diff --git a/.idea/dictionaries/ericf.xml b/.idea/dictionaries/ericf.xml
index b199ff6b..9d1a8c2b 100644
--- a/.idea/dictionaries/ericf.xml
+++ b/.idea/dictionaries/ericf.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
       <w>apichanges</w>
       <w>apis</w>
       <w>apks</w>
+      <w>appath</w>
+      <w>appathout</w>
       <w>appcfg</w>
       <w>appconfig</w>
       <w>appdelegate</w>
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@
       <w>autodesk</w>
       <w>autogenerate</w>
       <w>autonoassets</w>
+      <w>autopoint</w>
       <w>autoremove</w>
       <w>autoretain</w>
       <w>autoselect</w>
@@ -193,6 +196,7 @@
       <w>buttondown</w>
       <w>buttonwidget</w>
       <w>bval</w>
+      <w>bytecount</w>
       <w>byteswap</w>
       <w>cachable</w>
       <w>cachebasename</w>
@@ -647,6 +651,7 @@
       <w>gametype</w>
       <w>gametypes</w>
       <w>gameutils</w>
+      <w>gbytecount</w>
       <w>gearvr</w>
       <w>gendocs</w>
       <w>gendummymodule</w>
@@ -660,6 +665,7 @@
       <w>getconf</w>
       <w>getconfig</w>
       <w>getcurrency</w>
+      <w>getcwd</w>
       <w>getdata</w>
       <w>getlevelname</w>
       <w>getmaps</w>
@@ -832,6 +838,7 @@
       <w>jsonstrbase</w>
       <w>jsontools</w>
       <w>jsonutils</w>
+      <w>kbytecount</w>
       <w>keepaway</w>
       <w>keeprefs</w>
       <w>keylayout</w>
@@ -964,6 +971,7 @@
       <w>maxval</w>
       <w>maxw</w>
       <w>maxwidth</w>
+      <w>mbytecount</w>
       <w>mdiv</w>
       <w>mdocs</w>
       <w>mdocslines</w>
diff --git a/tools/cloudtool b/tools/cloudtool
index 770271c3..e654a537 100755
--- a/tools/cloudtool
+++ b/tools/cloudtool
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ class AssetType(Enum):
     """Types for asset files."""
     TEXTURE = 'texture'
     SOUND = 'sound'
+    DATA = 'data'
+
+
+ASSET_SOURCE_FILE_EXTS = {
+    AssetType.TEXTURE: 'png',
+    AssetType.SOUND: 'wav',
+    AssetType.DATA: 'yaml',
+}
 
 
 class Asset:
@@ -103,8 +111,8 @@ class Asset:
                  path: str) -> None:
         self.assettype = assettype
         self.path = path
-        exts = {AssetType.TEXTURE: '.png', AssetType.SOUND: '.wav'}
-        self.filepath = os.path.join(package.path, path + exts[assettype])
+        self.filepath = os.path.join(
+            package.path, path + '.' + ASSET_SOURCE_FILE_EXTS[assettype])
 
 
 def get_tz_offset_seconds() -> float:
@@ -158,6 +166,7 @@ class AssetPackage:
         self.assets: Dict[str, Asset] = {}
         self.path = Path('')
         self.name = 'untitled'
+        self.index = ''
 
     @classmethod
     def load_from_disk(cls, path: Path) -> AssetPackage:
@@ -170,14 +179,20 @@ class AssetPackage:
 
         package.path = path
         with open(Path(path, indexfilename)) as infile:
-            index = yaml.safe_load(infile)
+            package.index = infile.read()
+            index = yaml.safe_load(package.index)
         if not isinstance(index, dict):
             raise CleanError(f'Root dict not found in {indexfilename}')
+
+        # Pull our name from the index file.
+        # (NOTE: can probably just let the server do this)
         name = index.get('name')
         if not isinstance(name, str):
             raise CleanError(f'No "name" str found in {indexfilename}')
         validate_asset_package_name(name)
         package.name = name
+
+        # Build our list of Asset objs from the index.
         assets = index.get('assets')
         if not isinstance(assets, dict):
             raise CleanError(f'No "assets" dict found in {indexfilename}')
@@ -191,8 +206,6 @@ class AssetPackage:
                 raise CleanError(
                     f'Invalid asset type for {assetpath} in {indexfilename}')
             assettype = AssetType(assettypestr)
-
-            # print('Looking at asset:', assetpath, assetdata)
             package.assets[assetpath] = Asset(package, assettype, assetpath)
 
         return package
@@ -203,7 +216,7 @@ class AssetPackage:
         from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
         from multiprocessing import cpu_count
 
-        manifest: Dict = {'name': self.name, 'files': {}}
+        manifest: Dict = {'name': self.name, 'files': {}, 'index': self.index}
 
         def _get_asset_info(iasset: Asset) -> Tuple[Asset, Dict]:
             sha = hashlib.sha256()
@@ -213,7 +226,11 @@ class AssetPackage:
                 sha.update(filebytes)
             if not os.path.isfile(iasset.filepath):
                 raise Exception(f'Asset file not found: "{iasset.filepath}"')
-            info_out: Dict = {'hash': sha.hexdigest(), 'size': filesize}
+            info_out: Dict = {
+                'hash': sha.hexdigest(),
+                'size': filesize,
+                'ext': ASSET_SOURCE_FILE_EXTS[iasset.assettype]
+            }
             return iasset, info_out
 
         # Use all procs to hash files for extra speedy goodness.
@@ -250,8 +267,9 @@ class App:
         self._load_cache()
 
         if len(sys.argv) < 2:
-            raise CleanError(
-                f'Invalid args. Run "cloudtool help" for usage info.')
+            print(f'{CLRRED}You must provide one or more arguments.{CLREND}')
+            self.do_misc_command(['help'])
+            raise CleanError()
 
         cmd = sys.argv[1]
         if cmd == CMD_LOGIN:
@@ -263,7 +281,7 @@ class App:
             self.do_assetpack_put()
         else:
             # For all other commands, simply pass them to the server verbatim.
-            self.do_misc_command()
+            self.do_misc_command(sys.argv[1:])
 
         self._save_cache()
 
@@ -373,7 +391,6 @@ class App:
         _response = self._servercmd('assetpackputfinish', {
             'packageversion': version,
         })
-        # print(f'{CLRGRN}Created asset package: {version}{CLREND}')
 
     def _assetpack_put_upload(self, package: AssetPackage, version: str,
                               files: List[str]) -> None:
@@ -383,7 +400,7 @@ class App:
         for fnum, fname in enumerate(files):
             print(
                 f'{CLRBLU}Uploading file {fnum+1} of {len(files)}: '
-                f'"{fname}"...{CLREND}',
+                f'{fname}{CLREND}',
                 flush=True)
             with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:
                 asset = package.assets[fname]
@@ -403,12 +420,12 @@ class App:
                         files=putfiles,
                     )
 
-    def do_misc_command(self) -> None:
+    def do_misc_command(self, args: List[str]) -> None:
         """Run a miscellaneous command."""
 
         # We don't do anything special with the response here; the normal
         # error-handling/message-printing is all that happens.
-        self._servercmd('misc', {'a': sys.argv[1:]})
+        self._servercmd('misc', {'a': args})
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/tools/efrotools/pybuild.py b/tools/efrotools/pybuild.py
index 1a2fbc03..84079955 100644
--- a/tools/efrotools/pybuild.py
+++ b/tools/efrotools/pybuild.py
@@ -215,6 +215,20 @@ def build_android(rootdir: str, arch: str, debug: bool = False) -> None:
                   '"')
     os.chdir(builddir)
 
+    # It seems we now need 'autopoint' as part of this build, but on mac it
+    # is not available on the normal path, but only as part of the keg-only
+    # gettext homebrew formula.
+    if (subprocess.run('which autopoint', shell=True, check=False).returncode
+            != 0):
+        print("Updating path for mac autopoint...")
+        appath = subprocess.run('brew ls gettext | grep bin/autopoint',
+                                shell=True,
+                                check=True,
+                                capture_output=True)
+        appathout = os.path.dirname(appath.stdout.decode().strip())
+        os.environ['PATH'] += (':' + appathout)
+        print(f'ADDED "{appathout}" TO SYS PATH...')
+
     # Commit from Dec 6th, 2018.  Looks like right after this one the repo
     # switched to ndk r19 beta 2 and now seems to require r19, so we can
     # try switching back to master one r19 comes down the pipe.
@@ -265,8 +279,8 @@ def build_android(rootdir: str, arch: str, debug: bool = False) -> None:
                                      "'./configure', '--with-pydebug',")
 
     # We don't use this stuff so lets strip it out to simplify.
-    ftxt = efrotools.replace_one(ftxt, "'--with-system-ffi',", "")
-    ftxt = efrotools.replace_one(ftxt, "'--with-system-expat',", "")
+    # ftxt = efrotools.replace_one(ftxt, "'--with-system-ffi',", "")
+    # ftxt = efrotools.replace_one(ftxt, "'--with-system-expat',", "")
     ftxt = efrotools.replace_one(ftxt, "'--without-ensurepip',", "")
 
     # This builds all modules as dynamic libs, but we want to be consistent
@@ -274,11 +288,17 @@ def build_android(rootdir: str, arch: str, debug: bool = False) -> None:
     # need... so to change that we'll need to add a hook for ourself after
     # python is downloaded but before it is built so we can muck with it.
     ftxt = efrotools.replace_one(
-        ftxt, '    def prepare(self):',
-        '    def prepare(self):\n        import os\n'
+        ftxt, '    def build(self):',
+        '    def build(self):\n        import os\n'
         '        if os.system(\'"' + rootdir +
         '/tools/snippets" python_android_patch "' + os.getcwd() +
         '"\') != 0: raise Exception("patch apply failed")')
+    # ftxt = efrotools.replace_one(
+    #     ftxt, '    def prepare(self):',
+    #     '    def prepare(self):\n        import os\n'
+    #     '        if os.system(\'"' + rootdir +
+    #     '/tools/snippets" python_android_patch "' + os.getcwd() +
+    #     '"\') != 0: raise Exception("patch apply failed")')
 
     efrotools.writefile('pybuild/packages/python.py', ftxt)
 
@@ -291,10 +311,15 @@ def build_android(rootdir: str, arch: str, debug: bool = False) -> None:
 
         # Check out a particular commit right after the clone.
         ftxt = efrotools.replace_one(
-            ftxt,
-            "'git', 'clone', '-b', self.branch, self.source_url, self.dest])",
-            "'git', 'clone', '-b', self.branch, self.source_url, self.dest])\n"
-            "        run_in_dir(['git', 'checkout', '" + commit +
+            ftxt, "'git', 'clone', '--single-branch', '-b',"
+            " self.branch, self.source_url, self.dest])",
+            "'git', 'clone', '-b',"
+            " self.branch, self.source_url, self.dest])\n"
+            "        # efro: hack to get the python we want.\n"
+            "        print('DOING URL', self.source_url)\n"
+            "        if self.source_url == "
+            "'https://github.com/python/cpython/':\n"
+            "            run_in_dir(['git', 'checkout', '" + commit +
             "'], self.source_dir)")
         efrotools.writefile('pybuild/source.py', ftxt)
     ftxt = efrotools.readfile('pybuild/util.py')