diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f78eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]]; then
+    # The script is being executed directly
+	for function in \
+		_configure;
+	do
+		unset $function || echo "failed to unset function: $function"
+	done
+fi
+
+
+function _configure() {
+	# Load config for shellcheck
+	# shellcheck source=/etc/etools/etools.conf
+	[ -f "/etc/etools/etools.conf" ] && . "/etc/etools/etools.conf"
+	# shellcheck source=~/.config/etools.conf
+	[ -f "$HOME/.config/etools.conf" ] && . "$HOME/.config/etools.conf"
+	# shellcheck source=~/.config/etools/etools.conf
+	[ -f "$HOME/.config/etools/etools.conf" ] && . "$HOME/.config/etools/etools.conf"
+
+
+	# The find command to run
+	ETOOLS_FIND_CMD=${ETOOLS_FIND_CMD:-"fd"}
+	# The Argyments passed to the find command
+	ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS=${ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS:-'''
+	--exclude profile --exclude scripts --exclude eclass --exclude metadata
+	--exclude app-emacs --exclude dev-ruby --exclude acct-user --exclude acct-group
+	--type directory --format '\"{}\"''''}
+
+	# [ -z "${ETOOLS_FIND_CMD}" ] && ETOOLS_FIND_CMD="find"
+	# [ -z "${ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS}" ] && \
+	# 	ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS="\
+	# ! -path './profile*' ! -path './scripts*' -path './eclass*' ! -path './metadata*' \
+ #    ! -path './app-emacs*' ! -path './dev-ruby*' ! -path './acct-user*' ! -path './acct-group*' \
+ #    -type d -name"
+
+	# A full command that may be specified if FIND_CMD and FIND_ARGS cannot fulfill the needed job
+	# 	use {package} as a wildcart for the package that should be search for
+	#	use {repo} as a wildcart for the repo to search
+	#	use any other variable from ETOOLS inside it
+	# [ -z "${ETOOLS_FIND_COMMAND}" ] && ETOOLS_FIND_COMMAND="fd ${ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS} {package} {repo}"
+
+	# The default path in which to look for the repos
+	ETOOLS_REPO_PATH=${ETOOLS_REPO_PATH:-"/var/db/repos"}
+
+
+	ETOOLS_COLOR_INFO=${ETOOLS_COLOR_INFO:-'\033[1;34m'}
+	ETOOLS_COLOR_WARN=${ETOOLS_COLOR_WARN:-'\033[1;33m'}
+	ETOOLS_COLOR_ERROR=${ETOOLS_COLOR_ERROR:-'\033[1;31m'}
+
+
+	ETOOLS_GREP_CMD=${ETOOLS_GREP_CMD:-"rg"}
+
+	ETOOLS_DEBUG=${ETOOLS_DEBUG:-:}
+}
diff --git a/etools-helper.sh b/etools-helper.sh
index cc9e0ad..51847c4 100755
--- a/etools-helper.sh
+++ b/etools-helper.sh
@@ -73,10 +73,13 @@ function _filter() {
 	done
 	local functions=
 	functions="$(declare -F | "${ETOOLS_GREP_CMD}" 'etools_find_sort_' | awk '{print $3}')"
+	# HACK: iterating over possibly fragile output of splitted functions
+	# leave warning untils this is stable/fixed
 	for function in \
 		_sort_table \
 		${functions[@]};
 	do
+		# TODO: put loop here so not every function has to loop through the array
 		$function
 	done
 	_get_heighest 
diff --git a/etools.sh b/etools.sh
index 23d0c3f..59e2fcc 100644
--- a/etools.sh
+++ b/etools.sh
@@ -1,50 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 
+
 # NOTE: parse config, gets run when sourced
 function etools_configure() {
-	# Load config for shellcheck
-	# shellcheck source=/etc/etools/etools.conf
-	[ -f "/etc/etools/etools.conf" ] && . "/etc/etools/etools.conf"
-	# shellcheck source=~/.config/etools.conf
-	[ -f "$HOME/.config/etools.conf" ] && . "$HOME/.config/etools.conf"
-	# shellcheck source=~/.config/etools/etools.conf
-	[ -f "$HOME/.config/etools/etools.conf" ] && . "$HOME/.config/etools/etools.conf"
-
-
-	# The find command to run
-	[ -z "${ETOOLS_FIND_CMD}" ] && ETOOLS_FIND_CMD="fd"
-	# The Argyments passed to the find command
-	[ -z "${ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS}" ] && ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS='''
-	--exclude profile --exclude scripts --exclude eclass --exclude metadata
-	--exclude app-emacs --exclude dev-ruby --exclude acct-user --exclude acct-group
-	--type directory --format '\"{}\"''''
-
-	# [ -z "${ETOOLS_FIND_CMD}" ] && ETOOLS_FIND_CMD="find"
-	# [ -z "${ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS}" ] && \
-	# 	ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS="\
-	# ! -path './profile*' ! -path './scripts*' -path './eclass*' ! -path './metadata*' \
- #    ! -path './app-emacs*' ! -path './dev-ruby*' ! -path './acct-user*' ! -path './acct-group*' \
- #    -type d -name"
-
-	# A full command that may be specified if FIND_CMD and FIND_ARGS cannot fulfill the needed job
-	# 	use {package} as a wildcart for the package that should be search for
-	#	use {repo} as a wildcart for the repo to search
-	#	use any other variable from ETOOLS inside it
-	# [ -z "${ETOOLS_FIND_COMMAND}" ] && ETOOLS_FIND_COMMAND="fd ${ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS} {package} {repo}"
-
-	# The default path in which to look for the repos
-	[ -z "${ETOOLS_REPO_PATH}" ] && ETOOLS_REPO_PATH="/var/db/repos"
-
-
-	[ -z "${ETOOLS_COLOR_INFO}" ] && ETOOLS_COLOR_INFO='\033[1;34m'
-	[ -z "${ETOOLS_COLOR_WARN}" ] && ETOOLS_COLOR_WARN='\033[1;33m'
-	[ -z "${ETOOLS_COLOR_ERROR}" ] && ETOOLS_COLOR_ERROR='\033[1;31m'
-
-
-	[ -z "${ETOOLS_GREP_CMD}" ] && ETOOLS_GREP_CMD="rg"
-
-	[ -z "${ETOOLS_DEBUG}" ] && ETOOLS_DEBUG=:
+	. ./config.sh
+	_configure
+	./config.sh
 }
 
 
@@ -84,6 +46,9 @@ function etools_unset() {
 		ETOOLS_FIND_ARGS \
 		ETOOLS_FIND_COMMAND \
 		ETOOLS_REPO_PATH \
+		einfo \
+		ewarn \
+		eerror \
 		etools_configure \
 		etools_smart_find \
 		etools_unset;