diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a3460dc..04614e6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ func main() {
 			if argv.Recursive || argv.Pull || argv.RedoGoMod {
 				log.Info("repo already cloned", filepath.Join(wdir, argv.Repo))
 				// there is more to do
+				log.Info("argv.Recursive is", argv.Recursive)
+				log.Info("argv.Pull is", argv.Pull)
+				log.Info("argv.RedoGoMod is", argv.RedoGoMod)
 				log.Info("onward and upward")
 			} else {
 				log.Info("repo already cloned", filepath.Join(wdir, argv.Repo))
@@ -84,6 +87,17 @@ func main() {
 			log.Info("could not download:", err)
 			os.Exit(-1)
 		}
+		if argv.Recursive || argv.Pull || argv.RedoGoMod {
+			log.Info("repo already cloned", filepath.Join(wdir, argv.Repo))
+			// there is more to do
+			log.Info("argv.Recursive is", argv.Recursive)
+			log.Info("argv.Pull is", argv.Pull)
+			log.Info("argv.RedoGoMod is", argv.RedoGoMod)
+			log.Info("onward and upward")
+		} else {
+			log.Info("repo cloned worked to", filepath.Join(wdir, argv.Repo))
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
 
 		// update go.sum and go.mod
 		// todo: only do this if they don't exist?
@@ -98,6 +112,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	os.Setenv("REPO_AUTO_CLONE", "false")
 	// look recursively in your working directory for git repos
 	totalcount := scanForRepos(wdir)
 
@@ -134,6 +149,7 @@ func main() {
 			log.Info("how did this repo still not exist?", argv.Repo)
 			os.Exit(-1)
 		}
+		os.Setenv("REPO_AUTO_CLONE", "true")
 		godep := newr.Status.GetGoDeps()
 		for gopath, version := range godep {
 			repo, err := rv.NewRepo(gopath)