diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index 220050b..57e18fd 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ func (f *Forge) InitPB() {
 		f.forgeURL = os.Getenv("FORGE_URL")
 		log.Info("got forge url", f.forgeURL)
 	}
+
+	// todo: play with these / determine good values based on user's machine
+	f.rillX = 10
+	f.rillY = 20
 }
 
 func (f *Forge) InitMachine() {
diff --git a/repoNew.go b/repoNew.go
index 96e5bda..9ed3a60 100644
--- a/repoNew.go
+++ b/repoNew.go
@@ -122,13 +122,6 @@ func (f *Forge) findMasterBranch(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
 
 	// TODO: figure out the name from git
 	repo.SetMasterBranchName("master")
-	/* no longer checkout on Init()
-	if repo.CheckoutMaster() {
-	} else {
-		cmd := []string{"git", "branch", "master"}
-		repo.Run(cmd)
-	}
-	*/
 }
 
 // figure out what the name of the git devel branch is
@@ -137,13 +130,6 @@ func (f *Forge) findDevelBranch(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
 	// check the forge config first
 	if bname := f.Config.FindDevelBranch(repo.GetGoPath()); bname != "" {
 		repo.SetDevelBranchName(bname)
-		/* no longer checkout on Init()
-		if repo.CheckoutDevel() {
-		} else {
-			cmd := []string{"git", "branch", bname}
-			repo.Run(cmd)
-		}
-		*/
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -153,13 +139,6 @@ func (f *Forge) findDevelBranch(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
 	}
 
 	repo.SetDevelBranchName("devel")
-	/* no longer checkout on Init()
-	if repo.CheckoutDevel() {
-	} else {
-		cmd := []string{"git", "branch", "devel"}
-		repo.Run(cmd)
-	}
-	*/
 }
 
 // this is still in flux
diff --git a/rill.go b/rill.go
index cc77d71..2c02149 100644
--- a/rill.go
+++ b/rill.go
@@ -150,13 +150,19 @@ func (f *Forge) RillFuncError(rillf func(*gitpb.Repo) error) int {
 	return counter
 }
 
+func (f *Forge) ConfigRill(rillX int, rillY int) {
+}
+
 // x is the size of the queued up pool (shouldn't matter here for this I think)
 // y is how many simultanous functions will run
 // todo: tune and compute x,y by # of CPUs and disk io
 // todo: store x,y in forge config ? (or compute them. notsure)
-func (f *Forge) RillRepo(rillX int, rillY int, rillf func(*gitpb.Repo) error) (int, error) {
-	var anyerr error
+func (f *Forge) RillRepos(rillf func(*gitpb.Repo) error) map[*gitpb.Repo]error {
 	var all []*gitpb.Repo
+
+	var allerr map[*gitpb.Repo]error
+	allerr = make(map[*gitpb.Repo]error)
+
 	for repo := range f.Repos.IterAll() {
 		if !repo.IsValidDir() {
 			log.Printf("%s %-50s", "got an invalid repo in forgepb.RillFuncError()", repo.GetGoPath())
@@ -173,11 +179,11 @@ func (f *Forge) RillRepo(rillX int, rillY int, rillf func(*gitpb.Repo) error) (i
 
 	// Read users from the API.
 	// Concurrency = 20
-	dirs := rill.Map(ids, rillX, func(id *gitpb.Repo) (*gitpb.Repo, error) {
+	dirs := rill.Map(ids, f.rillX, func(id *gitpb.Repo) (*gitpb.Repo, error) {
 		return id, nil
 	})
 
-	rill.ForEach(dirs, rillY, func(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
+	rill.ForEach(dirs, f.rillY, func(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 		meMu.Lock()
 		counter += 1
 		if counter > watch {
@@ -186,10 +192,12 @@ func (f *Forge) RillRepo(rillX int, rillY int, rillf func(*gitpb.Repo) error) (i
 		}
 		meMu.Unlock()
 		if err := rillf(repo); err != nil {
-			anyerr = err
+			meMu.Lock()
+			allerr[repo] = err
+			meMu.Unlock()
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
 
-	return counter, anyerr
+	return allerr
 }
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 3a6927e..b924c69 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ type Forge struct {
 	fullscan    time.Time     // time of the last scan so it can be throttled
 	hostname    string        // your hostname
 	forgeURL    string        // URL to use to forge.wit.com
-	// Machine     *zoopb.Machine // things for virtigo to track vm's
+	rillX       int           // used for Rill()
+	rillY       int           // used for Rill()
 }
 
 func (f *Forge) GetGoSrc() string {