diff --git a/src/args/arg.rs b/src/args/arg.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf68316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/args/arg.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt;
+
+use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, ArgGroup, Command};
+
+
+
+pub struct Args {
+   pub copy_to_sys: bool, 
+   pub dry_run: bool,
+   pub override_manager_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+   pub override_device: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Args { 
+    pub fn parse_args() -> Self {
+
+        let cli = Args::get_cli();
+
+        let matches = cli.get_matches();
+        let values = Value::from_matches(&matches);
+            
+        let (flags, unprocessed) = Args::process_flags(values);
+        let (args, _) = Args::process_args(unprocessed);
+
+        let or_mgr_dir = match &args[0] {
+            Some(path) => Some(PathBuf::from(path)),
+            None => None,
+        };
+        
+        Args {
+            copy_to_sys: flags[0],
+            dry_run: flags[1],
+            override_manager_dir: or_mgr_dir,
+            override_device: args[1].clone(),
+        }
+    }
+    
+
+    fn process_flags(values: Vec<(clap::Id, Value)> ) -> (Vec<bool>, Vec<(clap::Id, Value)>) {
+
+        let (copy_to_sys, unmatched) = Args::get_arg(values, "from-git");
+        let (dry_run, unmatched) = Args::get_arg(unmatched, "dry-run");
+
+        let copy_to_sys = if let Value::Bool(val) = copy_to_sys.unwrap_or(Value::None) { val }
+            else { false };
+
+        let dry_run = if let Value::Bool(val) = dry_run.unwrap_or(Value::None) { val }
+            else { false };
+
+
+            (vec![copy_to_sys, dry_run], unmatched)
+    }
+
+
+    fn process_args(values: Vec<(clap::Id, Value)>) -> (Vec<Option<String>>, Vec<(clap::Id, Value)>) {
+
+        let (override_manager_dir, unmatched) = Args::get_arg(values, "manager-dir");
+        let (override_device, unmatched) = Args::get_arg(unmatched, "device");
+
+
+        let or_mngr_dir = if let Value::String(val) = override_manager_dir.unwrap_or(Value::None) { Some(String::from(val)) }
+            else { None };
+
+        let or_device = if let Value::String(val) = override_device.unwrap_or(Value::None) { Some(String::from(val))}
+            else { None };
+         
+
+        (vec![or_mngr_dir, or_device], unmatched)
+    }
+        
+    
+
+    fn get_cli() -> Command {
+
+        let from_git = Arg::new("from-git")
+            .short('f')
+            .long("from-git")
+            .action(ArgAction::SetTrue);
+
+        let override_manager_dir = Arg::new("manager-dir")
+            .long("manager-dir")
+            .action(ArgAction::Append);
+
+        let override_device = Arg::new("device")
+            .short('d')
+            .long("device")
+            .action(ArgAction::Append);
+
+        let dry_run = Arg::new("dry-run")
+            .short('n')
+            .long("dry")
+            .action(ArgAction::SetTrue);
+
+        let cli = Command::new("dotfiles")
+            .group(ArgGroup::new("flags").multiple(true))
+            .next_help_heading("FLAGS")
+            .args([
+                from_git,
+                dry_run,
+            ])
+            .group(ArgGroup::new("overrides").multiple(true))
+            .next_help_heading("OVERRIDES")
+            .args([
+                override_manager_dir,
+                override_device,
+            ]);
+
+        cli
+    }
+
+    fn get_arg(args: Vec<(clap::Id, Value)>, id: &str) -> (Box<Option<Value>>, Vec<(clap::Id, Value)>) {
+
+        let (matches, non_matches): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = args.into_iter().partition(|value| value.0 == id); 
+
+        let arg_match = match matches.len() {
+            0 => Box::new(None),
+            1 => Box::new(Some(matches[0].1.clone())),
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        };
+
+        (arg_match, non_matches)
+    } 
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Debug)]
+pub enum Value {
+    Bool(bool),
+    String(String),
+    None,
+}
+
+
+impl Value {
+    fn from_matches(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Vec<(clap::Id, Self)> {
+
+        let mut values = BTreeMap::new();
+        
+        let _ = matches.ids().into_iter().for_each(|id| {
+            let source = matches
+                .value_source(id.as_str())
+                .expect("id came from matches");
+
+            if matches.try_get_many::<clap::Id>(id.as_str()).is_ok() { return () }
+            if source != clap::parser::ValueSource::CommandLine { return () }
+            if Self::extract::<String>(matches, id, &mut values)  { return () }
+            if Self::extract::<bool>(matches, id, &mut values) { return () }
+        });
+
+        values.into_values().collect()
+
+    }
+
+
+    fn extract<T: Clone + Into<Value> + Send + Sync + 'static>(
+        matches: &ArgMatches,
+        id: &clap::Id,
+        output: &mut BTreeMap<usize, (clap::Id, Self)>,
+        ) -> bool {
+
+        match matches.try_get_many::<T>(id.as_str()) {
+            Ok(Some(values)) => {
+                values.zip(
+                        matches
+                            .indices_of(id.as_str())
+                            .expect("id came from matches")
+                    )
+                    .for_each(|(value, index)| {
+                        output.insert(index, (id.clone(), value.clone().into()));
+                    });
+
+                true
+            },
+            Err(clap::parser::MatchesError::Downcast { .. }) => false,
+            Ok(None) => {
+                unreachable!("ids only reports what is present")
+            },
+            Err(_) => {
+                unreachable!("id came from matches")
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<String> for Value {
+    fn from(other: String) -> Value {
+        Value::String(other)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<bool> for Value {
+    fn from(other: bool) -> Value {
+        Value::Bool(other)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Value {
+    fn default() -> Value {
+        Value::None
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ArgError {
+    ArgParseError
+}
+
+impl Error for ArgError {}
+
+impl fmt::Display for ArgError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            ArgError::ArgParseError => {
+                write!(f, "Error parsing arguments")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/args/mod.rs b/src/args/mod.rs
index ea86848..85c04f9 100644
--- a/src/args/mod.rs
+++ b/src/args/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 pub mod parse;
+pub mod arg;
diff --git a/src/args/parse.rs b/src/args/parse.rs
index b2b0799..fd40910 100644
--- a/src/args/parse.rs
+++ b/src/args/parse.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,4 @@
-use clap::{Arg, Command, ArgAction, ArgMatches};
 
 
 
 
-pub fn parse_args() -> ArgMatches {
-
-    let matches = Command::new("dotfiles")
-        .version("0.1")
-        .author("Ethan Simmons")
-        .about("Manages dotfiles")
-        .arg(Arg::new("from-git")
-            .short('f')
-            .long("from-git")
-            .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-        )
-        .get_matches();
-
-    matches
-}
diff --git a/src/config/cfg.rs b/src/config/cfg.rs
index 78d6575..f570a9b 100644
--- a/src/config/cfg.rs
+++ b/src/config/cfg.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::fs;
 use std::env;
-use std::path::{PathBuf, Path};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt;
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d660371..e4c922b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt;
 
-use clap::ArgMatches;
-
 use crate::config::cfg;
 use crate::dotfile::dot;
+use crate::args::arg;
 
 pub mod config;
 pub mod dotfile;
@@ -14,9 +13,9 @@ pub mod fs;
 
 
 
-pub fn run(args: ArgMatches, config: cfg::Config) -> Result<(), ManagerError> {
+pub fn run(args: arg::Args, config: cfg::Config) -> Result<(), ManagerError> {
 
-    let copy_to_sys = args.get_flag("from-git");
+    let copy_to_sys = args.copy_to_sys;
 
     let dotfiles = config.dotfiles;
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1a8825d..9d6238d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use dotfiles_manager::args::parse;
+use dotfiles_manager::args::arg;
 use dotfiles_manager::config::cfg;
 
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use dotfiles_manager::config::cfg;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), dotfiles_manager::ManagerError> {
 
-    let args = parse::parse_args();
+    let args = arg::Args::parse_args();
 
     let program_config = cfg::Config::parse(PathBuf::from("/home/eesim/.config/dotfiles/config"))?;