diff --git a/cmd/dungeondraft-packager-cli/dungeondraft-packager-cli.go b/cmd/dungeondraft-packager-cli/dungeondraft-packager-cli.go
index 1b0aaf7..4c8f787 100644
--- a/cmd/dungeondraft-packager-cli/dungeondraft-packager-cli.go
+++ b/cmd/dungeondraft-packager-cli/dungeondraft-packager-cli.go
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ func main() {
 		kong.UsageOnError(),
 		kong.ConfigureHelp(
 			kong.HelpOptions{
-				Compact: true,
+				Compact: false,
 				Summary: true,
+				Tree: false,
 			}),
 		kong.Bind(ctx),
 	)
diff --git a/cmd/dungeondraft-packager/dungeondraft-packager.go b/cmd/dungeondraft-packager/dungeondraft-packager.go
index e37975d..ed183a0 100644
--- a/cmd/dungeondraft-packager/dungeondraft-packager.go
+++ b/cmd/dungeondraft-packager/dungeondraft-packager.go
@@ -20,13 +20,21 @@ var CLI struct {
 
 func main() {
 	kong.Parse(&CLI,
+		kong.Configuration(kong.JSON, "./dd-gopackager.json", "~/.config/dd-gopackager.json"),
 		kong.Name("dungeondraft-packager"),
-		kong.Description("Pack, Unpack, Edit, and Prepare resources for .dungeondraft_pack files"),
+		kong.Description(
+			"Pack, Unpack, Edit, and Prepare resources for .dungeondraft_pack files\n\n"+
+				"log file and level can also be configured from a file.\n"+
+				"the first of the folowing will be loaded:\n"+
+				"\t./dd-gopackager.json\n"+
+				"\t~/.config/dd-gopackager.json",
+		),
 		kong.UsageOnError(),
 		kong.ConfigureHelp(
 			kong.HelpOptions{
 				Compact: true,
 				Summary: true,
+				Tree: true,
 			}),
 		// vars
 	)
diff --git a/internal/cmd/list.go b/internal/cmd/list.go
index 6c7a03c..5366393 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/list.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/list.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 type ListCmd struct {
 	Files ListFilesCmd `cmd:"" help:"lists files in the pack"`
-	Tags  ListTagsCmd  `cmd:"" help:"lists all tags that match the provided resource patterns, with no patterns lists all tags"`
+	Tags  ListTagsCmd  `cmd:"" help:"lists all tags that match the provided resource patterns. with no patterns lists all tags"`
 }
 
 type ListFilesCmd struct {