diff --git a/src/punk86.vfs/lib/app-shellspy/shellspy.tcl b/src/punk86.vfs/lib/app-shellspy/shellspy.tcl
index 00dd2a43..97a64bf2 100644
--- a/src/punk86.vfs/lib/app-shellspy/shellspy.tcl
+++ b/src/punk86.vfs/lib/app-shellspy/shellspy.tcl
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ package provide app-shellspy 1.0
 #fconfigure stdout -encoding utf-16le
 
 #tcl::tm::remove {*}[tcl::tm::list]
+set original_tm_list [tcl::tm::list]
+tcl::tm::remove {*}$original_tm_list
 
 #add dir outside of tclkit/exe so we can override with higher versions if necessary without rebuilding 
 set m_dir [file normalize [file join [file dirname [info nameofexecutable]] modules]]
@@ -71,11 +73,22 @@ if {[file extension $arg1] in [list .tCl]} {
 #set m_dir [file join $starkit::topdir modules]
 
 #lappend auto_path c:/tcl/lib/tcllib1.20
+
+#require core modules only from punk distribution  (REVIEW - override option?)
 package require flagfilter
 package require shellfilter
 package require Thread
 package require punk
 
+#restore module paths 
+set tm_list_now [tcl::tm::list]
+foreach p [$original_tm_list] {
+    if {$p ni $tm_list_now} {
+        tcl::tm::add $p
+    }
+}
+
+
 #package require packageTrace
 
 set ::testconfig 5