diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9333937f..7dab56e6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ updatedeps: versioncheck
 	$(MAKE) cleandeps
 
 cleandeps:
-	set -e; for dir in $(shell ls -d1 pkg/* cmd/*); do \
+	set -e; for dir in $(shell ls -d1 pkg/* pkg/snclient/commands cmd/*); do \
 		( cd ./$$dir && $(GO) mod tidy ); \
 	done
 	$(GO) mod tidy
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ go.work: pkg/*
 	$(GO) work use \
 		. \
 		pkg/* \
-		pkg/snclient/cmd \
+		pkg/snclient/commands \
 		cmd/* \
 		buildtools/. \
 		t/. \
@@ -204,16 +204,16 @@ rsrc_windows_arm64.syso: winres | tools
 	${TOOLSFOLDER}/go-winres make --arch arm64
 
 test: vendor
-	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test -short -v $(TEST_FLAGS) pkg/* pkg/*/cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test -short -v $(TEST_FLAGS) pkg/* pkg/*/commands
 	if grep -Irn TODO: ./cmd/ ./pkg/ ./packaging/ ; then exit 1; fi
 	if grep -Irn Dump ./cmd/ ./pkg/ | grep -v dump.go | grep -v DumpRe | grep -v ThreadDump; then exit 1; fi
 
 # test with filter
 testf: vendor
-	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test -short -v $(TEST_FLAGS) pkg/* pkg/*/cmd -run "$(filter-out $@,$(MAKECMDGOALS))" 2>&1 | grep -v "no test files" | grep -v "no tests to run" | grep -v "^PASS"
+	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test -short -v $(TEST_FLAGS) pkg/* pkg/*/commands -run "$(filter-out $@,$(MAKECMDGOALS))" 2>&1 | grep -v "no test files" | grep -v "no tests to run" | grep -v "^PASS"
 
 longtest: vendor
-	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test -v $(TEST_FLAGS) pkg/* pkg/*/cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test -v $(TEST_FLAGS) pkg/* pkg/*/commands
 
 citest: tools vendor
 	#
@@ -269,19 +269,19 @@ citest: tools vendor
 	#
 
 benchmark:
-	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test $(TEST_FLAGS) -v -bench=B\* -run=^$$ -benchmem ./pkg/* pkg/*/cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test $(TEST_FLAGS) -v -bench=B\* -run=^$$ -benchmem ./pkg/* pkg/*/commands
 
 racetest:
 	# go: -race requires cgo, so do not use the macro here
-	$(GO) test -race $(TEST_FLAGS) -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./pkg/* pkg/*/cmd
+	$(GO) test -race $(TEST_FLAGS) -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./pkg/* pkg/*/commands
 
 covertest:
-	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test -v $(TEST_FLAGS) -coverprofile=cover.out ./pkg/* pkg/*/cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test -v $(TEST_FLAGS) -coverprofile=cover.out ./pkg/* pkg/*/commands
 	$(GO) tool cover -func=cover.out
 	$(GO) tool cover -html=cover.out -o coverage.html
 
 coverweb:
-	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test -v $(TEST_FLAGS) -coverprofile=cover.out ./pkg/* pkg/*/cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(GO) test -v $(TEST_FLAGS) -coverprofile=cover.out ./pkg/* pkg/*/commands
 	$(GO) tool cover -html=cover.out
 
 clean:
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ golangci: tools
 	# golangci combines a few static code analyzer
 	# See https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
 	#
-	@set -e; for dir in $$(ls -1d pkg/* pkg/snclient/cmd cmd t); do \
+	@set -e; for dir in $$(ls -1d pkg/* pkg/snclient/commands cmd t); do \
 		echo $$dir; \
 		if [ $$dir != "pkg/eventlog" ]; then \
 			echo "  - GOOS=linux"; \
diff --git a/cmd/snclient/main.go b/cmd/snclient/main.go
index 6acd0efb..c113682b 100644
--- a/cmd/snclient/main.go
+++ b/cmd/snclient/main.go
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
-	"pkg/snclient/cmd"
+	"pkg/snclient/commands"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+	if err := commands.Execute(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4957ce8f..8c8b397a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ replace pkg/nrpe => ./pkg/nrpe
 
 replace pkg/snclient => ./pkg/snclient
 
-replace pkg/snclient/cmd => ./pkg/snclient/cmd
+replace pkg/snclient/commands => ./pkg/snclient/commands
 
 replace pkg/utils => ./pkg/utils
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ replace github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 => github.com/sni/gopsutil/v3 v3.0.0-20240
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	pkg/snclient/cmd v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	pkg/snclient/commands v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	pkg/utils v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 )
 
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20200706080929-d51e80ef957d // indirect
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.58 // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1 // indirect
 	github.com/petermattis/goid v0.0.0-20231207134359-e60b3f734c67 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55 // indirect
@@ -63,10 +62,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.51.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.13.0 // indirect
-	github.com/reeflective/readline v1.0.13 // indirect
+	github.com/reeflective/readline v1.0.14 // indirect
 	github.com/rickb777/date v1.20.6 // indirect
 	github.com/rickb777/plural v1.4.1 // indirect
-	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 // indirect
 	github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/sassoftware/go-rpmutils v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sevlyar/go-daemon v0.1.6 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4852f5ca..306810da 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+W
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.1/go.mod h1:zj2OWP4+oCPe1qIXoGWkgMRwljMUYCdkwsT2108oapk=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7JYyY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.2/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1 h1:KYppCUK+bUgAZwHOu7EXVBKyQA6ILvOESHkn/tgoqvo=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1/go.mod h1:y40C95dwAD1Nz36SsEnxvfFe8FFfNxzI5eJ0EYGyAy0=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10 h1:naR28SdDFlqrG6kScpT8VWpu1xWY5nJRCF3XaYyBjhI=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:RsS8tutOdbdgzbPtzzATp12yT7kM5I5aElG3evPbQ0M=
 github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.0 h1:dCI/t1iTdYGtkvCuBG2BgR6KZa83PTclw4U5n2wAllU=
 github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.0/go.mod h1:ECfuL02W+/FkTWZWgQqXPWZgW9oeKCSQ5qVfSc4qc4w=
 github.com/petermattis/goid v0.0.0-20180202154549-b0b1615b78e5/go.mod h1:jvVRKCrJTQWu0XVbaOlby/2lO20uSCHEMzzplHXte1o=
@@ -93,16 +93,16 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.51.0 h1:vT5R9NAlW4V6k8Wruk7ikrHaHRsrPbduM/cKTOdQ
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.51.0/go.mod h1:wHFBCEVWVmHMUpg7pYcOm2QUR/ocQdYSJVQJKnHc3xQ=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.13.0 h1:GqzLlQyfsPbaEHaQkO7tbDlriv/4o5Hudv6OXHGKX7o=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.13.0/go.mod h1:cd4PFCR54QLnGKPaKGA6l+cfuNXtht43ZKY6tow0Y1g=
-github.com/reeflective/readline v1.0.13 h1:TeJmYw9B7VRPZWfNExr9QHxL1m0iSicyqBSQIRn39Ss=
-github.com/reeflective/readline v1.0.13/go.mod h1:3iOe/qyb2jEy0KqLrNlb/CojBVqxga9ACqz/VU22H6A=
+github.com/reeflective/readline v1.0.14 h1:sgKLpi3figH8IcWx3Hu3rCeGJQ6W+6KtZ3PTdcAD3jA=
+github.com/reeflective/readline v1.0.14/go.mod h1:3iOe/qyb2jEy0KqLrNlb/CojBVqxga9ACqz/VU22H6A=
 github.com/rickb777/date v1.14.2/go.mod h1:swmf05C+hN+m8/Xh7gEq3uB6QJDNc5pQBWojKdHetOs=
 github.com/rickb777/date v1.20.6 h1:DQ4QZDcJt+CytSnkFgL0JtQWO0NXN3SaXcTUovoxXhk=
 github.com/rickb777/date v1.20.6/go.mod h1:k/6AwXJ0l62oPgZlZ60/Jnf3m+6aTIJQ5Wp/gMpUhSg=
 github.com/rickb777/plural v1.2.2/go.mod h1:xyHbelv4YvJE51gjMnHvk+U2e9zIysg6lTnSQK8XUYA=
 github.com/rickb777/plural v1.4.1 h1:5MMLcbIaapLFmvDGRT5iPk8877hpTPt8Y9cdSKRw9sU=
 github.com/rickb777/plural v1.4.1/go.mod h1:kdmXUpmKBJTS0FtG/TFumd//VBWsNTD7zOw7x4umxNw=
-github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 h1:WUdvkW8uEhrYfLC4ZzdpI2ztxP1I582+49Oc5Mq64VQ=
-github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 h1:8TfxU8dW6PdqD27gjM8MVNuicgxIjxpm4K7x4jp8sis=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 h1:exVL4IDcn6na9z1rAb56Vxr+CgyK3nn3O+epU5NdKM8=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0/go.mod h1:E+RYuTGaKKdloAfM02xzb0FW3Paa99yedzYV+kq4uf4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/go.mod b/pkg/snclient/cmd/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b402d5f..00000000
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module cmd
-
-go 1.22
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/daemon.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/daemon.go
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/daemon.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/daemon.go
index 295a6cbe..a173fb57 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/daemon.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/daemon.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"pkg/snclient"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/dev.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/dev.go
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/dev.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/dev.go
index 06806fe0..dc2dc0ee 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/dev.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/dev.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"pkg/snclient"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/commands/go.mod b/pkg/snclient/commands/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35902b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module commands
+
+go 1.22
+
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/hash.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/hash.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/hash.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/hash.go
index ac12bc6b..47a39029 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/hash.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/hash.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/install.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/install.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/install.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/install.go
index 68b5f1b3..5e6a470a 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/install.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/install.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //go:build windows
 
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/inventory.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/inventory.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/inventory.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/inventory.go
index 8c884f34..c6e9865f 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/inventory.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/inventory.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"context"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/root.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/root.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/root.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/root.go
index 5378fbaf..360188b3 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/root.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/root.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/root_test.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/root_test.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/root_test.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/root_test.go
index 4738025a..ccf1d171 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/root_test.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/root_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/server.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/server.go
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/server.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/server.go
index c480aab3..49042bd2 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/server.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/server.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"pkg/snclient"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/test.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/test.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/test.go
index 41fc332e..ed2334a0 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/test.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/uninstall.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/uninstall.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/uninstall.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/uninstall.go
index 8c83bef5..f31143ff 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/uninstall.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/uninstall.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //go:build windows
 
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/update.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/update.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/update.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/update.go
index e0c95a2b..f2f93d17 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/update.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/update.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/cmd/winservice.go b/pkg/snclient/commands/winservice.go
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/snclient/cmd/winservice.go
rename to pkg/snclient/commands/winservice.go
index ad344f2d..97e0ac8a 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/cmd/winservice.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/commands/winservice.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //go:build windows
 
-package cmd
+package commands
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/go.mod b/pkg/snclient/go.mod
index e7aba6b5..1719d026 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/snclient/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ replace pkg/nrpe => ../../pkg/nrpe
 
 replace pkg/snclient => ../../pkg/snclient
 
-replace pkg/snclient/cmd => ../../pkg/snclient/cmd
+replace pkg/snclient/commands => ../../pkg/snclient/commands
 
 replace pkg/utils => ../../pkg/utils