diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 124e4371..53d3c063 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
          <artifactId>qqq-backend-core</artifactId>
-         <version>0.0.0-20220624.134906-11</version>
+         <version>0.0.0-20220630.172133-16</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/QPicoCliImplementation.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/QPicoCliImplementation.java
index 9ac6d3f0..1302cb94 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/QPicoCliImplementation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/QPicoCliImplementation.java
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public class QPicoCliImplementation
          {
             case "processes":
             {
-               return runTableProcess(subCommandLine, null, subParseResult);
+               return runProcessCommand(subCommandLine, subParseResult);
             }
             default:
             {
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public class QPicoCliImplementation
             case "process":
             {
                CommandLine subCommandLine = commandLine.getSubcommands().get(subCommandName);
-               return runTableProcess(subCommandLine, tableName, subParseResult);
+               return runProcessCommand(subCommandLine, subParseResult);
             }
             default:
             {
@@ -328,29 +328,35 @@ public class QPicoCliImplementation
 
 
    /*******************************************************************************
-    **
+    ** Handle a command up to the point where 'process' was given
     *******************************************************************************/
-   private int runTableProcess(CommandLine commandLine, String tableName, ParseResult subParseResult)
+   private int runProcessCommand(CommandLine commandLine, ParseResult subParseResult)
    {
       if(!subParseResult.hasSubcommand())
       {
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // process name must be a sub-command, so, error if not given //
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
          commandLine.usage(commandLine.getOut());
          return commandLine.getCommandSpec().exitCodeOnUsageHelp();
       }
       else
       {
+         ///////////////////////////////////////////
+         // move on to running the actual process //
+         ///////////////////////////////////////////
          String      subCommandName = subParseResult.subcommand().commandSpec().name();
          CommandLine subCommandLine = commandLine.getSubcommands().get(subCommandName);
-         return runTableProcessLevelCommand(subCommandLine, tableName, subParseResult.subcommand());
+         return runActualProcess(subCommandLine, subParseResult.subcommand());
       }
    }
 
 
 
    /*******************************************************************************
-    **
+    ** actually run a process (the process name should be at the start of the sub-command line)
     *******************************************************************************/
-   private int runTableProcessLevelCommand(CommandLine subCommandLine, String tableName, ParseResult processParseResult)
+   private int runActualProcess(CommandLine subCommandLine, ParseResult processParseResult)
    {
       String            processName = processParseResult.commandSpec().name();
       QProcessMetaData  process     = qInstance.getProcess(processName);
@@ -386,7 +392,7 @@ public class QPicoCliImplementation
       catch(Exception e)
       {
          e.printStackTrace();
-         subCommandLine.getOut().println("Caught Exception running process: " + e); // todo better!
+         subCommandLine.getOut().println("Caught Exception running process.  See stack trace above for details.");
          return 1;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/QPicoCliImplementationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/QPicoCliImplementationTest.java
index d2c78668..4f298522 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/QPicoCliImplementationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/QPicoCliImplementationTest.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class QPicoCliImplementationTest
       JSONObject processes    = metaData.getJSONObject("processes");
       JSONObject greetProcess = processes.getJSONObject("greet");
       assertEquals("greet", greetProcess.getString("name"));
-      // todo - need label assertEquals("Person", greetProcess.getString("label"));
+      assertEquals("Greet", greetProcess.getString("label"));
       assertEquals("person", greetProcess.getString("tableName"));
    }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/TestUtils.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/TestUtils.java
index f09e3245..7940bbcc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/TestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/picocli/TestUtils.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ package com.kingsrook.qqq.frontend.picocli;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.util.List;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.interfaces.mock.MockFunctionBody;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QAuthenticationMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QCodeReference;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QCodeType;
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ public class TestUtils
          .addFunction(new QFunctionMetaData()
             .withName("prepare")
             .withCode(new QCodeReference()
-               .withName("com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.interfaces.mock.MockFunctionBody")
+               .withName(MockFunctionBody.class.getName())
                .withCodeType(QCodeType.JAVA)
                .withCodeUsage(QCodeUsage.FUNCTION)) // todo - needed, or implied in this context?
             .withInputData(new QFunctionInputMetaData()