diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83e25ab6..a7eeaa00 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #  ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 #  OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
+$(info mergerfs MAKEFLAGS: $(MAKEFLAGS))
+
 ifeq ($(shell id -u),0)
 FAKEROOT ?=
 endif
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ $(BUILDDIR)/tests: $(BUILDDIR)/mergerfs $(TESTS_OBJS)
 .PHONY: libfuse
 $(LIBFUSE):
 libfuse:
-	$(MAKE) NDEBUG=$(NDEBUG) -C libfuse
+	$(MAKE) -C libfuse
 
 tests: $(BUILDDIR)/tests
 
diff --git a/buildtools/build-release b/buildtools/build-release
index 146abd61..51443b15 100755
--- a/buildtools/build-release
+++ b/buildtools/build-release
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def build(git_repo,
     if os.path.exists(git_repo):
         git_repo = os.path.realpath(git_repo)
         args += ['-v',f'{git_repo}:/tmp/mergerfs.git:ro']
-        args += ['--build-arg=GIT_REPO=/tmp/mergerfs.git']
+        args += ['--build-arg=GIT_REPO=file:///tmp/mergerfs.git']
     else:
         args += [f'--build-arg=GIT_REPO={git_repo}']
     args += ['-o',pkgdirpath,
diff --git a/buildtools/containerfiles/static.amd64 b/buildtools/containerfiles/static.amd64
index e7b50015..4f886fff 100644
--- a/buildtools/containerfiles/static.amd64
+++ b/buildtools/containerfiles/static.amd64
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP=0
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 alpine:latest as build
 COPY install-build-pkgs /tmp/
 RUN /tmp/install-build-pkgs
-ARG BRANCH=master
-RUN git clone --single-branch --depth=1 https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs /tmp/mergerfs --branch="${BRANCH}"
+ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP=0
+ARG GIT_REPO
+ARG BRANCH
+RUN git clone --single-branch --branch="${BRANCH}" ${GIT_REPO} /tmp/mergerfs 
 WORKDIR /tmp/mergerfs
 RUN make NDEBUG=1 LTO=1 STATIC=1 DESTDIR=/tmp -j$(nproc) install
 RUN mkdir /build
-RUN tar cvfz /build/mergerfs-static-linux_amd64.tar.gz --directory=/tmp usr sbin
+RUN /tmp/usr/local/bin/mergerfs --version | head -n1 | cut -c 11- | tee /tmp/version
+RUN tar cvfz /build/mergerfs-$(cat /tmp/version)-static-linux_amd64.tar.gz --directory=/tmp usr sbin
 
 FROM scratch
 COPY --from=build /build/ /
diff --git a/buildtools/containerfiles/static.arm64 b/buildtools/containerfiles/static.arm64
index ad57d8e4..d2d421eb 100644
--- a/buildtools/containerfiles/static.arm64
+++ b/buildtools/containerfiles/static.arm64
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP=0
 FROM --platform=linux/arm64 alpine:latest as build
 COPY install-build-pkgs /tmp/
 RUN /tmp/install-build-pkgs
-ARG BRANCH=master
-RUN git clone --single-branch --depth=1 https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs /tmp/mergerfs --branch="${BRANCH}"
+ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP=0
+ARG GIT_REPO
+ARG BRANCH
+RUN git clone --single-branch --branch="${BRANCH}" ${GIT_REPO} /tmp/mergerfs 
 WORKDIR /tmp/mergerfs
 RUN make NDEBUG=1 LTO=1 STATIC=1 DESTDIR=/tmp -j$(nproc) install
 RUN mkdir /build
-RUN tar cvfz /build/mergerfs-static-linux_arm64.tar.gz --directory=/tmp usr sbin
+RUN /tmp/usr/local/bin/mergerfs --version | head -n1 | cut -c 11- | tee /tmp/version
+RUN tar cvfz /build/mergerfs-$(cat /tmp/version)-static-linux_arm64.tar.gz --directory=/tmp usr sbin
 
 FROM scratch
 COPY --from=build /build/ /
diff --git a/buildtools/containerfiles/static.armhf b/buildtools/containerfiles/static.armhf
index cf418139..6f67c3fc 100644
--- a/buildtools/containerfiles/static.armhf
+++ b/buildtools/containerfiles/static.armhf
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP=0
 FROM --platform=linux/armhf alpine:latest as build
 COPY install-build-pkgs /tmp/
 RUN /tmp/install-build-pkgs
-ARG BRANCH=master
-RUN git clone --single-branch --depth=1 https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs /tmp/mergerfs --branch="${BRANCH}"
+ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP=0
+ARG GIT_REPO
+ARG BRANCH
+RUN git clone --single-branch --branch="${BRANCH}" ${GIT_REPO} /tmp/mergerfs 
 WORKDIR /tmp/mergerfs
 RUN make NDEBUG=1 LTO=1 STATIC=1 DESTDIR=/tmp -j$(nproc) install
 RUN mkdir /build
-RUN tar cvfz /build/mergerfs-static-linux_armhf.tar.gz --directory=/tmp usr sbin
+RUN /tmp/usr/local/bin/mergerfs --version | head -n1 | cut -c 11- | tee /tmp/version
+RUN tar cvfz /build/mergerfs-$(cat /tmp/version)-static-linux_armhf.tar.gz --directory=/tmp usr sbin
 
 FROM scratch
 COPY --from=build /build/ /
diff --git a/buildtools/containerfiles/static.i386 b/buildtools/containerfiles/static.i386
index 10ee3d71..b55c12b1 100644
--- a/buildtools/containerfiles/static.i386
+++ b/buildtools/containerfiles/static.i386
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP=0
 FROM --platform=linux/i386 alpine:latest as build
 COPY install-build-pkgs /tmp/
 RUN /tmp/install-build-pkgs
-ARG BRANCH=master
-RUN git clone --single-branch --depth=1 https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs /tmp/mergerfs --branch="${BRANCH}"
+ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP=0
+ARG GIT_REPO
+ARG BRANCH
+RUN git clone --single-branch --branch="${BRANCH}" ${GIT_REPO} /tmp/mergerfs 
 WORKDIR /tmp/mergerfs
 RUN make NDEBUG=1 LTO=1 STATIC=1 DESTDIR=/tmp -j$(nproc) install
 RUN mkdir /build
-RUN tar cvfz /build/mergerfs-static-linux_i386.tar.gz --directory=/tmp usr sbin
+RUN /tmp/usr/local/bin/mergerfs --version | head -n1 | cut -c 11- | tee /tmp/version
+RUN tar cvfz /build/mergerfs-$(cat /tmp/version)-static-linux_i386.tar.gz --directory=/tmp usr sbin
 
 FROM scratch
 COPY --from=build /build/ /
diff --git a/buildtools/containerfiles/static.riscv64 b/buildtools/containerfiles/static.riscv64
index e6c5fd65..4583f55f 100644
--- a/buildtools/containerfiles/static.riscv64
+++ b/buildtools/containerfiles/static.riscv64
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP=0
 FROM --platform=linux/riscv64 alpine:latest as build
 COPY install-build-pkgs /tmp/
 RUN /tmp/install-build-pkgs
-ARG BRANCH=master
-RUN git clone --single-branch --depth=1 https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs /tmp/mergerfs --branch="${BRANCH}"
+ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP=0
+ARG GIT_REPO
+ARG BRANCH
+RUN git clone --single-branch --branch="${BRANCH}" ${GIT_REPO} /tmp/mergerfs 
 WORKDIR /tmp/mergerfs
 RUN make NDEBUG=1 LTO=1 STATIC=1 DESTDIR=/tmp -j$(nproc) install
 RUN mkdir /build
-RUN tar cvfz /build/mergerfs-static-linux_riscv64.tar.gz --directory=/tmp usr sbin
+RUN /tmp/usr/local/bin/mergerfs --version | head -n1 | cut -c 11- | tee /tmp/version
+RUN tar cvfz /build/mergerfs-$(cat /tmp/version)-static-linux_riscv64.tar.gz --directory=/tmp usr sbin
 
 FROM scratch
 COPY --from=build /build/ /
diff --git a/libfuse/Makefile b/libfuse/Makefile
index e1e6f222..85b94af4 100644
--- a/libfuse/Makefile
+++ b/libfuse/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #  ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 #  OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
+$(info libfuse MAKEFLAGS: $(MAKEFLAGS))
+
 AR      ?= ar
 CHMOD   ?= chmod
 CHOWN   ?= chown
@@ -88,10 +90,17 @@ OBJS += $(SRC_CXX:lib/%.cpp=$(BUILDDIR)/.objs/%.cpp.o)
 DEPS := $(SRC_C:lib/%.c=$(BUILDDIR)/.objs/%.c.d)
 DEPS += $(SRC_CXX:lib/%.cpp=$(BUILDDIR)/.objs/%.cpp.d)
 
+ifdef STATIC
+STATIC_FLAGS := -static
+else
+STATIC_FLAGS :=
+endif
+
 CPPFLAGS ?=
 CFLAGS ?= \
 	$(OPT_FLAGS) \
 	$(LTO_FLAGS) \
+	$(STATIC_FLAGS) \
 	-Wall \
 	-pipe
 override CFLAGS += \
@@ -101,6 +110,7 @@ override CFLAGS += \
 CXXFLAGS ?= \
 	$(OPT_FLAGS) \
 	$(LTO_FLAGS) \
+	$(STATIC_FLAGS) \
 	-Wall \
 	-pipe
 override CXXFLAGS += \
@@ -138,6 +148,7 @@ $(BUILDDIR)/mergerfs-fusermount: util/fusermount.c lib/mount_util.c
 mergerfs-fusermount: $(BUILDDIR)/mergerfs-fusermount
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/mount.mergerfs: $(BUILDDIR)/libfuse.a util/mount.mergerfs.c
+	echo STATIC=$(STATIC) $(STATIC_FLAGS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(FUSE_FLAGS) -o $(BUILDDIR)/mount.mergerfs util/mount.mergerfs.c $(BUILDDIR)/libfuse.a $(LDFLAGS)
 
 mount.mergerfs: $(BUILDDIR)/mount.mergerfs
diff --git a/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp b/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp
index c82e95a5..bf580195 100644
--- a/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp
+++ b/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ fuse_ll_opt_proc(void             *data_,
                  int               key_,
                  struct fuse_args *outargs_)
 {
-  fmt::print(stderr, "* ERROR: unknown option '{}'\n", arg_);
+  fmt::print(stderr, "fuse: ERROR - unknown option - '{}'\n", arg_);
 
   return -1;
 }
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index ac0fc901..8acdb553 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ Config::Config()
     nullrw.ro =
     pid.ro =
     pin_threads.ro =
+    posix_acl.ro =
     process_thread_count.ro =
     process_thread_queue_depth.ro =
     read_thread_count.ro =
@@ -180,9 +181,9 @@ Config::Config()
     srcmounts.ro =
     version.ro =
     true;
-  congestion_threshold.ro =
+  congestion_threshold.display =
     gid.display =
-    max_background.ro =
+    max_background.display =
     threads.display =
     _mount.display =
     uid.display =
@@ -389,6 +390,7 @@ Config::get(const std::string &key_,
 
   key = str::replace(key_,'_','-');
 
+
   i = _map.find(key);
   if(i == _map.end())
     return -ENOATTR;
@@ -434,8 +436,6 @@ Config::from_stream(std::istream &istrm_)
 {
   int rv;
   std::string line;
-  std::string key;
-  std::string val;
   Config::ErrVec new_errs;
 
   while(std::getline(istrm_,line,'\n'))
@@ -444,13 +444,9 @@ Config::from_stream(std::istream &istrm_)
       if(line.empty() || (line[0] == '#'))
         continue;
 
-      str::splitkv(line,'=',&key,&val);
-      key = str::trim(key);
-      val = str::trim(val);
-
-      rv = set(key,val);
+      rv = set(line);
       if(rv < 0)
-        new_errs.push_back({-rv,key+'='+val});
+        new_errs.push_back({-rv,line});
     }
 
   rv = (new_errs.empty() ? 0 : -EINVAL);
diff --git a/src/mergerfs.cpp b/src/mergerfs.cpp
index 63d6c146..826ca36f 100644
--- a/src/mergerfs.cpp
+++ b/src/mergerfs.cpp
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ _main(int    argc_,
           std::string s = err.to_string();
 
           SysLog::error("error: {}",s);
-          fmt::println(stderr,"* ERROR: {}",s);
+          fmt::println(stderr,"mergerfs: ERROR - {}",s);
         }
 
       return 1;
diff --git a/src/option_parser.cpp b/src/option_parser.cpp
index 9d3e3786..4d9459d2 100644
--- a/src/option_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/option_parser.cpp
@@ -121,37 +121,19 @@ _set_default_options(fuse_args *args_)
 
 static
 int
-_parse_and_process_kv_arg(const std::string &key_,
-                          const std::string &val_)
+_process_opt(const std::string &arg_)
 {
   int rv;
-  std::string key(key_);
-  std::string val(val_);
-
-  if(cfg.has_key(key) == false)
-    return 1;
 
-  rv = cfg.set(key,val);
+  rv = cfg.set(arg_);
+  if(rv == -ENOATTR)
+    return OPT_KEEP;
   if(rv < 0)
-    cfg.errs.push_back({-rv,key+'='+val});
+    cfg.errs.push_back({-rv,arg_});
 
   return OPT_DISCARD;
 }
 
-static
-int
-_process_opt(const std::string &arg_)
-{
-  std::string key;
-  std::string val;
-
-  str::splitkv(arg_,'=',&key,&val);
-  key = str::trim(key);
-  val = str::trim(val);
-
-  return ::_parse_and_process_kv_arg(key,val);
-}
-
 static
 void
 _usage(void)