diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e5d342..ac80dc6 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,26 +5,28 @@ Clone this repo:
 $ git clone --recurse-submodules https://git.sr.ht/~jswank/dotfiles
 ```
 
-Install my dotfiles:
-```console
-$ ./install
+But since you forgot to grab the submodules, get them now:
+```
+$ git submodule update --init --recursive
 ```
 
-(which just runs: `ls -d */ | tr -d / | xargs stow -R`)
+Install my dotfiles:
+```console
+$ ./install.sh
+```
+
+This will install most common dotfiles: if you want to install a set, provide
+that as an argument:
+```console
+$ ./install.sh i3  # installed i3 dotfiles
+```
 
 There are two potential gotchas:
 
-1. `stow` is not installed on the system. Be sure to install it. 
+1. `stow` is not installed on the system. There is a bash equivalent that is
+   close enough for most purposes in this repo that the install script will
+   use.
 
 2. There submodules in this repo (mostly neovim plugins) and they didn't get
-   populated when you cloned the repo.
+   populated when you cloned the repo.  See above.
 
-This repo should have been cloned using the --recurse-submodules flag, i.e.
-```console
-$ git clone --recurse-submodules https://git.sr.ht/~jswank/dotfiles
-```
-
-But, since you forgot, fix this by running:
-```console
-$ git submodule update --init --recursive
-```
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 2c1afef..9d515e0 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ for f in ~/.zshrc ~/.profile; do
   fi
 done
 
+if [ -n $1 ]; then
+  $STOW -t $HOME $1
+  exit 1
+fi
 
 # rm -f $HOME/.zshrc $HOME/.profile >/dev/null 2>&1