diff --git a/clite/commands.js b/clite/commands.js
index 5f7dda6..1587e26 100644
--- a/clite/commands.js
+++ b/clite/commands.js
@@ -491,6 +491,14 @@ Options:
 });
 
 clite.commands.load('reboot',function(args,env,io) {
+	var stdio = io.include('stdio');
+
+	var fd = stdio.open('/dev/initctl',false);
+	if (!fd)
+		return 1;
+	stdio.write(fd,'6'); // switch to runlevel 6, reboot
+	stdio.close(fd);
+
 	return 0;
 });
 
diff --git a/clite/core.js b/clite/core.js
index cd77111..699eabb 100644
--- a/clite/core.js
+++ b/clite/core.js
@@ -177,17 +177,35 @@ var clite = {
 						switch (rli) {
 						case 0:
 							n.data.content.data = 0;
-							// TODO: do something to power off
+							setTimeout(function() {
+								var s = Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName('src'));
+								s.forEach(function(el) {
+									el.parentNode.removeChild(el);
+								});
+								clite.term.preventInput();
+								delete clite;
+								clite = null;
+							},10);
 							break;
-						case 1:
+						case 1: // essentially the booting runlevel
 							n.data.content.data = 1;
 							break;
-						case 3:
+						case 3: // really just a status change, doesn't "do" anything
 							n.data.content.data = 3;
 							break;
 						case 6:
 							n.data.content.data = 6;
-							// TODO: do something to reboot
+							setTimeout(function() {
+								var l = clite.core.load.script;
+								var s = Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName('src'));
+								s.forEach(function(el) {
+									el.parentNode.removeChild(el);
+								});
+								clite.term.preventInput();
+								delete clite;
+								clite = null;
+								l('clite/core.js',function() {setTimeout('clite.init();',10)});
+							},10);
 							break;
 						default:;
 						}
@@ -301,6 +319,12 @@ data/about.txt:/usr/share/site/about:0:0:-rw-rw-r--`;
 					clite.log.write('failed');
 					return;
 				}
+
+				var fd = clite.io.open('/dev/initctl',false);
+				if (fd) {
+					clite.io.write(fd,'3');
+					clite.io.close(fd);
+				}
 				// check cookies for login
 				clite.log.write('Checking for user session');
 				if (clite.user.init(vfsapi)) {// if logged in:
@@ -954,6 +978,7 @@ clite.vfs = {
 			return false;
 		}
 		vfsdata.api.remove = function(path) {
+			// TODO: remove vfs node
 			return false;
 		}