diff --git a/git-cvs2git.sh b/git-cvs2git.sh
index b090947..c985787 100755
--- a/git-cvs2git.sh
+++ b/git-cvs2git.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 #
 # $1 = Module name e.g. smeserver-ddclient
 # $2 = Organisation (smeserver or smecontrib)e
-# $3 = "local" will use parameters set for local repository else it will use remote
+# optional (can be in any order)
+#   <local> will use parameters set for local repository else it will use remote
+#   <debug> turn on debug regardless of ~/.smegit/config
+#   <noisy> print a line showing how it was called
 # This works whether the repo and local files exist of not (it deletes them if necessary)
 # However if the remote repo exists, it preserves the README.md file so that edits are not lost
 # Also note: I have had difficulty deleting all the link files in the source tree!
@@ -12,12 +15,6 @@ if [[ -z $1 ]] ; then
 	echo "************git-cvs2git.sh <modulename> <organization> [<local>]"
 	exit 0
 fi
-clear
-echo "**************************************************************************************************"
-echo "*                                                                                                *"
-echo "*    SMEServer - git-cvs2git  $1   $2   $3   `date`         *"
-echo "*                                                                                                *"
-echo "**************************************************************************************************"
 
 #
 # Pull in parameters from a config file ~/.smegit/config
@@ -51,6 +48,32 @@ done < "$inifilename"
 DEBUG=
 if [ ${smegit_DEBUG} == "true" ] ; then DEBUG=true ; fi
 
+GITEAUser=${remote_USER}
+GITEAACCESSTOKEN=${remote_GITEAACCESSTOKEN}
+GITEAHOST=${remote_GITEAHOST}
+NOISY=
+EXTRAPARAMS=
+for param in $3 $4 $5 $6; do
+  if [ $param ] ; then
+    case $param in
+	  local )
+    	GITEAUser=${local_USER}
+    	GITEAACCESSTOKEN=${local_GITEAACCESSTOKEN}
+    	GITEAHOST=${local_GITEAHOST}
+		;;
+	  debug )
+		DEBUG=true ;;
+      noisy )
+        NOISY=true ;;
+      * )
+        EXTRAPARAMS=$EXTRAPARAMS" "$param ;;
+    esac
+  else
+	  break
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ $NOISY ] ; then echo "git-cvs2git.sh $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6" ; fi
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "************found ini file: $inifilename" ; fi
 # Make this null if you want lots of output. Still quite a bit anyway
 QUIET="-q"
@@ -73,16 +96,6 @@ else
     WORKDIR=${smegit_WORKDIR}
 fi
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "WORKDIR=$WORKDIR" ; fi
-GITEAUser=${remote_USER}
-GITEAACCESSTOKEN=${remote_GITEAACCESSTOKEN}
-GITEAHOST=${remote_GITEAHOST}
-if [ $3 ] ; then
-if [ $3 == "local" ] ; then
-    GITEAUser=${local_USER}
-    GITEAACCESSTOKEN=${local_GITEAACCESSTOKEN}
-    GITEAHOST=${local_GITEAHOST}
-fi
-fi
 RemoteRepoURL="$GITEAHOST/$2/$1"
 
 #
@@ -270,7 +283,7 @@ RESPONSE=$(curl "$checkSSL" "$curlsilent" -X  'DELETE' \
 	"$GITEAHOST/api/v1/repos/$ORGGITEA/$1" \
 	-H 'accept: application/json' \
 	-H "Authorization: token $GITEAACCESSTOKEN")
-if [[ $RESPONSE == "204" ]]	; then
+if [[ $RESPONSE == "204" || $RESPONSE == "404" ]]	; then
 	if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "************Repository $ORGGITEA/$1 deleted or does not exist" ; fi
 else	
 	echo "************Can NOT delete Repository $ORGGITEA/$1 - results will be unknown - Aborting!"