diff --git a/goSrcScan.go b/goSrcScan.go
index f43aed1..67e6c32 100644
--- a/goSrcScan.go
+++ b/goSrcScan.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (f *Forge) RillRedoGoMod() int {
 	tmp := f.Repos.SortByGoPath()
 	for tmp.Scan() {
 		repo := tmp.Next()
-		if !repo.IsValid() {
+		if !repo.IsValidDir() {
 			log.Printf("%10s %-50s", "old?", repo.GetGoPath())
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index efb2b64..4ece518 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -34,25 +34,34 @@ func Init() *Forge {
 		log.Info("forgepb.Scan()     Scan found", end-start, "new git repositories.")
 	}
 
-	if f.updateAll() {
+	f.updateAll()
+
+	if f.configSave {
 		f.ConfigSave()
+		f.configSave = false
 	}
 	log.Info("update()           check took", shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
 	return f
 }
 
-func (f *Forge) updateAll() bool {
-	var configSave bool
+func (f *Forge) updateAll() {
 	all := f.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
 
+		if !repo.IsValidDir() {
+			log.Printf("%10s %-50s", "old?\n", repo.GoPath)
+			f.Repos.DeleteByGoPath(repo.GoPath)
+			f.configSave = true
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if repo.RepoChanged() {
-			configSave = true
+			f.configSave = true
 			log.Info("repo changed", repo.StateChange, repo.FullPath)
+			repo.Reload()
 		}
 	}
-	return configSave
 }
 
 // only init's the protobuf. intended to not scan or change anything
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 7ec1abb..90b84bc 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ type Forge struct {
 	initOnce sync.Once
 	initErr  error // init error, if any
 
-	goSrc   string        // the path to go/src
-	goWork  bool          // means the user is currently using a go.work file
-	Config  *ForgeConfigs // config repos for readonly, private, etc
-	Repos   *gitpb.Repos
-	Machine *zoopb.Machine
+	goSrc      string        // the path to go/src
+	goWork     bool          // means the user is currently using a go.work file
+	Config     *ForgeConfigs // config repos for readonly, private, etc
+	Repos      *gitpb.Repos
+	Machine    *zoopb.Machine
+	configSave bool
 }
 
 func (f *Forge) GetGoSrc() string {