diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f9a1c4..4cf101a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!--
 rm -rf binaries
 mkdir -p binaries/
-VERSION=0.1.0
+VERSION=0.2.0
 for os in darwin linux windows; do
 	GOOS=$os GOARCH=$arch go build -o binaries/gargs_${os} main.go
 done
@@ -14,23 +14,33 @@ Work In Progress:
 gargs is like xargs but it addresses the following limitations in xargs:
 
 + it keeps the output serialized even when using multiple threads
-+ easy to specify multiple arguments
++ easy to specify multiple arguments with number blocks ({0}, {1}, ...) and {} indicates the entire line.
 
-As an example that currently works, this will keep the output in order and send 3 arguments to each process.
+This will keep the output in order (via -o) and send 3 arguments to each process
+by pulling in lines of 3.
 It is using 4 proceses to parallelize.
 
 ```
-$ seq 12 -1 1 | gargs -p 4 -n 3 "sleep {}; echo {} {}"
+$ seq 12 -1 1 | gargs -o -p 4 -n 3 "sleep {0}; echo {1} {2}"
 11 10
 8 7
 5 4
 2 1
 ```
 
-Note that for each line, we slept 12, 9, 6, 3 seconds respectively but the output order was maintained.
+Note that for each line, we slept 12, 9, 6, 3 seconds respectively but the output order was maintained. We can make
+more even use of cores by not enforcing the output order (remove -o)
+
+```
+$ seq 12 -1 1 | gargs -p 4 -n 3 "sleep {0}; echo {1} {2}"
+2 1
+5 4
+8 7
+11 10
+```
 
 
-For now, the -n 3 is redundant with seeing the "{}"'s. In the future, it may be possible to use numbered arguments:
+The -n 3 indicates that we'll use 3 lines to fill the args. redundant with seeing the "{}"'s. In the future, it may be possible to use numbered arguments:
 
 Install
 =======
@@ -50,7 +60,11 @@ chr4	22	33
 That has a mixture of tabs and spaces. We can convert to chrom:start-end format with:
 
 ```
-cat t.txt | gargs --sep "\s+" -p 2 "echo '{}:{}-{}'"
+$ cat t.txt | gargs --sep "\s+" -p 2 "echo '{0}:{1}-{2}' full-line: \'{}\'"
+chr2:22-33 full-line: 'chr2 22 33'
+chr1:22-33 full-line: 'chr1 22 33'
+chr3:22-33 full-line: 'chr3 22 33'
+chr4:22-33 full-line: 'chr4 22 33'
 ```
 
 In this case, we're using **2** processes to run this in parallel which will make more of a difference
@@ -63,7 +77,7 @@ Usage
 =====
 
 ```
-usage: gargs [--procs PROCS] [--nlines NLINES] [--sep SEP] [--shell SHELL] [--verbose] COMMAND
+usage: gargs [--procs PROCS] [--nlines NLINES] [--sep SEP] [--shell SHELL] [--verbose] [--continueonerror] [--ordered] COMMAND
 
 positional arguments:
   command                command to execute
@@ -76,12 +90,13 @@ options:
   --sep SEP, -s SEP      regular expression split line with to fill multiple template spots default is not to split. -s and -n are mutually exclusive.
   --shell SHELL          shell to use [default: bash]
   --verbose, -v          print commands to stderr before they are executed.
+  --continueonerror, -c
+                         report errors but don't stop the entire execution (which is the default).
+  --ordered, -o          keep output in order of input; default is to output in order of return which greatly improves parallelization.
   --help, -h             display this help and exit
 ```
 
 TODO
 ====
 
-+ --unordered flag to specify that we don't care about the output order. Will improve parallelization for some cases.
-+ {0}, {1}, {2} place-holders?
 + combinations of `-n` and `--sep`.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3c5f2a3..5f6df15 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -9,20 +10,31 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"syscall"
+	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/alexflint/go-arg"
 	"github.com/brentp/xopen"
 )
 
-const VERSION = "0.1.0"
+const VERSION = "0.2.0"
 
 type Args struct {
-	Procs   int    `arg:"-p,help:number of processes to use"`
-	Nlines  int    `arg:"-n,help:number of lines to consume for each command. -s and -n are mutually exclusive."`
-	Command string `arg:"positional,required,help:command to execute"`
-	Sep     string `arg:"-s,help:regular expression split line with to fill multiple template spots default is not to split. -s and -n are mutually exclusive."`
-	Shell   string `arg:"help:shell to use"`
-	Verbose bool   `arg:"-v,help:print commands to stderr before they are executed."`
+	Procs           int    `arg:"-p,help:number of processes to use"`
+	Nlines          int    `arg:"-n,help:number of lines to consume for each command. -s and -n are mutually exclusive."`
+	Command         string `arg:"positional,required,help:command to execute"`
+	Sep             string `arg:"-s,help:regular expression split line with to fill multiple template spots default is not to split. -s and -n are mutually exclusive."`
+	Shell           string `arg:"help:shell to use"`
+	Verbose         bool   `arg:"-v,help:print commands to stderr before they are executed."`
+	ContinueOnError bool   `arg:"-c,help:report errors but don't stop the entire execution (which is the default)."`
+	Ordered         bool   `arg:"-o,help:keep output in order of input; default is to output in order of return which greatly improves parallelization."`
+}
+
+// hold the arguments for each call.
+type xargs struct {
+	Lines []string
+	Xs    []string
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -33,6 +45,8 @@ func main() {
 	args.Sep = ""
 	args.Shell = "bash"
 	args.Verbose = false
+	args.ContinueOnError = false
+	args.Ordered = false
 	p := arg.MustParse(&args)
 	if args.Sep != "" && args.Nlines > 1 {
 		p.Fail("must specify either sep (-s) or n-lines (-n), not both")
@@ -42,7 +56,11 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(255)
 	}
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(args.Procs)
-	run(args)
+	if args.Ordered {
+		runOrdered(args)
+	} else {
+		runUnOrdered(args)
+	}
 }
 
 func check(e error) {
@@ -51,8 +69,8 @@ func check(e error) {
 	}
 }
 
-func genLines(n int, sep string) chan []interface{} {
-	ch := make(chan []interface{})
+func genXargs(n int, sep string) chan *xargs {
+	ch := make(chan *xargs)
 	var resep *regexp.Regexp
 	if sep != "" {
 		resep = regexp.MustCompile(sep)
@@ -62,19 +80,16 @@ func genLines(n int, sep string) chan []interface{} {
 		rdr, err := xopen.Ropen("-")
 		check(err)
 		k := 0
-		lines := make([]interface{}, n)
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(`\r?\n`)
+		lines := make([]string, n)
+
 		for {
 			line, err := rdr.ReadString('\n')
 			if err == nil || (err == io.EOF && len(line) > 0) {
 				line = re.ReplaceAllString(line, "")
 				if resep != nil {
 					toks := resep.Split(line, -1)
-					itoks := make([]interface{}, len(toks))
-					for i, t := range toks {
-						itoks[i] = t
-					}
-					ch <- itoks
+					ch <- &xargs{Xs: toks, Lines: []string{line}}
 				} else {
 					lines[k] = line
 					k += 1
@@ -87,22 +102,54 @@ func genLines(n int, sep string) chan []interface{} {
 			}
 			if k == n {
 				k = 0
-				ch <- lines
-				lines = make([]interface{}, n)
+				ch <- &xargs{Lines: lines, Xs: lines}
+				lines = make([]string, n)
 			}
 		}
 		if k > 0 {
-			ch <- lines[:k]
+			ch <- &xargs{Lines: lines[:k], Xs: lines}
 		}
 		close(ch)
 	}()
 	return ch
 }
 
-func run(args Args) {
+func runUnOrdered(args Args) {
+	c := make(chan []byte)
+	chXargs := genXargs(args.Nlines, args.Sep)
+	cmd := makeCommand(args.Command)
+
+	go func() {
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		wg.Add(args.Procs)
+		for i := 0; i < args.Procs; i++ {
+			go func() {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				for {
+					x, ok := <-chXargs
+					if !ok {
+						return
+					}
+					ch := make(chan []byte, 1)
+					process(ch, cmd, args, x)
+					c <- <-ch
+				}
+			}()
+
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(c)
+	}()
+
+	for o := range c {
+		os.Stdout.Write(o)
+	}
+}
+
+func runOrdered(args Args) {
 	ch := make(chan chan []byte, args.Procs)
 
-	chlines := genLines(args.Nlines, args.Sep)
+	chlines := genXargs(args.Nlines, args.Sep)
 	cmd := makeCommand(args.Command)
 
 	go func() {
@@ -120,11 +167,25 @@ func run(args Args) {
 }
 
 func makeCommand(cmd string) string {
-	return strings.Replace(strings.Replace(cmd, "%", "%%", -1), "{}", "%s", -1)
+	//return strings.Replace(strings.Replace(cmd, "%", "%%", -1), "{}", "%s", -1)
+	v := strings.Replace(cmd, "{}", "{{index .Lines 0}}", -1)
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`({\d+})`)
+	v = re.ReplaceAllStringFunc(v, func(match string) string {
+		return "{{index .Xs " + match[1:len(match)-1] + "}}"
+	})
+	return v
 }
 
-func process(ch chan []byte, cmdStr string, args Args, lines []interface{}) {
-	cmdStr = fmt.Sprintf(cmdStr, lines...)
+func process(ch chan []byte, cmdStr string, args Args, xarg *xargs) {
+
+	tmpl, err := template.New(cmdStr).Parse(cmdStr)
+	check(err)
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	check(tmpl.Execute(&buf, xarg))
+
+	cmdStr = buf.String()
+
 	if args.Verbose {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "command: %s\n", cmdStr)
 	}
@@ -132,7 +193,24 @@ func process(ch chan []byte, cmdStr string, args Args, lines []interface{}) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(args.Shell, "-c", cmdStr)
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	out, err := cmd.Output()
-	check(err)
+	if err != nil {
+		var argString string
+		if xarg.Xs != nil && len(xarg.Xs) > 0 {
+			argString = strings.Join(xarg.Xs, ",")
+		} else {
+			argString = strings.Join(xarg.Lines, "|")
+		}
+		log.Printf("ERROR in command: %s\twith args: %s", cmdStr, argString)
+		log.Println(err)
+		if !args.ContinueOnError {
+			if ex, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
+				if st, ok := ex.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus); ok {
+					os.Exit(st.ExitStatus())
+				}
+			}
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
 	ch <- out
 	close(ch)
 }