diff --git a/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go b/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go
index 1e33dff..9aebb67 100644
--- a/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ const (
 	DUMP_DONE      = "done"
 )
 
+type config struct {
+	targets []string
+	mergeme string
+	root    string
+	tags    []string
+	search  string
+	edit    bool
+	dry     bool
+}
+
 func main() {
 	if err := _main(); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -32,42 +42,45 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func _main() error {
+	config := getConfig()
+	if config.mergeme != "" {
+		if err := merge(config.dry, config.targets[0], config.mergeme); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if config.edit {
+		if err := edit(config.dry, config.targets); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return dump(config.dry, os.Stdout, config.targets, config.tags, config.search, config.root)
+}
+
+func getConfig() config {
 	defaultFilepath, ok := os.LookupEnv("PTTODO_FILE")
 	if !ok {
 		defaultFilepath = "./todo.yaml"
 	}
-	filepath := flag.String("f", defaultFilepath, "($PTTODO_FILE) path to yaml file or dir (starting with root then alphabetical for dir)")
-	filepathToMergeIn := flag.String("g", "", "path to yaml file to merge into -f (modifies f)")
-	root := flag.String("root", DUMP_TODO, "path to pretty print ("+fmt.Sprint([]string{DUMP_ALL, DUMP_TODO, DUMP_SCHEDULED, DUMP_DONE})+")")
-	tags := flag.String("tags", "", "csv of all tags to find, -tag to invert")
-	search := flag.String("search", "", "fts case insensitive")
-	e := flag.Bool("e", false, "edit file")
-	dry := flag.Bool("dry", false, "dry run")
+
+	var config config
+	var target string
+	flag.StringVar(&target, "f", defaultFilepath, "($PTTODO_FILE) path to yaml file or dir (starting with root then alphabetical for dir)")
+	flag.StringVar(&config.mergeme, "g", "", "path to yaml file to merge into -f (modifies f)")
+	flag.StringVar(&config.root, "root", DUMP_TODO, "path to pretty print ("+fmt.Sprint([]string{DUMP_ALL, DUMP_TODO, DUMP_SCHEDULED, DUMP_DONE})+")")
+	var tagss string
+	flag.StringVar(&tagss, "tags", "", "csv of all tags to find, -tag to invert")
+	flag.StringVar(&config.search, "search", "", "fts case insensitive")
+	flag.BoolVar(&config.edit, "e", false, "edit file")
+	flag.BoolVar(&config.dry, "dry", false, "dry run")
 	flag.Parse()
-	if *filepathToMergeIn != "" {
-		if err := merge(*dry, *filepath, *filepathToMergeIn); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+
+	config.tags = strings.Split(tagss, ",")
+	config.targets = []string{target}
+	if stat, err := os.Stat(target); err == nil && stat.IsDir() {
+		config.targets, _ = listDir(target)
 	}
-	filepaths := []string{*filepath}
-	if stat, err := os.Stat(*filepath); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return err
-	} else if err == nil && stat.IsDir() {
-		filepaths, err = listDir(*filepath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	if *e {
-		if err := edit(*dry, filepaths); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	var tagslist []string
-	if *tags != "" {
-		tagslist = strings.Split(*tags, ",")
-	}
-	return dump(*dry, os.Stdout, filepaths, tagslist, *search, *root)
+
+	return config
 }
 
 func verifyRoot(root pttodo.Root) error {
diff --git a/cmd/pttodo-cli/pttodo-cli b/cmd/pttodo-cli/pttodo-cli
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..24e8ce3
Binary files /dev/null and b/cmd/pttodo-cli/pttodo-cli differ
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 33e4752..5b20c51 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.17
 require (
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	local/sandbox/contact/contact v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 )
 
 require (
@@ -15,4 +14,3 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
 )
 
-replace local/sandbox/contact/contact => ../sandbox/contact/contact
diff --git a/pttodo/action.go b/pttodo/action.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b1e5573..0000000
--- a/pttodo/action.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-package pttodo
-
-/*
-   action is something like 'send an email on trigger' but is not impl or use
-*/
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"local/sandbox/contact/contact"
-	"net/url"
-	"regexp"
-)
-
-type Action string
-
-var (
-	actionEmailPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`[^@]+@.*[^\.]+\.[a-z]+`)
-)
-
-func (action Action) String() string {
-	return string(action)
-}
-
-func (action Action) CB() (func() error, error) {
-	u, _ := url.Parse(action.String())
-	switch u.Scheme {
-	case "email":
-		return action.email, nil
-	}
-	if actionEmailPattern.MatchString(action.String()) {
-		return action.email, nil
-	}
-	return nil, errors.New("unrecognized action")
-}
-
-func (action Action) email() error {
-	em := contact.NewEmailer()
-	_ = em
-	return errors.New("not impl")
-}