diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1098b4b..454b0b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@ checksum = "f497285884f3fcff424ffc933e56d7cbca511def0c9831a7f9b5f6153e3cc89b"
 name = "roftl"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "cairo-rs",
  "cairo-sys-rs",
  "env_logger",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fd8a996..45fe7c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ walkdir = "2.3.2"
 freedesktop_entry_parser = "1.2.0"
 mlua = { version = "0.6", features = ["lua54", "vendored"] }
 nix = "0.23.0"
-fuse-rust = "0.3.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+fuse-rust = "0.3.0"
+anyhow = "1.0.44"
diff --git a/sh/hello_world.sh b/sh/hello_world.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..263fdc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sh/hello_world.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "hello, world"
+#read hi
+#echo "Said hi $hi"
+#read
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index aa8a2b3..d8ecbb3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         .add_source(sources::Window::new())
         .add_source(sources::Apps::new())
         .add_source(sources::LuaHost::new())
+        .add_source(sources::ShellHost::new())
         .with_matcher(FuseMatcher::new());
 
     debug!{"Source roftl sources"}
diff --git a/src/roftl.rs b/src/roftl.rs
index c89d865..3fb62f0 100644
--- a/src/roftl.rs
+++ b/src/roftl.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::{Arc, Mutex, atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering}}, usize};
-
 use log::debug;
-use rayon::{iter::{IndexedParallelIterator, IntoParallelRefIterator, IntoParallelRefMutIterator, ParallelIterator}, slice::ParallelSliceMut};
+use rayon::prelude::*;
 
 use super::matcher::PrefixMatcher;
 
@@ -63,8 +61,7 @@ impl Roftl {
     }
 
     pub fn source(&mut self) {
-        self.entries = self
-            .sources
+        self.entries = self.sources
             .par_iter_mut()
             .flat_map(|s| s.entries())
             .collect();
diff --git a/src/sources/mod.rs b/src/sources/mod.rs
index 6cce239..d4595bd 100644
--- a/src/sources/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/mod.rs
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ pub use apps::Apps;
 
 mod luahost;
 pub use luahost::LuaHost;
+
+mod shellhost;
+pub use shellhost::ShellHost;
diff --git a/src/sources/shellhost.rs b/src/sources/shellhost.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8adcbf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sources/shellhost.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+use std::{os::unix::prelude::CommandExt, path::PathBuf, process::{Command, Stdio}};
+use log::{debug, error};
+use nix::unistd::{getpid, setpgid};
+use walkdir::WalkDir;
+
+use crate::roftl::{Entry, Source, Action};
+
+pub struct ShellHost {
+    scripts: Vec<PathBuf>,
+}
+
+impl ShellHost {
+    pub fn new() -> Box<ShellHost> {
+        Box::new(ShellHost{ scripts: vec![] })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Source for ShellHost {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "sh"
+    }
+
+    fn entries(&mut self) -> Vec<Entry> {
+        // TODO read from config
+        let script_path = "/home/armin/dev/incubator/roftl/sh";
+
+        // TODO make robust if path does not exist
+        let scripts: Vec<PathBuf> = WalkDir::new(script_path).into_iter()
+            .map(|e| e.unwrap().path().to_path_buf())
+            .collect();
+
+        let mut entries: Vec<Entry> = vec![];
+        for (idx, script) in scripts.iter().enumerate() {
+            entries.push(
+                Entry {
+                    source: self.name(),
+                    name: script.file_stem().unwrap().to_str().unwrap().into(),
+                    description: "".into(),
+                    identifier: idx as u64
+                });
+        }
+        self.scripts = scripts;
+        entries
+    }
+
+    fn action(&self, entry: &Entry, action: Action) {
+
+        let script: &PathBuf = self.scripts.get(entry.identifier as usize).unwrap();
+        debug!{"Got script {:?}", script};
+
+        let mut command = Command::new("xfce4-terminal");
+        let args = vec!["-x", script.to_str().unwrap()];
+        command.args(&args);
+
+        let _ = run_bg(command);
+        debug!{"Executed {:?}", script};
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn run_bg(mut command: Command) {
+    command.stdout(Stdio::null()).stderr(Stdio::null());
+    unsafe {
+        command.pre_exec(|| {
+            let pid = getpid();
+            if let Err(_) = setpgid(pid, pid) {
+                error!{"Failed to set pgid of child process with pid {}", pid};
+            }
+            Ok(())
+        });
+    }
+
+    debug!{"Running command {:?}", command}
+    command.spawn().unwrap();
+}