diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 9550158..cd150a3 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 - [ ] Update check script:
-  - [ ] Run `go fmt` on all .go files
-  - [ ] Run prettier on all .ts files
+  - [x] shellcheck on shell scripts
+  - [x] `go vet` on go files
+  - [x] `golangci-lint` on go files
+  - [x] Run `go fmt` on all .go files
   - [ ] Eventually, run unit tests
 
-- [ ] Adapt master program so that it reads configuration from command line
+- [x] Reimplement fixup.sh
+  - [x] run shfmt on all shell scripts (and the files they `source`)
+  - [x] Run `go fmt` on all .go files
+  - [x] Run ~~prettier~~ biome on all .ts files and maybe others
+
+
+- [x] Adapt master program so that it reads configuration from command line
   args instead of from environment variables
   - Should have sane defaults
   - Adding new arguments should be easy and obvious
@@ -19,3 +27,9 @@
   - [ ] update framework-managed pnpm
   - [ ] update pnpm-managed deps
   - [ ] rebuild golang programs
+
+- [ ] If the number of workers is large, then there is a long lapse between
+      when you change a file and when the server responds
+  - One solution: start and stop workers serially: stop one, restart it with new
+    code; repeat
+  - Slow start them: only start a few at first
diff --git a/master/main.go b/master/main.go
index 8867ba7..dd629da 100644
--- a/master/main.go
+++ b/master/main.go
@@ -1,30 +1,20 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
-	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	watchedDir := os.Getenv("WATCHED_DIR")
+	watchDir := flag.String("watch", "../express", "directory to watch for changes")
+	workers := flag.Int("workers", 1, "number of worker processes")
+	basePort := flag.Int("base-port", 3000, "base port for worker processes")
+	listenPort := flag.Int("port", 8080, "port for the reverse proxy to listen on")
 
-	numChildProcesses := 1
-	if n, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv("NUM_CHILD_PROCESSES")); err == nil && n > 0 {
-		numChildProcesses = n
-	}
-
-	basePort := 3000
-	if p, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv("BASE_PORT")); err == nil && p > 0 {
-		basePort = p
-	}
-
-	listenPort := 8080
-	if p, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv("LISTEN_PORT")); err == nil && p > 0 {
-		listenPort = p
-	}
+	flag.Parse()
 
 	// Create worker pool
 	pool := NewWorkerPool()
@@ -35,12 +25,12 @@ func main() {
 
 	fileChanges := make(chan FileChange, 10)
 
-	go watchFiles(watchedDir, fileChanges)
+	go watchFiles(*watchDir, fileChanges)
 
-	go runExpress(fileChanges, numChildProcesses, basePort, pool)
+	go runExpress(fileChanges, *workers, *basePort, pool)
 
 	// Start the reverse proxy
-	listenAddr := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", listenPort)
+	listenAddr := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", *listenPort)
 	go startProxy(listenAddr, pool)
 
 	// Wait for interrupt signal