diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2aa8c96..f51d623 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+.task.cfg.dev.mk
 .task.mk
 env/
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c2f259..71944d0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ info: ## demonstrate usage of tprint
 task.mk: $(TEMPLATES) generate.py
 	./generate.py $(VERSION) > task.mk
 
--include .task.cfg.mk .task.mk 
+-include .task.cfg.dev.mk .task.cfg.mk .task.mk 
 .task.mk: $(TEMPLATES) generate.py
 	$(call msg,re-jinjaing the local {a.b_cyan}.task.mk{a.end})
 	@./generate.py $(VERSION) > .task.mk || (echo "generator failed!!" && rm .task.mk)
diff --git a/src/parsers.py b/src/parsers.py
index 7736729..0d8a45a 100644
--- a/src/parsers.py
+++ b/src/parsers.py
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ def parse_help(file, hidden=False):
                 and str(match.groupdict().get("goal")).startswith("_")
             ):
                 pass
-            elif not any(match.groupdict().get(k) for k in ('msg','msgargs')):
+            elif not any(match.groupdict().get(k) for k in ("msg", "msgargs")):
                 pass
             else:
                 yield {k: v for k, v in match.groupdict().items() if v is not None}
 
 
 def parseargs(argstring):
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
     parser.add_argument("--align")
     parser.add_argument("-d", "--divider", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("-ws", "--whitespace", action="store_true")
diff --git a/src/utils.py b/src/utils.py
index cb6d40d..dcb53b0 100644
--- a/src/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils.py
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ import re
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
+
 def strip_ansi(txt):
     """
     Removes ANSI escape codes, as defined by ECMA-048 in
     http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-048.pdf
     """
-    pattern = re.compile(r'\x1B\[\d+(;\d+){0,2}m')
-    return pattern.sub('', txt)
+    pattern = re.compile(r"\x1B\[\d+(;\d+){0,2}m")
+    return pattern.sub("", txt)
+
 
 @dataclass
 class Config:
@@ -131,4 +133,5 @@ a = ansi = Ansi()
 cfg = Config(
     "$(DIVIDER)", f"""$(HELP_SEP)""", f"""$(EPILOG)""", f"""$(USAGE)""", int("$(WRAP)")
 )
+
 #% endblock %#
diff --git a/task.mk b/task.mk
index ae9f02a..168a271 100644
--- a/task.mk
+++ b/task.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # }> [github.com/daylinmorgan/task.mk] <{ #
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Daylin Morgan
 # MIT License
-TASKMK_VERSION ?= v23.1.1-5-g9ee6d34-dev
+TASKMK_VERSION ?= v23.1.1-6-ga980d51-dev
 # task.mk should be included at the bottom of your Makefile with `-include .task.mk`
 # See below for the standard configuration options that should be set prior to including this file.
 # You can update your .task.mk with `make _update-task.mk`
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ def strip_ansi(txt):
     Removes ANSI escape codes, as defined by ECMA-048 in
     http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-048.pdf
     """
-    pattern = re.compile(r'\x1B\[\d+(;\d+){0,2}m')
-    return pattern.sub('', txt)
+    pattern = re.compile(r"\x1B\[\d+(;\d+){0,2}m")
+    return pattern.sub("", txt)
 @dataclass
 class Config:
     div: str
@@ -373,12 +373,12 @@ def parse_help(file, hidden=False):
                 and str(match.groupdict().get("goal")).startswith("_")
             ):
                 pass
-            elif not any(match.groupdict().get(k) for k in ('msg','msgargs')):
+            elif not any(match.groupdict().get(k) for k in ("msg", "msgargs")):
                 pass
             else:
                 yield {k: v for k, v in match.groupdict().items() if v is not None}
 def parseargs(argstring):
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
     parser.add_argument("--align")
     parser.add_argument("-d", "--divider", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("-ws", "--whitespace", action="store_true")