diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 0486f1e..58cd357 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+set positional-arguments # makes variables accesible as $1 $2 $@
 export GUM_FILTER_HEIGHT := "15"
 nom := `if command -v nom >/dev/null; then echo nom; else echo nix; fi`
 nix_eval_opts := "--log-format raw --option warn-dirty false"
@@ -5,21 +6,21 @@ nix_eval_opts := "--log-format raw --option warn-dirty false"
 @_default:
   just "$(gum choose --ordered --header "Pick a recipie..." $(just --summary --unsorted))"
 
-check:
-  nix flake check --keep-going
+check *_:
+  nix flake check --keep-going "$@"
 
-build-machine machine=`just _a_machine`:
-  {{nom}} build .#nixosConfigurations.{{ machine }}.config.system.build.toplevel
+build-machine machine=`just _a_machine` *_:
+  {{nom}} build .#nixosConfigurations.{{ machine }}.config.system.build.toplevel "${@:2}"
 
-run-vm machine=`just _a_machine`:
-  nixos-rebuild build-vm --flake .#{{ machine }}
+run-vm machine=`just _a_machine` *_:
+  nixos-rebuild build-vm --flake .#{{ machine }} "${@:2}"
   QEMU_NET_OPTS="hostfwd=tcp::8080-:80,hostfwd=tcp::8081-:443,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22" ./result/bin/run-*-vm
 
-@update-inputs:
+@update-inputs *_:
   nix eval {{nix_eval_opts}} .#inputs --apply builtins.attrNames --json \
     | jq '.[]' -r \
     | gum choose --no-limit --height=15 \
-    | xargs -L 1 nix flake lock --update-input
+    | xargs -L 1 nix flake lock --update-input "$@"