diff --git a/chainlib/eth/runnable/decode.py b/chainlib/eth/runnable/decode.py
index aaf7abd..283ad28 100644
--- a/chainlib/eth/runnable/decode.py
+++ b/chainlib/eth/runnable/decode.py
@@ -14,7 +14,19 @@ from chainlib.eth.tx import unpack
 from chainlib.chain import ChainSpec
 
 # local imports
+import chainlib.eth.cli
 from chainlib.eth.runnable.util import decode_for_puny_humans
+from chainlib.eth.cli.arg import (
+        Arg,
+        ArgFlag,
+        process_args,
+        )
+from chainlib.eth.cli.config import (
+        Config,
+        process_config,
+        )
+from chainlib.eth.cli.log import process_log
+
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
 logg = logging.getLogger()
@@ -22,11 +34,22 @@ logg = logging.getLogger()
 script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) 
 config_dir = os.path.join(script_dir, '..', 'data', 'config')
 
-arg_flags = chainlib.eth.cli.Flag.VERBOSE | chainlib.eth.cli.Flag.CHAIN_SPEC | chainlib.eth.cli.Flag.ENV_PREFIX | chainlib.eth.cli.Flag.RAW
-argparser = chainlib.eth.cli.ArgumentParser(arg_flags)
-argparser.add_positional('tx_data', type=str, help='Transaction data to decode')
+
+arg_flags = ArgFlag()
+arg = Arg(arg_flags)
+flags = arg_flags.VERBOSE | arg_flags.CHAIN_SPEC | arg_flags.RAW | arg_flags.ENV
+
+argparser = chainlib.eth.cli.ArgumentParser()
+argparser = process_args(argparser, arg, flags)
+argparser.add_argument('tx_data', type=str, help='Transaction data to decode')
 args = argparser.parse_args()
-config = chainlib.eth.cli.Config.from_args(args, arg_flags, default_config_dir=config_dir)
+
+logg = process_log(args, logg)
+
+config = Config()
+config = process_config(config, arg, args, flags)
+logg.debug('config loaded:\n{}'.format(config))
+
 
 chain_spec = ChainSpec.from_chain_str(config.get('CHAIN_SPEC'))
 
diff --git a/chainlib/eth/runnable/get.py b/chainlib/eth/runnable/get.py
index 90277d1..0268328 100644
--- a/chainlib/eth/runnable/get.py
+++ b/chainlib/eth/runnable/get.py
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ logg = logging.getLogger()
 script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) 
 config_dir = os.path.join(script_dir, '..', 'data', 'config')
 
-argparser = chainlib.eth.cli.ArgumentParser()
 arg_flags = ArgFlag()
 arg = Arg(arg_flags)
 flags = arg_flags.STD_BASE_READ
 flags = arg_flags.less(flags, arg_flags.CHAIN_SPEC)
+
+argparser = chainlib.eth.cli.ArgumentParser()
 argparser = process_args(argparser, arg, flags)
 argparser.add_argument('item', type=str, help='Address or transaction to retrieve data for')
 args = argparser.parse_args()