diff --git a/vcspull/cli.py b/vcspull/cli.py
index 34d7cce6..17245f9c 100644
--- a/vcspull/cli.py
+++ b/vcspull/cli.py
@@ -71,8 +71,14 @@ def cli(log_level):
 @click.argument('repo_terms', nargs=-1)
 @click.option('--run-async', '-a', is_flag=True,
               help='Run repo syncing concurrently (experimental)')
-def update(repo_terms, run_async):
-    configs = load_configs(find_config_files(include_home=True))
+@click.option('config', '-c', type=click.Path(exists=True),
+              help='Specify config')
+def update(repo_terms, run_async, config):
+    print(config)
+    if config:
+        configs = load_configs([config])
+    else:
+        configs = load_configs(find_config_files(include_home=True))
     found_repos = []
 
     if repo_terms:
@@ -112,8 +118,6 @@ def clamp(n, _min, _max):
 
 
 def update_repo(repo_dict):
-    if 'url' not in repo_dict:  # normalize vcs/repo key
-        repo_dict['url'] = repo_dict['repo']
     r = create_repo(**repo_dict)
     log.debug('%s' % r)
     r.update_repo()
diff --git a/vcspull/config.py b/vcspull/config.py
index fc84c0d3..6ea7c157 100644
--- a/vcspull/config.py
+++ b/vcspull/config.py
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ def expand_dir(_dir, cwd=os.getcwd()):
     :type dir: string
     :rtype; string
     """
+    _dir = os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(_dir))
     if not os.path.isabs(_dir):
         _dir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(cwd, _dir))
-    return os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(_dir))
+    return _dir
 
 
 def extract_repos(config, cwd=os.getcwd()):
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ def extract_repos(config, cwd=os.getcwd()):
             '''
 
             if isinstance(repo_data, string_types):
-                conf['url'] = repo_data, cwd
+                conf['url'] = repo_data
             else:
                 conf = update_dict(conf, repo_data)
 
diff --git a/vcspull/repo/__init__.py b/vcspull/repo/__init__.py
index b8e41559..cb4b9943 100644
--- a/vcspull/repo/__init__.py
+++ b/vcspull/repo/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 logger.addHandler(channel)
 
 
-def create_repo(url, *args, **kwargs):
+def create_repo(url, **kwargs):
     r"""Return object with base class :class:`BaseRepo` depending on url.
 
     Return instance of :class:`vcspull.repo.svn.SubversionRepo`,