diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/resend.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/resend.py
index 6901ef34..9861e293 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/resend.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/resend.py
@@ -5,65 +5,38 @@ import re
 import os
 
 # third-party imports
-import celery
-import confini
 from chainlib.chain import ChainSpec
 from chainlib.eth.connection import EthHTTPConnection
 
 # local imports
+import cic_eth.cli
 from cic_eth.api.admin import AdminApi
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
 logg = logging.getLogger()
 
-logging.getLogger('web3').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger('urllib3').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-
-default_config_dir = os.environ.get('CONFINI_DIR', '/usr/local/etc/cic')
-
-
-argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-argparser.add_argument('-c', type=str, default=default_config_dir, help='config root to use')
-argparser.add_argument('-p', '--provider', dest='p', default='http://localhost:8545', type=str, help='Web3 provider url (http only)')
-argparser.add_argument('-i', '--chain-spec', dest='i', type=str, default='Ethereum:1', help='Chain specification string')
-argparser.add_argument('--unlock', action='store_true', help='Append task to unlock account')
-argparser.add_argument('--env-prefix', default=os.environ.get('CONFINI_ENV_PREFIX'), dest='env_prefix', type=str, help='environment prefix for variables to overwrite configuration')
-argparser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', help='Be verbose')
-argparser.add_argument('-vv', action='store_true', help='Be more verbose')
-argparser.add_argument('tx_hash', type=str, help='Transaction hash')
+arg_flags = cic_eth.cli.argflag_std_base
+local_arg_flags = cic_eth.cli.argflag_local_taskcallback
+argparser = cic_eth.cli.ArgumentParser(arg_flags)
+argparser.add_argument('--unlock', action='store_true', help='Unlock account after resend')
+argparser.add_positional('tx_hash', type=str, help='Transaction hash')
+argparser.process_local_flags(local_arg_flags)
+extra_args = {
+    'unlock': None,
+    'tx_hash': None,
+    }
 args = argparser.parse_args()
 
+config = cic_eth.cli.Config.from_args(args, arg_flags, local_arg_flags, extra_args=extra_args)
 
-if args.vv:
-    logg.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-elif args.v:
-    logg.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+chain_spec = ChainSpec.from_chain_str(config.get('CHAIN_SPEC'))
 
-config_dir = os.path.join(args.c)
-os.makedirs(config_dir, 0o777, True)
-config = confini.Config(config_dir, args.env_prefix)
-config.process()
-args_override = {
-        'ETH_PROVIDER': getattr(args, 'p'),
-        'CIC_CHAIN_SPEC': getattr(args, 'i'),
-        }
+celery_app = cic_eth.cli.CeleryApp.from_config(config)
 
-# override args
-config.censor('PASSWORD', 'DATABASE')
-config.censor('PASSWORD', 'SSL')
-logg.debug('config loaded from {}:\n{}'.format(config_dir, config))
-config.add(args.tx_hash, '_TX_HASH', True)
-config.add(args.unlock, '_UNLOCK', True)
-
-chain_spec = ChainSpec.from_chain_str(args.i)
-
-rpc = EthHTTPConnection(config.get('ETH_PROVIDER'))
-
-celery_app = celery.Celery(broker=config.get('CELERY_BROKER_URL'), backend=config.get('CELERY_RESULT_URL'))
 
 def main():
-    api = AdminApi(rpc)
-    tx_details = api.tx(chain_spec, args.tx_hash)
+    api = AdminApi(None)
+    tx_details = api.tx(chain_spec, config.get('_TX_HASH'))
     t = api.resend(args.tx_hash, chain_spec, unlock=config.get('_UNLOCK'))
     print(t.get_leaf())
 
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/transfer.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/transfer.py
index 2a305ea5..4bbaa306 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/transfer.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/transfer.py
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import json
 import argparse
 
 # external imports
-import cic_eth.cli
 import redis
 from xdg.BaseDirectory import xdg_config_home
 from chainlib.eth.address import to_checksum_address
 
 # local imports
+import cic_eth.cli
 from cic_eth.api import Api
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)