diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8807aa5..955efa8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ const wizard = require('./src/wizard');
 const parser = require('./src/parser');
 const writer = require('./src/writer');
 
-// global so various functions can access arguments
-let config;
-
 async function init() {
 	try {
 		config = wizard.getConfig();
@@ -16,5 +13,4 @@ async function init() {
 	}
 }
 
-// it's go time!
 init();
diff --git a/src/parser.js b/src/parser.js
index e7c0c4b..2c1a691 100644
--- a/src/parser.js
+++ b/src/parser.js
@@ -5,28 +5,20 @@ const xml2js = require('xml2js');
 const shared = require('./shared');
 const translator = require('./translator');
 
-let config;
-
-async function parseFilePromise(configIn) {
-	const content = fs.readFileSync(configIn.input, 'utf8');
+async function parseFilePromise(config) {
+	const content = fs.readFileSync(config.input, 'utf8');
 
 	const processors = { tagNameProcessors: [xml2js.processors.stripPrefix] };
 	const data = await xml2js.parseStringPromise(content, processors);
 
-	config = configIn;
+	let images = collectImages(data, config);
+	let posts = collectPosts(data);
+	mergeImagesIntoPosts(images, posts);
 
-	let posts = processData(data);
 	return Promise.resolve(posts);
 }
 
-function processData(data) {
-	let images = collectImages(data);
-	let posts = collectPosts(data);
-	mergeImagesIntoPosts(images, posts);
-	return posts;
-}
-
-function collectImages(data) {
+function collectImages(data, config) {
 	// start by collecting all attachment images
 	let images = getItemsOfType(data, 'attachment')
 		// filter to certain image file types
diff --git a/src/writer.js b/src/writer.js
index 5a5b519..2d9732a 100644
--- a/src/writer.js
+++ b/src/writer.js
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@ const request = require('request');
 
 const shared = require('./shared');
 
-let config;
-
-function writeFiles(posts, configIn) {
-    config = configIn;
-    
+function writeFiles(posts, config) {
     let delay = 0;
 	posts.forEach(post => {
-		const postDir = getPostDir(post);
+		const postDir = getPostDir(post, config);
 		createDir(postDir);
-		writeMarkdownFile(post, postDir);
+		writeMarkdownFile(post, postDir, config);
 
 		if (config.saveimages && post.meta.imageUrls) {
 			post.meta.imageUrls.forEach(imageUrl => {
@@ -27,14 +23,14 @@ function writeFiles(posts, configIn) {
 	});
 }
 
-function writeMarkdownFile(post, postDir) {
+function writeMarkdownFile(post, postDir, config) {
 	const frontmatter = Object.entries(post.frontmatter)
 		.reduce((accumulator, pair) => {
 			return accumulator + pair[0] + ': "' + pair[1] + '"\n'
 		}, '');
 	const data = '---\n' + frontmatter + '---\n\n' + post.content + '\n';
 	
-	const postPath = path.join(postDir, getPostFilename(post));
+	const postPath = path.join(postDir, getPostFilename(post, config));
 	fs.writeFile(postPath, data, (err) => {
 		if (err) {
 			console.log('Unable to write file.')
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ function createDir(dir) {
 	}
 }
 
-function getPostDir(post) {
+function getPostDir(post, config) {
 	let dir = config.output;
 	let dt = luxon.DateTime.fromISO(post.frontmatter.date);
 
@@ -98,7 +94,7 @@ function getPostDir(post) {
 	return dir;
 }
 
-function getPostFilename(post) {
+function getPostFilename(post, config) {
 	if (config.postfolders) {
 		// the containing folder name will be unique, just use index.md here
 		return 'index.md';