diff --git a/developer/src/vscode-plugin/src/kmcLdmlCompilerManager.mts b/developer/src/vscode-plugin/src/kmcLdmlCompilerManager.mts
index 0fc0c81319..52709d4a0b 100644
--- a/developer/src/vscode-plugin/src/kmcLdmlCompilerManager.mts
+++ b/developer/src/vscode-plugin/src/kmcLdmlCompilerManager.mts
@@ -2,19 +2,36 @@
  * Keyman is copyright (C) SIL Global. MIT License.
  */
 
-// import { NodeCompilerCallbacks } from "@keymanapp/kmc";
+import { NodeCompilerCallbacks } from "@keymanapp/kmc/build/src/util/NodeCompilerCallbacks.js";
 import { LDMLCompilerManager } from "./ldmlCompilerManager.js";
+import { CompilerCallbackOptions } from "@keymanapp/developer-utils";
+import { LdmlCompilerOptions, LdmlKeyboardCompiler } from "@keymanapp/kmc-ldml";
 
 /**
  * TODO-LDML-EDITOR: should use vscode.workspace.fs.readFile which can read from remote workspaces.
  */
 
 export class KmcLdmlManager implements LDMLCompilerManager {
+    calloptions?: CompilerCallbackOptions;
+    callbacks?: NodeCompilerCallbacks;
+    compoptions?: LdmlCompilerOptions;
+
     async init(): Promise<any> {
         console.log("Initting KmcLdmlManager…");
-        // new NodeCompilerCallbacks({
-        // });
+        this.calloptions = {
+            logLevel: "debug"
+        };
+        this.callbacks = new NodeCompilerCallbacks(this.calloptions);
         console.log("KmcLdmlManager okay!");
+        const k = new LdmlKeyboardCompiler();
+        this.compoptions = {
+            readerOptions: {
+                importsPath: "/Users/srl295/src/cldr/keyboards/import/",
+            }
+        };
+        await k.init(this.callbacks, this.compoptions);
+        // await k.compile();
+        console.log('Initted');
     }
 
 };