diff --git a/clean.go b/clean.go
index 7f0a864..51bb77a 100644
--- a/clean.go
+++ b/clean.go
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ func (me *Clean) RunConfig(cfg *AppConfig, path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 func (me *Clean) CleanUnreferenced(cfg *AppConfig, path string) error {
-
-	run, err := CompileRun(path, cfg.Symlinks, cfg.WalkDir, cfg.Script, cfg.Include)
+	p := NewRunParamsConfig(cfg)
+	run, err := CompileRun(path, p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/link.go b/link.go
index be3e01e..af5f514 100644
--- a/link.go
+++ b/link.go
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ func (me *Link) RunFile(opts *LinkOptions, path string) error {
 func (me *Link) RunConfig(path string, opts *LinkOptions, cfg *AppConfig) error {
 
 	// compile run
-	run, err := CompileRun(path, cfg.Symlinks, cfg.WalkDir, cfg.Script, cfg.Include)
+	p := NewRunParamsConfig(cfg)
+	run, err := CompileRun(path, p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -253,8 +254,8 @@ func (me *Link) RunAutoMode(opts *LinkOptions) error {
 		}
 		cfg.Symlinks["~/"+filename] = filename
 	}
-
-	run, err := CompileRun("", cfg.Symlinks, cfg.WalkDir, cfg.Script, cfg.Include)
+	p := NewRunParamsConfig(cfg)
+	run, err := CompileRun("", p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
index a1ce034..b23e03f 100644
--- a/run.go
+++ b/run.go
@@ -34,22 +34,34 @@ type LinkInfo struct {
 	NeedsCreate bool
 }
 
-func CompileRun(path string, symlinks, walkdir map[string]string, script []*Script, include []string) (*Run, error) {
+func NewRunParamsConfig(c *AppConfig) *RunParams {
+	ret := &RunParams{}
+	ret.Symlinks = c.Symlinks
+	ret.Walkdir = c.WalkDir
+	ret.Script = c.Script
+	ret.Mkdir = c.Mkdirs
+	ret.Include = c.Include
+	return ret
+}
+
+type RunParams struct {
+	Symlinks map[string]string
+	Walkdir  map[string]string
+	Script   []*Script
+	Mkdir    []string
+	Include  []string
+}
+
+func CompileRun(path string, p *RunParams) (*Run, error) {
 	run := NewRun()
-	err := CompileRunWithRun(run, path, symlinks, walkdir, script, include)
+	err := CompileRunWithRun(path, run, p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return run, nil
 }
 
-func CompileRunWithRun(
-	run *Run,
-	path string,
-	symlinks,
-	walkdir map[string]string,
-	script []*Script,
-	include []string) error {
+func CompileRunWithRun(path string, run *Run, p *RunParams) error {
 
 	// change dir and then change back before returning
 	dir, _ := os.Getwd()
@@ -60,26 +72,26 @@ func CompileRunWithRun(
 	}()
 
 	//  scripts
-	for _, s := range script {
+	for _, s := range p.Script {
 		if s.Disabled {
 			continue
 		}
 		run.Script = append(run.Script, s)
 	}
 
-	err := CompileRunSymlinks(run, symlinks)
+	err := CompileRunSymlinks(run, p.Symlinks)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("CompileRunSymlinks %s", err)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = CompileRunWalkDir(run, walkdir)
+	err = CompileRunWalkDir(run, p.Walkdir)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("CompileRunWalkDir %s", err)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	includes, err := GetIncludes(path, include)
+	includes, err := GetIncludes(path, p.Include)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("GetIncludes %s", err)
 		return err
@@ -91,7 +103,8 @@ func CompileRunWithRun(
 			log.Errorf("Include %s: %s", include, err)
 			continue
 		}
-		err = CompileRunWithRun(run, include, cfg2.Symlinks, cfg2.WalkDir, cfg2.Script, cfg2.Include)
+		p2 := NewRunParamsConfig(cfg2)
+		err = CompileRunWithRun(include, run, p2)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("Include CompileRunWithRun %s: %s", include, err)
 			continue
diff --git a/status.go b/status.go
index 12d2eaa..42c55dd 100644
--- a/status.go
+++ b/status.go
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ func (me *Status) RunFile(path string, asJson, showAll bool) error {
 	if log.IsTrace() {
 		cfg.PrintConfig()
 	}
-
-	run, err := CompileRun(path, cfg.Symlinks, cfg.WalkDir, cfg.Script, cfg.Include)
+	p := NewRunParamsConfig(cfg)
+	run, err := CompileRun(path, p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/unlink.go b/unlink.go
index 354dbf4..541b51a 100644
--- a/unlink.go
+++ b/unlink.go
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ func (me *Unlink) RunFile(opts *UnlinkOptions, path string) error {
 }
 
 func (me *Unlink) RunConfig(opts *UnlinkOptions, cfg *AppConfig, path string) error {
-	run, err := CompileRun(path, cfg.Symlinks, cfg.WalkDir, cfg.Script, cfg.Include)
+	p := NewRunParamsConfig(cfg)
+	run, err := CompileRun(path, p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -147,7 +148,8 @@ func (me *Unlink) RunAutoMode(opts *UnlinkOptions) error {
 		cfg.Symlinks["~/"+filename] = filename
 	}
 
-	run, err := CompileRun("", cfg.Symlinks, cfg.WalkDir, cfg.Script, cfg.Include)
+	p := NewRunParamsConfig(cfg)
+	run, err := CompileRun("", p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}