diff --git a/src/dexorder/bin/backfill_ohlc.py b/src/dexorder/bin/backfill_ohlc.py
index 65ee4dd..d58e93f 100644
--- a/src/dexorder/bin/backfill_ohlc.py
+++ b/src/dexorder/bin/backfill_ohlc.py
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ async def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    execute(main())
+    execute(main)
diff --git a/src/dexorder/bin/block_for_time.py b/src/dexorder/bin/block_for_time.py
index 9720484..4789db6 100644
--- a/src/dexorder/bin/block_for_time.py
+++ b/src/dexorder/bin/block_for_time.py
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     time = parse_date(sys.argv[1], ignoretz=True).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
     seconds_per_block = float(sys.argv[2])
     sys.argv = [sys.argv[0], *sys.argv[3:]]
-    execute(main())
+    execute(main)
diff --git a/src/dexorder/bin/executable.py b/src/dexorder/bin/executable.py
index a60469a..b63a27c 100644
--- a/src/dexorder/bin/executable.py
+++ b/src/dexorder/bin/executable.py
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import tomllib
 from asyncio import CancelledError
 from signal import Signals
 from traceback import print_exception
-from typing import Coroutine
+from typing import Coroutine, Callable, Union, Any
 
 from dexorder import configuration, config
 from dexorder.alert import init_alerts
+from dexorder.configuration.schema import Config
 from dexorder.metric.metric_startup import start_metrics_server
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -25,7 +26,25 @@ async def _shutdown_coro(_sig, _loop):
         if task is not this_task:
             task.cancel()
 
-def execute(main:Coroutine, shutdown=None, *, parse_logging=True, parse_args=True):
+
+def split_args():
+    omegaconf_args = []
+    regular_args = []
+    for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
+        if '=' in arg:
+            key, value = arg.split('=', 1)
+            if hasattr(Config, key):
+                omegaconf_args.append(arg)
+            else:
+                regular_args.append(arg)
+    return omegaconf_args, regular_args
+
+
+def execute(main:Callable[...,Coroutine[Any,Any,Any]], shutdown=None, *, parse_logging=True, parse_args: Union[Callable[[list[str]],Any],bool]=True):
+    """
+    if parse_args is a function, then the command-line arguments are given to OmegaConf first, and any args parsed by
+    OmegaConf are stripped from the args list.  The remaining args are then passed to parse_args(args)
+    """
     # config
     configured = False
     if parse_logging:
@@ -42,10 +61,18 @@ def execute(main:Coroutine, shutdown=None, *, parse_logging=True, parse_args=Tru
         logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, stream=sys.stdout)
         log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         log.info('Logging configured to default')
+    xconf = None
     if parse_args:
+        if callable(parse_args):
+            omegaconf_args, regular_args = split_args()
+        else:
+            omegaconf_args = None
         # NOTE: there is special command-line argument handling in config/load.py to get a config filename.
         # The -c/--config flag MUST BE FIRST if present.
-        configuration.parse_args()
+        configuration.parse_args(omegaconf_args)
+        if callable(parse_args):
+            # noinspection PyUnboundLocalVariable
+            xconf = parse_args(regular_args)
 
     init_alerts()
 
@@ -59,7 +86,14 @@ def execute(main:Coroutine, shutdown=None, *, parse_logging=True, parse_args=Tru
         loop.add_signal_handler(s, lambda sig=s: asyncio.create_task(_shutdown_coro(sig, loop), name=f'{s.name} handler'))
 
     # main
-    task = loop.create_task(main, name='main')
+    num_args = len(inspect.signature(main).parameters)
+    if num_args == 0:
+        coro = main()
+    elif num_args == 1:
+        coro = main(xconf)
+    else:
+        raise Exception(f'main() must accept 0 or 1 arguments, not {num_args}')
+    task = loop.create_task(coro, name='main')
     try:
         loop.run_until_complete(task)
     except CancelledError:
diff --git a/src/dexorder/bin/finaldata.py b/src/dexorder/bin/finaldata.py
index fb416d1..bc6cebd 100644
--- a/src/dexorder/bin/finaldata.py
+++ b/src/dexorder/bin/finaldata.py
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ async def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    execute(main())
+    execute(main)
diff --git a/src/dexorder/bin/main.py b/src/dexorder/bin/main.py
index 66b67d2..9e5efcc 100644
--- a/src/dexorder/bin/main.py
+++ b/src/dexorder/bin/main.py
@@ -138,4 +138,4 @@ async def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    execute(main())
+    execute(main)
diff --git a/src/dexorder/bin/mirror.py b/src/dexorder/bin/mirror.py
index 98ee58b..2c44c0b 100644
--- a/src/dexorder/bin/mirror.py
+++ b/src/dexorder/bin/mirror.py
@@ -216,4 +216,4 @@ async def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    execute(main())
+    execute(main)
diff --git a/src/dexorder/bin/reconcile.py b/src/dexorder/bin/reconcile.py
index ec98ea9..e65ef7d 100644
--- a/src/dexorder/bin/reconcile.py
+++ b/src/dexorder/bin/reconcile.py
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ async def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    execute(main())
+    execute(main)
     
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