diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 94534dbe6..fbd811e33 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   fmt.Sprintf("%s [IMAGE]", internal.ApplicationName),
-	Short: "A container image BOM tool", // TODO: add copy
+	Use:   fmt.Sprintf("%s [SOURCE]", internal.ApplicationName),
+	Short: "A tool that generates a Software Build Of Materials (SBOM)",
 	Long: internal.Tprintf(`\
 Supports the following image sources:
     {{.appName}} yourrepo/yourimage:tag             defaults to using images from a docker daemon
     {{.appName}} docker://yourrepo/yourimage:tag    explicitly use the docker daemon
-    {{.appName}} tar://path/to/yourimage.tar        use a tarball from disk
+	{{.appName}} tar://path/to/yourimage.tar        use a tarball from disk
+	{{.appName}} dir://path/to/yourproject          read directly from a path in disk
 `, map[string]interface{}{
 		"appName": internal.ApplicationName,
 	}),
@@ -44,38 +45,38 @@ func init() {
 	)
 }
 
-func startWorker(userImage string) <-chan error {
+func startWorker(userInput string) <-chan error {
 	errs := make(chan error)
 	go func() {
 		defer close(errs)
-
-		log.Infof("Fetching image '%s'", userImage)
-		img, err := stereoscope.GetImage(userImage)
-		if err != nil {
-			errs <- fmt.Errorf("could not fetch image '%s': %w", userImage, err)
-			return
-		}
-		defer stereoscope.Cleanup()
-
-		log.Info("Identifying Distro")
-		distro := imgbom.IdentifyDistro(img)
-		if distro == nil {
-			log.Errorf("error identifying distro")
-		} else {
-			log.Infof("  Distro: %s", distro)
-		}
-
-		log.Info("Cataloging image")
-		catalog, err := imgbom.CatalogImage(img, appConfig.ScopeOpt)
+		protocol := imgbom.NewProtocol(userInput)
+		fmt.Printf("protocol: %+v", protocol)
+		catalog, err := imgbom.Catalog(protocol, appConfig.ScopeOpt)
 		if err != nil {
 			errs <- fmt.Errorf("could not catalog image: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		log.Info("Complete!")
-		bus.Publish(partybus.Event{
-			Type:  event.CatalogerFinished,
-			Value: presenter.GetPresenter(appConfig.PresenterOpt, img, catalog),
-		})
+		switch protocol.Type {
+		case imgbom.DirProtocol:
+			log.Info("Cataloging directory")
+			bus.Publish(partybus.Event{
+				Type:  event.CatalogerFinished,
+				Value: presenter.GetDirPresenter(appConfig.PresenterOpt, catalog),
+			})
+		default:
+			log.Info("Cataloging image")
+			log.Infof("Fetching image '%s'", userInput)
+			img, err := stereoscope.GetImage(userInput)
+			if err != nil {
+				errs <- fmt.Errorf("could not fetch image '%s': %w", userInput, err)
+			}
+			defer stereoscope.Cleanup()
+
+			bus.Publish(partybus.Event{
+				Type:  event.CatalogerFinished,
+				Value: presenter.GetImgPresenter(appConfig.PresenterOpt, img, catalog),
+			})
+		}
 	}()
 	return errs
 }
@@ -86,4 +87,5 @@ func doRunCmd(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) int {
 	ux := ui.Select(appConfig.CliOptions.Verbosity > 0, appConfig.Quiet)
 
 	return ux(errs, eventSubscription)
+
 }
diff --git a/imgbom/presenter/json/presenter.go b/imgbom/presenter/json/presenter.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 995b36f98..000000000
--- a/imgbom/presenter/json/presenter.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-package json
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"io"
-
-	"github.com/anchore/imgbom/imgbom/pkg"
-	"github.com/anchore/imgbom/internal/log"
-	stereoscopeImg "github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/image"
-)
-
-type Presenter struct {
-	img     *stereoscopeImg.Image
-	catalog *pkg.Catalog
-}
-
-func NewPresenter(img *stereoscopeImg.Image, catalog *pkg.Catalog) *Presenter {
-	return &Presenter{
-		img:     img,
-		catalog: catalog,
-	}
-}
-
-type document struct {
-	Image     image      `json:"image"`
-	Artifacts []artifact `json:"artifacts"`
-}
-
-type image struct {
-	Layers    []layer  `json:"layers"`
-	Size      int64    `json:"size"`
-	Digest    string   `json:"digest"`
-	MediaType string   `json:"mediaType"`
-	Tags      []string `json:"tags"`
-}
-
-type layer struct {
-	MediaType string `json:"mediaType"`
-	Digest    string `json:"digest"`
-	Size      int64  `json:"size"`
-}
-
-type source struct {
-	FoundBy string   `json:"foundBy"`
-	Layer   int      `json:"layer"`
-	Effects []string `json:"effects"`
-}
-
-type artifact struct {
-	Name      string      `json:"name"`
-	Version   string      `json:"version"`
-	Type      string      `json:"type"`
-	Cataloger string      `json:"cataloger"`
-	Sources   []source    `json:"sources"`
-	Metadata  interface{} `json:"metadata"`
-}
-
-func (pres *Presenter) Present(output io.Writer) error {
-	tags := make([]string, len(pres.img.Metadata.Tags))
-	for idx, tag := range pres.img.Metadata.Tags {
-		tags[idx] = tag.String()
-	}
-
-	doc := document{
-		Image: image{
-			Digest:    pres.img.Metadata.Digest,
-			Size:      pres.img.Metadata.Size,
-			MediaType: string(pres.img.Metadata.MediaType),
-			Tags:      tags,
-			Layers:    make([]layer, len(pres.img.Layers)),
-		},
-		Artifacts: make([]artifact, 0),
-	}
-
-	// populate image...
-	for idx, l := range pres.img.Layers {
-		doc.Image.Layers[idx] = layer{
-			MediaType: string(l.Metadata.MediaType),
-			Digest:    l.Metadata.Digest,
-			Size:      l.Metadata.Size,
-		}
-	}
-
-	// populate artifacts...
-	for p := range pres.catalog.Enumerate() {
-		art := artifact{
-			Name:     p.Name,
-			Version:  p.Version,
-			Type:     p.Type.String(),
-			Sources:  make([]source, len(p.Source)),
-			Metadata: p.Metadata,
-		}
-
-		for idx, src := range p.Source {
-			fileMetadata, err := pres.img.FileCatalog.Get(src)
-			if err != nil {
-				// TODO: test case
-				log.Errorf("could not get metadata from catalog (presenter=json): %+v", src)
-			}
-
-			srcObj := source{
-				FoundBy: p.FoundBy,
-				Layer:   int(fileMetadata.Source.Metadata.Index),
-				Effects: []string{}, // TODO
-			}
-			art.Sources[idx] = srcObj
-		}
-
-		doc.Artifacts = append(doc.Artifacts, art)
-	}
-
-	bytes, err := json.Marshal(&doc)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("failed to marshal json (presenter=json): %w", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = output.Write(bytes)
-	return err
-}