs:
                 self.args_to_funcs[arg]()
 
 def make_arg_parser():
+    """
+    Creates an argparse arguments parser with appropriate options
+    :return: Said argument parser
+    """
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_DESCRIPTION.format(version),
                                      formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter)
     options = parser.add_argument_group('options', 'settings for altering program behavior')
     options.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true',
                          required=False, dest='verbose', default=False,
                          help='allow the program the gift of speech')
-    options.add_argument('-P', '--profile', action='store',
-                         required=True, dest='profile', default=False,
-                         help='profile name to use, e.g. test, production')
+
     functions = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=False)
+    functions.add_argument('-pe', '--print-error', action='store_true',
+                           required=False, dest='print-error', default=False,
+                           help='print out aggressive message to stderr')
     functions.add_argument('-g', '--greeting', action='store_true',
                            required=False, dest='greeting', default=False,
-                           help='print out a friendly greeting')
-    functions.add_argument('-e', '--exit', action='store_true',
-                           required=False, dest='exit', default=False,
+                           help='print out a friendly greeting to stdout')
+    functions.add_argument('-ef', '--exit-fail', action='store_true',
+                           required=False, dest='exit-fail', default=False,
                            help='print error message and exit with status code -1')
+    functions.add_argument('-er', '--exit-random', action='store_true',
+                           required=False, dest='exit-random', default=False,
+                           help='print error message and exit with random status code within [-50, 50]')
     functions.add_argument('-n', '--nap', action='store_true',
                            required=False, dest='nap', default=False,
                            help='take a short nap')
@@ -77,20 +103,11 @@ def make_arg_parser():
 def main():
     arg_parser = make_arg_parser()
     args = arg_parser.parse_args()
-    handler = LogHandler(profile=args.profile, application='null_executable')
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout)
     logger.addHandler(handler)
 
-    # Shamelessly stolen from epilogue with a twist: allow for explict profile setting via the CL
-    if 'CAPO_PROFILE' not in os.environ and '' == args.profile:
-        # try to synthesize a profile from our installation root
-        profile = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]).split(os.path.sep)[-3]
-        os.environ['CAPO_PROFILE'] = profile
-        print('No CAPO_PROFILE explicitly set, synthesizing {0} by path'.format(str(profile)))
-    elif '' != args.profile:
-        os.environ['CAPO_PROFILE'] = args.profile
-
-    null = Null(args, args.verbose)
-    null.execute()
+    executable = Null(args, args.verbose)
+    executable.execute()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
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