diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1bb6c19..6d89a64 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ function(use_townengine target sources output_directory data_dir)
         endif()
 
         set_target_properties(${target}_app PROPERTIES
-                                            OUTPUT_NAME launcher
+                                            OUTPUT_NAME ${target}
                                             LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${output_directory}
                                             RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${output_directory})
 
@@ -306,47 +306,6 @@ function(use_townengine target sources output_directory data_dir)
                                    COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS)
         endif()
 
-        # bootstrapping scripts are used to setup the expected state for an application
-        set(TWN_BOOTSTRAP_EXEC_ARGS
-                "$<IF:$<BOOL:${TWN_ARCHIVE_DATA}>,--data-dir ./data.${PACKAGE_EXTENSION},--data-dir ${data_dir}>")
-
-        # todo: generate by python script instead
-        # todo: handle the case where no numerical trace exists
-        string(JOIN "\n" TWN_BOOTSTRAP_SH
-                         "#!/bin/env sh"
-                         "cd \"$(dirname \"$0\")\""
-                         "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:./\""
-                         "if [ \"\$1\" = \"gdb\" ]; then"
-                         "    unset DEBUGINFOD_URLS"
-                         "    gdb -ex run --args ./launcher ${TWN_BOOTSTRAP_EXEC_ARGS}"
-                         "elif [ \"\$1\" = \"apitrace-take\" ]; then"
-                         "    export ASAN_OPTIONS=verify_asan_link_order=0"
-                         "    export LD_PRELOAD=\"/usr/lib/libubsan.so.1 /usr/lib/apitrace/wrappers/glxtrace.so \$LD_PRELOAD\""
-                         "    ./launcher ${TWN_BOOTSTRAP_EXEC_ARGS}"
-                         "elif [ \"\$1\" = \"apitrace-use\" ]; then"
-                         "    traces=( launcher.*.trace )"
-                         "    trace=\${traces[-1]}"
-                         "    qapitrace \${trace}"
-                         "else"
-                         "    ./launcher ${TWN_BOOTSTRAP_EXEC_ARGS}"
-                         "fi"
-                         "")
-
-        FILE(GENERATE OUTPUT ${output_directory}/${target}
-             CONTENT "${TWN_BOOTSTRAP_SH}"
-             FILE_PERMISSIONS OWNER_EXECUTE OWNER_WRITE OWNER_READ)
-
-        if(WIN32)
-                string(JOIN "\n" TWN_BOOTSTRAP_BAT
-                                 "pushd \"%~dp0\""
-                                 "launcher ${TWN_BOOTSTRAP_EXEC_ARGS}"
-                                 "")
-
-                FILE(GENERATE OUTPUT ${output_directory}/${target}.bat
-                     CONTENT "${TWN_BOOTSTRAP_BAT}"
-                     FILE_PERMISSIONS OWNER_EXECUTE OWNER_WRITE OWNER_READ)
-        endif()
-
         if (TWN_ARCHIVE_DATA)
                 # zip up assets
                 add_custom_target(archive-data ALL
diff --git a/tools/twn b/tools/twn
index b70817e..e346d80 100755
--- a/tools/twn
+++ b/tools/twn
@@ -7,9 +7,32 @@ toolpath="$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 export TWNROOT=$(realpath "$toolpath"/../)
 export TWNBUILDDIR=$(realpath "$toolpath"/../.build)
 
+exe="$(basename $PWD)"
+
 case "$1" in
-    build ) "$toolpath"/build.sh "${@:2}"
-            ;;
-    *     ) echo "Unknown command."
-            ;;
+    build    ) "$toolpath"/build.sh "${@:2}"
+               ;;
+
+    gdb      ) unset DEBUGINFOD_URLS
+               gdb -ex run --args "$(basename $PWD)" "${@:2}"
+               ;;
+
+    apitrace ) case "$2" in
+        take ) export ASAN_OPTIONS=verify_asan_link_order=0
+               export LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libubsan.so /usr/lib/apitrace/wrappers/glxtrace.so $LD_PRELOAD"
+               ./$exe "${@:3}"
+               ;;
+
+        show ) traces=( "$exe.*.trace" )
+               trace=${traces[-1]}
+               if [ "$trace" = "$exe.*.trace" ]; then
+                   trace="$exe.trace"
+               fi
+               qapitrace ${trace}
+               ;;
+    esac
+               ;;
+
+    *        ) echo "Unknown command."
+               ;;
 esac