diff --git a/eth_monitor/cli/config.py b/eth_monitor/cli/config.py
index 131edf2..f7d2350 100644
--- a/eth_monitor/cli/config.py
+++ b/eth_monitor/cli/config.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from .rules import (
         to_config_names,
         )
 
-def process_config(config, args, flags):
+def process_config(config, arg, args, flags):
     arg_override = {}
 
     rules_args = rules_address_args + rules_data_args
diff --git a/eth_monitor/runnable/sync.py b/eth_monitor/runnable/sync.py
index ddb7f30..daf4ece 100644
--- a/eth_monitor/runnable/sync.py
+++ b/eth_monitor/runnable/sync.py
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ from hexathon import (
         strip_0x,
         add_0x,
         )
-#from chainsyncer.store.fs import SyncFsStore
+from chainsyncer.cli.arg import (
+        apply_arg as apply_arg_sync,
+        apply_flag as apply_flag_sync,
+        )
+from chainsyncer.cli.config import process_config as process_config_sync
 from chainsyncer.driver.chain_interface import ChainInterfaceDriver
 from chainsyncer.error import SyncDone
 from chainsyncer.data import config_dir as chainsyncer_config_dir
@@ -50,17 +54,18 @@ script_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 config_dir = os.path.join(script_dir, '..', 'data', 'config')
 
 arg_flags = ArgFlag()
+arg_flags = apply_flag_sync(arg_flags)
+
 arg = Arg(arg_flags)
-flags = arg_flags.STD_BASE_READ | arg_flags.PROVIDER | arg_flags.CHAIN_SPEC | arg_flags.VERYVERBOSE
+arg = apply_arg_sync(arg)
 
+
+flags = arg_flags.STD_BASE_READ | arg_flags.PROVIDER | arg_flags.CHAIN_SPEC | arg_flags.VERYVERBOSE | arg_flags.SYNC_RANGE_EXT | arg_flags.STATE
 argparser = chainlib.eth.cli.ArgumentParser()
-argparser.add_argument('--list-backends', dest='list_backends', action='store_true', help='List built-in store backends')
 argparser = process_args(argparser, arg, flags)
+argparser.add_argument('--list-backends', dest='list_backends', action='store_true', help='List built-in store backends')
 eth_monitor.cli.process_args(argparser, arg, flags)
 
-sync_flags = chainsyncer.cli.SyncFlag.RANGE | chainsyncer.cli.SyncFlag.HEAD
-chainsyncer.cli.process_flags(argparser, sync_flags)
-
 args = argparser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
 
 if args.list_backends:
@@ -74,17 +79,12 @@ if args.list_backends:
 
 logg = process_log(args, logg)
 
-base_config_dir = [
-    chainsyncer.cli.config_dir,
-    config_dir,
-        ]
 config = Config()
 config.add_schema_dir(config_dir)
 config.add_schema_dir(chainsyncer_config_dir)
 config = process_config(config, arg, args, flags)
-config = chainsyncer.cli.process_config(config, args, sync_flags)
-config = eth_monitor.cli.process_config(config, args, flags)
-
+config = process_config_sync(config, arg, args, flags)
+config = eth_monitor.cli.process_config(config, arg, args, flags)
 
 settings = ChainSettings()
 settings = process_settings(settings, config)
diff --git a/eth_monitor/settings.py b/eth_monitor/settings.py
index 72cfa34..6b6e0e8 100644
--- a/eth_monitor/settings.py
+++ b/eth_monitor/settings.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from eth_monitor.chain import EthChainInterface
 from chainlib.eth.address import is_address
 from eth_cache.rpc import CacheRPC
 from eth_cache.store.file import FileStore
+from chainsyncer.settings import process_sync_range
 
 
 # local imports
@@ -341,10 +342,14 @@ def process_sync_interface(settings, config):
 
 
 def process_sync(settings, config):
-    settings = process_sync_interface(settings, config)
-    settings = process_sync_backend(settings, config)
+    settings.set('SYNCER_INTERFACE', EthChainInterface())
     settings = process_sync_range(settings, config)
     return settings
+#def process_sync(settings, config):
+#    settings = process_sync_interface(settings, config)
+#    settings = process_sync_backend(settings, config)
+#    settings = process_sync_range(settings, config)
+#    return settings
 
 
 def process_cache(settings, config):