diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef0dbb1..39a5522 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ patches-list: install
 	forge --list-patches --url "http://localhost:2233/"
 
 dirty: install
-	forge --dirty
+	forge do --dirty
 
 restart:
 	reset
diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 8eed65e..391065a 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type DoCmd struct {
 	GitReset bool `arg:"--git-reset"                       help:"run 'git reset --hard'"`
 	Scan     bool `arg:"--scan"                            help:"reload protobuf from .git/"`
 	Force    bool `arg:"--force"                           help:"force redo things"`
+	Dirty    bool `arg:"--dirty"                              help:"update git CheckDirty()"`
 }
 
 type args struct {
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ type args struct {
 	DryRun       bool     `arg:"--dry-run"                            help:"show what would be run"`
 	Fix          bool     `arg:"--fix"                                help:"fix config, save config & exit"`
 	Delete       string   `arg:"--delete"                             help:"delete this repo"`
-	Dirty        bool     `arg:"--dirty"                              help:"git CheckDirty() on every repo"`
 	User         bool     `arg:"--user"                               help:"git checkout user"`
 	Devel        bool     `arg:"--devel"                              help:"git checkout devel"`
 	Master       bool     `arg:"--master"                             help:"git checkout master"`
@@ -59,5 +59,3 @@ Examples:
 	# these options are intended for automation. You probably just want to use the GUI.
 	`
 }
-
-// forge  --map lib/foo    https://github.com/me/myfoo  # map go.wit.com/lib/foo -> github.com/me/myfoo
diff --git a/doCommon.go b/doCommon.go
index ef58738..76c591a 100644
--- a/doCommon.go
+++ b/doCommon.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
@@ -33,6 +36,29 @@ func doGitPull() {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func doCheckDirty() {
+	now := time.Now()
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		repo := all.Next()
+		dirty := repo.IsDirty()
+		if repo.CheckDirty() {
+			me.found.AppendUniqueGoPath(repo)
+			if !dirty {
+				configSave = true
+			}
+		} else {
+			if dirty {
+				configSave = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	doCobol()
+	log.Info("dirty check took:", shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+	me.forge.SetConfigSave(configSave)
+}
+
 func doGitReset() {
 	all := me.found.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cb3b4a8..3db4737 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -40,11 +38,6 @@ func main() {
 	me.forge = forgepb.Init()
 	me.found = new(gitpb.Repos)
 
-	if configSave {
-		me.forge.ConfigSave()
-		configSave = false
-	}
-
 	if argv.User {
 		me.forge.CheckoutUser()
 		okExit("")
@@ -69,38 +62,6 @@ func main() {
 		okExit("")
 	}
 
-	if argv.Dirty {
-		now := time.Now()
-		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-		for all.Scan() {
-			repo := all.Next()
-			dirty := repo.IsDirty()
-			if repo.CheckDirty() {
-				me.found.AppendUniqueGoPath(repo)
-				if !dirty {
-					configSave = true
-				}
-			} else {
-				if dirty {
-					configSave = true
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		doCobol()
-		log.Info("dirty check took:", shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
-		me.forge.SetConfigSave(configSave)
-		okExit("")
-	}
-
-	/*
-		// var count int
-		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-		for all.Scan() {
-			repo := all.Next()
-			verifyPrint(repo)
-		}
-	*/
-
 	if argv.Fix {
 		okExit("")
 	}
@@ -121,6 +82,12 @@ func main() {
 	// now, do something to all of them (or just print out a table of them)
 	var done bool = false
 	if argv.Do != nil {
+		if argv.Do.Dirty {
+			doCheckDirty()
+			okExit("")
+			done = true
+		}
+
 		if argv.Do.Scan {
 			doScan()
 			done = true
@@ -154,6 +121,11 @@ func main() {
 		okExit("patches")
 	}
 
+	if configSave {
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+		configSave = false
+	}
+
 	// if the user doesn't want to open the GUI and
 	// nothing else was specified to be done,
 	// then just list the table to stdout