diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 74609001..56148cfc 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as os from 'os'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as readPkg from 'read-pkg'
 
+import {Hooks} from './hooks'
 import {PJSON} from './pjson'
 import * as Plugin from './plugin'
 
@@ -147,15 +148,17 @@ export class Config extends Plugin.Plugin implements IConfig {
     debug('config done')
   }
 
-  async runHook<T extends {}>(event: string, opts?: T) {
+  async runHook<T extends Hooks, K extends keyof T>(event: K, opts: T[K]) {
     debug('start %s hook', event)
-    await super.runHook(event, {...opts || {}, config: this})
+    await super.runHook<T, K>(event, {...opts || {} as any, config: this})
     debug('done %s hook', event)
   }
 
   async runCommand(id: string, argv: string[] = []) {
+    await this.runHook('init', {id})
     debug('runCommand %s %o', id, argv)
     const cmd = this.findCommand(id, {must: true}).load()
+    await this.runHook('prerun', {Command: cmd, argv})
     await cmd.run(argv, this)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hooks.ts b/src/hooks.ts
index 53c72676..9661abc4 100644
--- a/src/hooks.ts
+++ b/src/hooks.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ import * as Config from '.'
 
 export interface Hooks {
   init: {id: string}
+  prerun: {
+    Command: Config.Command.Class
+    argv: string[]
+  }
   update: {}
   'command_not_found': {id: string},
   'plugins:parse': {
     pjson: Config.IPlugin
   }
-  prerun: {
-    Command: Config.Command.Class
-    argv: string[]
-  }
 }
 
 export type Hook<K extends keyof Hooks> = (options: Hooks[K] & {config: Config.IConfig}) => any
diff --git a/src/plugin.ts b/src/plugin.ts
index fdad92a0..5ab9a48c 100644
--- a/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugin.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import * as readPkg from 'read-pkg'
 import {inspect} from 'util'
 
 import {Command} from './command'
+import {Hooks} from './hooks'
 import {Manifest} from './manifest'
 import {PJSON} from './pjson'
 import {Topic} from './topic'
 import {tsPath} from './ts_node'
-import {undefault} from './util'
 
 export interface Options {
   root: string
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export interface IPlugin {
   findCommand(id: string, opts?: {must: boolean}): Command.Plugin | undefined
   findTopic(id: string, opts: {must: true}): Topic
   findTopic(id: string, opts?: {must: boolean}): Topic | undefined
-  runHook<T extends {}>(event: string, opts?: T): Promise<void>
+  runHook<T extends Hooks, K extends keyof T>(event: K, opts: T[K]): Promise<void>
 }
 
 const debug = require('debug')('@anycli/config')
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ export class Plugin implements IPlugin {
   _findCommand(id: string): Command.Class {
     const search = (cmd: any) => {
       if (_.isFunction(cmd.run)) return cmd
+      if (cmd.default && cmd.default.run) return cmd.default
       return Object.values(cmd).find((cmd: any) => _.isFunction(cmd.run))
     }
     const p = require.resolve(path.join(this.commandsDir!, ...id.split(':')))
@@ -189,13 +190,19 @@ export class Plugin implements IPlugin {
     if (opts.must) throw new Error(`topic ${name} not found`)
   }
 
-  async runHook<T extends {}>(event: string, opts?: T) {
+  async runHook<T extends Hooks, K extends keyof T>(event: K, opts: T[K]) {
     const promises = (this.hooks[event] || [])
     .map(async hook => {
       try {
         const p = tsPath(this.root, hook)
         debug('hook', event, p)
-        await undefault(require(p))(opts)
+        const search = (m: any) => {
+          if (_.isFunction(m)) return m
+          if (m.default && _.isFunction(m.default)) return m.default
+          return Object.values(m).find((m: any) => _.isFunction(m))
+        }
+
+        await search(require(p))(opts)
       } catch (err) {
         if (err.code === 'EEXIT') throw err
         cli.warn(err)
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c00c7014..00000000
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-export interface IESModule<T> {
-  __esModule: true
-  default: T
-}
-
-export function undefault<T>(obj: T | IESModule<T>): T {
-  if ((obj as any).__esModule === true) return (obj as any).default
-  return obj as any
-}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/package.json b/test/fixtures/typescript/package.json
index 9eaccc34..e9d298c3 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/typescript/package.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   "anycli": {
     "commands": "./lib/commands",
     "hooks": {
-      "init": "./lib/hooks/init"
+      "init": "./lib/hooks/init",
+      "prerun": ["./lib/hooks/prerun"]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/src/hooks/init.ts b/test/fixtures/typescript/src/hooks/init.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..541b97a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript/src/hooks/init.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function init() {
+  console.log('running ts init hook')
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/typescript/src/hooks/prerun.ts b/test/fixtures/typescript/src/hooks/prerun.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60afddd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/typescript/src/hooks/prerun.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default function prerun() {
+  console.log('running ts prerun hook')
+}
diff --git a/test/typescript.test.ts b/test/typescript.test.ts
index 2ca5b292..5dca3377 100644
--- a/test/typescript.test.ts
+++ b/test/typescript.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import {expect, fancy} from 'fancy-test'
 import * as path from 'path'
 
 import * as Config from '../src'
 
+import {expect, fancy} from './test'
+
 const root = path.resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/typescript')
 const p = (p: string) => path.join(root, p)
 
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@ describe('typescript', () => {
 
   withConfig
   .stdout()
-  .it('runs ts command', async ctx => {
-    ctx.config.runCommand('foo:bar:baz')
-    expect(ctx.stdout).to.equal('it works!\n')
+  .it('runs ts command init, and prerun hooks', async ctx => {
+    await ctx.config.runCommand('foo:bar:baz')
+    expect(ctx.stdout).to.equal('running ts init hook\nrunning ts prerun hook\nit works!\n')
   })
 })