diff --git a/aowow b/aowow
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3a0fee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aowow
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+require 'includes/shared.php';
+
+if (!CLI)
+    die("this script must be run from CLI\n");
+if (CLI && getcwd().DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'aowow' != __FILE__)
+    die("this script must be run from root directory\n");
+else
+    require 'setup/setup.php';
+
+?>
diff --git a/includes/shared.php b/includes/shared.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b5f5248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/shared.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+define('AOWOW_REVISION', 1);
+define('CLI', PHP_SAPI === 'cli');
+
+
+$reqExt = ['SimpleXML', 'gd', 'mysqli', 'mbstring'];
+$error  = '';
+foreach ($reqExt as $r)
+    if (!extension_loaded($r))
+        $error .= 'Required Extension <b>'.$r."</b> was not found. Please check if it should exist, using \"<i>php -m</i>\"\n\n";
+
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.5.0') < 0)
+    $error .= 'PHP Version <b>5.5.0</b> or higher required! Your version is <b>'.PHP_VERSION."</b>.\nCore functions are unavailable!\n";
+
+if ($error)
+{
+    echo CLI ? strip_tags($error) : $error;
+    die();
+}
+
+
+// include all necessities, set up basics
+require_once 'includes/kernel.php';
+
+?>
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 2be36d64..20ae26ee 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,38 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 
-define('AOWOW_REVISION', 1);
-define('CLI', PHP_SAPI === 'cli');
-
-
-$reqExt = ['SimpleXML', 'gd', 'mysqli', 'mbstring'];
-$error  = '';
-foreach ($reqExt as $r)
-    if (!extension_loaded($r))
-        $error .= 'Required Extension <b>'.$r."</b> was not found. Please check if it should exist, using \"<i>php -m</i>\"\n\n";
-
-if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.5.0') < 0)
-    $error .= 'PHP Version <b>5.5.0</b> or higher required! Your version is <b>'.PHP_VERSION."</b>.\nCore functions are unavailable!\n";
-
-// not in root dir
-if (CLI && getcwd().DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'index.php' != __FILE__)
-    $error .= "Aowow must be used from root directory\n";
-
-if ($error)
-{
-    echo CLI ? strip_tags($error) : $error;
-    die();
-}
-
-
-// include all necessities, set up basics
-require_once 'includes/kernel.php';
-
+require 'includes/shared.php';
 
 if (CLI)
-{
-    require 'setup/setup.php';
-    die();
-}
+    die("this script must not be run from CLI.\nto setup aowow use 'php aowow'\n");
 
 
 // maybe add additional setup checks?
diff --git a/setup/tools/fileGen.class.php b/setup/tools/fileGen.class.php
index 236d410c..f6344711 100644
--- a/setup/tools/fileGen.class.php
+++ b/setup/tools/fileGen.class.php
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class FileGen
 
     public static function printCLIHelp()
     {
-        echo "\nusage: php index.php --build=<subScriptList,> [-h --help] [-f --force]\n\n";
+        echo "\nusage: php aowow --build=<subScriptList,> [-h --help] [-f --force]\n\n";
         echo "--build    : available subScripts:\n";
         foreach (array_merge(array_keys(self::$tplFiles), array_keys(self::$datasets)) as $s)
         {
diff --git a/setup/tools/sqlGen.class.php b/setup/tools/sqlGen.class.php
index 30dcfeae..44bd0018 100644
--- a/setup/tools/sqlGen.class.php
+++ b/setup/tools/sqlGen.class.php
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class SqlGen
 
     public static function printCLIHelp()
     {
-        echo "\nusage: php index.php --sql=<tableList,> [-h --help]\n\n";
+        echo "\nusage: php aowow --sql=<tableList,> [-h --help]\n\n";
         echo "--sql              : available tables:\n";
         foreach (self::$tables as $t => $info)
             echo " * ".str_pad($t, 24).(isset($info[3]) ? ' - TC deps: '.implode(', ', $info[3]) : '').(isset($info[2]) ? ' - Aowow deps: '.implode(', ', $info[2]) : '')."\n";