diff --git a/build/flecks.yml b/build/flecks.yml
index 955a2f6..9c75ff0 100644
--- a/build/flecks.yml
+++ b/build/flecks.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 '@flecks/core': {}
+'@flecks/core/server':
+  packageManager: yarn
 '@flecks/create-app': {}
 '@flecks/create-fleck': {}
 '@flecks/db': {}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d4f78e..3a9141e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
     "publish": "lerna publish --conventional-commits --contents=dist --registry https://registry.npmjs.org"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@flecks/core": "^2.0.3",
+    "@flecks/core": "*",
     "@flecks/create-app": "*",
     "@flecks/create-fleck": "*",
     "@flecks/db": "*",
     "@flecks/docker": "*",
-    "@flecks/dox": "^2.0.3",
+    "@flecks/dox": "*",
     "@flecks/electron": "*",
     "@flecks/fleck": "*",
     "@flecks/governor": "*",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index ebf5b66..306028b 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "babel-plugin-prepend": "^1.0.2",
     "chai": "4.2.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "7.1.1",
-    "commander": "^8.3.0",
+    "commander": "11.1.0",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^11.0.0",
     "debug": "4.3.1",
     "enhanced-resolve": "^5.9.2",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/server/commands.js b/packages/core/src/server/commands.js
index 48ab564..111cc85 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/server/commands.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/server/commands.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export default (program, flecks) => {
         new Argument('<fleck>', 'fleck'),
       ],
       description: 'add a fleck to your application',
-      action: async (fleck, opts) => {
+      action: async (fleck) => {
         const args = [];
         if ('yarn' === packageManager) {
           args.push('yarn', ['add', fleck]);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export default (program, flecks) => {
     },
     clean: {
       description: 'remove node_modules, lock file, build artifacts, then reinstall',
-      action: (opts) => {
+      action: () => {
         rimraf.sync(join(flecksRoot, 'dist'));
         rimraf.sync(join(flecksRoot, 'node_modules'));
         switch (packageManager) {
diff --git a/packages/create-fleck/src/cli.js b/packages/create-fleck/src/cli.js
index 0c0d7dd..ecbdae3 100644
--- a/packages/create-fleck/src/cli.js
+++ b/packages/create-fleck/src/cli.js
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ const target = async (fleck) => {
 (async () => {
   program.argument('<fleck>', 'name of the fleck to create');
   program.option('--no-add', 'do not add an entry to `build/flecks.yml`');
-  program.action(async (fleck, {add}) => {
+  program.option('--no-alias', 'do not alias the fleck in `build/flecks.yml`');
+  program.action(async (fleck, o) => {
+    const {alias, add} = o;
     try {
       const flecks = await Flecks.bootstrap();
       const {packageManager} = flecks.get('@flecks/core/server');
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ const target = async (fleck) => {
       await fileTree.writeTo(destination);
       await build(packageManager, destination);
       if (isMonorepo && add) {
-        await Flecks.addFleckToYml(name, pkg);
+        await Flecks.addFleckToYml(...[name].concat(alias ? pkg : []));
       }
     }
     catch (error) {