diff --git a/init.zsh b/init.zsh
index 43f7721..b2eeb42 100755
--- a/init.zsh
+++ b/init.zsh
@@ -39,3 +39,43 @@ fi
     fi
   done
 }
+
+zmanage() {
+  local usage="zmanage [action]
+Actions:
+  update       Fetch and merge upstream zim commits if possible
+  info         Print zim and system info
+  issue        Create a template for reporting an issue
+  clean-cache  Clean the zim cache
+  build-cache  Rebuild the zim cache
+  remove       *experimental* Remove zim as best we can
+  reset        Reset zim to the latest commit
+  debug        Invoke the trace-zim script which produces logs
+  help         Print this usage message"
+
+  if (( ${#} != 1 )); then
+    print ${usage}
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  case ${1} in
+    update)      zsh ${ZIM_HOME}/tools/zim_update
+                 ;;
+    info)        zsh ${ZIM_HOME}/tools/zim_info
+                 ;;
+    issue)       zsh ${ZIM_HOME}/tools/zim_issue
+                 ;;
+    clean-cache) source ${ZIM_HOME}/tools/zim_clean_cache && print 'Cache cleaned'
+                 ;;
+    build-cache) source ${ZIM_HOME}/tools/zim_build_cache && print 'Cache rebuilt'
+                 ;;
+    remove)      zsh ${ZIM_HOME}/tools/zim_remove
+                 ;;
+    reset)       zsh ${ZIM_HOME}/tools/zim_reset
+                 ;;
+    debug)       zsh ${ZIM_HOME}/modules/debug/functions/trace-zim
+                 ;;
+    *)           print ${usage}; return 1
+                 ;;
+  esac
+}
diff --git a/modules/meta/README.md b/modules/meta/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 32e4675..0000000
--- a/modules/meta/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Meta
-====
-
-Provides aliases and functions for management of the zim framework, specifically `zmanage`
-
-Usage
------
-
-`zmanage [arg]`
-
-|   Action    |                    Description                      |
-| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
-| update      | Fetches and merges upstream zim commits if possible |
-| info        | Prints zim and system info                          |
-| issue       | Create a template for reporting an issue            |
-| clean-cache | Clean the zim cache                                 |
-| build-cache | Rebuild the zim cache                               |
-| remove      | *experimental* Remove zim as best we can            |
-| reset       | Reset zim to the latest commit                      |
-| help        | Print this usage message                            |
-| debug       | Invokes the trace-zim script which produces logs    |
diff --git a/modules/meta/functions/zmanage b/modules/meta/functions/zmanage
deleted file mode 100644
index 075950c..0000000
--- a/modules/meta/functions/zmanage
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-local usage="${0} [action]
-Actions:
-    | update      | Fetches and merges upstream zim commits if possible |
-    | info        | Prints zim and system info                          |
-    | issue       | Create a template for reporting an issue            |
-    | clean-cache | Clean the zim cache                                 |
-    | build-cache | Rebuild the zim cache                               |
-    | remove      | *experimental* Remove zim as best we can            |
-    | reset       | Reset zim to the latest commit                      |
-    | help        | Print this usage message                            |
-    | debug       | Invokes the trace-zim script which produces logs    |"
-
-if (( ${#} != 1 )); then
-  print ${usage}
-  return 1
-fi
-
-local tools
-tools="${ZIM_HOME}/tools"
-
-case ${1} in
-  update)      zsh ${tools}/zim_update
-               ;;
-  info)        zsh ${tools}/zim_info
-               ;;
-  issue)       zsh ${tools}/zim_issue
-               ;;
-  clean-cache) source ${tools}/zim_clean_cache && print 'Cleaned cache'
-               ;;
-  build-cache) source ${tools}/zim_build_cache && print 'Rebuilt cache'
-               ;;
-  remove)      zsh ${tools}/zim_remove
-               ;;
-  reset)       zsh ${tools}/zim_reset
-               ;;
-  debug)       zsh ${ZIM_HOME}/modules/debug/functions/trace-zim
-               ;;
-  *)           print ${usage}
-               ;;
-esac
diff --git a/templates/zimrc b/templates/zimrc
index 9aad0e6..203a7a6 100644
--- a/templates/zimrc
+++ b/templates/zimrc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # Select what modules you would like enabled.
 # The second line of modules may depend on options set by modules in the first
 # line. These dependencies are noted on the respective module's README.md.
-zmodules=(directory environment git git-info history input utility meta custom \
+zmodules=(directory environment git git-info history input utility custom \
           syntax-highlighting history-substring-search prompt completion)
 
 
diff --git a/tools/zim_issue b/tools/zim_issue
index bff3d6f..722784e 100644
--- a/tools/zim_issue
+++ b/tools/zim_issue
@@ -27,40 +27,25 @@ fi
 cd ${ZIM_HOME}
 
 # collect sys info
-git_dirty=$(command git status --porcelain 2>/dev/null | tail -n1)
-git_ref=$(command git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-zsh_version=$(zsh --version)
-operating_sys=$(uname -a)
+local git_dirty=$(command git status --porcelain 2>/dev/null | tail -n1)
+local zim_info=$(zsh tools/zim_info)
 
+print "Environment Info
+----------------
+${zim_info}
 
+Description
+-----------
+${user_desc}
 
-# we're going to template and build the issue here (as an array for convenience)
+Steps to Reproduce
+------------------
+${user_reproduce}
 
-issue_md=("Environment Info"
-          "----------------"
-	  "- Zim commit ref: ${git_ref}"
-	  "- Zsh version: ${zsh_version}"
-	  "- Operating System Info: ${operating_sys}"
-	  ""
-	  "Description"
-	  "-----------"
-	  "${user_desc}"
-	  ""
-	  "Steps to Reproduce"
-	  "------------------"
-	  "${user_reproduce}"
-	  ""
-	  "Images or other Information"
-	  "---------------------------"
-	  ""
-	  )
-	  
+Images or other Information
+---------------------------
+"
 
-# print the output:
-# hack: we need to iterate over the elements to capture the blank spaces (to print newlines)
-for (( i=0; i < ${#issue_md[@]}; i++ )); do
-  printf '%s\n' ${issue_md[i]}
-done
 
 # if we have a dirty git, report it
 if [[ -n ${git_dirty} ]]; then