diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4f70d8..4e22371 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,34 +1,7 @@
 # donotpassgo
-A composite workflow that runs general code checks on Go projects, an optional <b>test</b> input is available to trigger unit tests. See [steps](#steps) for more information on the jobs run
+donotpassgo is a github/gitea action to run standard go checks in pipelines.
 
-## Usage
-adding donotpassgo to workflows is simple, just add the following step to your yaml file:
-```yaml
-- name: "checkpoint"
-  uses: https://code.jakeyoungdev.com/actions/donotpassgo@main
-```
-
-donotpassgo has optional support for running unit tests, this can be added by setting the <b>test</b> flag to <b>standard</b>
-```yaml
-- name: "checkpoint"
-  uses: https://code.jakeyoungdev.com/actions/donotpassgo@main
-  with:
-    test: standard
-```
-
-running unit tests with ginkgo is also supported by setting the <b>test</b> flag to <b>ginkgo</b> 
-```yaml
-- name: "checkpoint"
-  uses: https://code.jakeyoungdev.com/actions/donotpassgo@main
-  with:
-    test: ginkgo
-```
-
-## Steps
-donotpassgo runs several workflow jobs to ensure quality and secure go code, these steps may be updated as new tools develop.
-### Dependency Scans
-[govulncheck](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck) is installed using golang and is used to scan for vulnerabilities in the project dependencies and standard library.
-### Static Code Analysis
-[gosec](https://github.com/securego/gosec) inspects source code for security problems
-### Unit Tests
-donotpassgo supports two unit tests libraries: the standard go library and [ginkgo](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo)
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+## TODO
+explain inputs in readme
+test
+does file naming matter here if the project has install.sh or /src will we overwrite?
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diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index aed5b2f..6d8e704 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -1,27 +1,46 @@
 name: "donotpassgo"
-description: "general go code checks"
+description: "go security checks and unit tests"
 inputs:
-  test:
-    description: "runs unit tests with specified library"
+  test-library: #TEST_LIBRARY
+    description: "if set, tests are run with the specific library (standard|ginkgo)"
     required: false
     default: "none"
+  test-version: #TEST_VERSION
+    description: "the test library version, if the version is none or standard this value is ignored"
+    required: false
+    default: "latest"
+  test-fail: #TEST_FAIL
+    description: "override switch to prevent jobs from failing when unit tests do"
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+  static: #STATIC_FLAG
+    description: "if set, static code checks are ran with gosec (yes|no)"
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+  static-fail: #STATIC_FAIL
+    description: "override switch to prevent jobs from failing when static code analysis does"
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+  vulnerability: #VULN_CHECK
+    description: "if set, dependencies are scanned with govulncheck (yes|no)"
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+  vulnerability-fail: #VULN_FAIL
+    description: "override switch to prevent jobs from failing when vulnerability scan does"
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+  
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
+    - name: "install dependencies"
+      shell: bash
+      run:  ${{ github.action_path }}/src/install.sh
+
     - name: "run unit tests"
       shell: bash
-      run: ${{ github.action_path }}/test.sh
-      env:
-        LIBRARY: ${{ inputs.test }}
+      run:  ${{ github.action_path }}/src/test.sh
 
-    - name: "install govulncheck"
-      run: |
-        go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
-      
-    - name: "dependency scan"
-      run: govulncheck ./...
-
-    - name: "static code analysis"
-      uses: securego/gosec@master
-      with:
-        args: ./...
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+    - name: "run security checks"
+      shell: bash
+      run:  ${{ github.action_path }}/src/security.sh
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diff --git a/src/install.sh b/src/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13ce6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+version=$(go version);
+if [[ -z "$version" ]]; then
+    echo "[FATAL] golang is not installed";
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
+go install github.com/securego/gosec/v2/cmd/gosec@latest
+
+if [[ "$TEST_LIBRARY" == "ginkgo" ]]; then
+    go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@$TEST_VERSION
+fi
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diff --git a/src/security.sh b/src/security.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14b90f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/security.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [[ "$STATIC_FLAG" == "no" && "$VULN_SCAN" == "no" ]]; then
+    echo "[INFO] no security flags set, skipping!";
+    exit 0;
+fi
+
+if [[ "$STATIC_FLAG" == "yes" ]]; then
+    if gosec ./...; then
+        echo "[INFO] gosec passed!";
+    else
+        if [[ "$STATIC_FAIL" == "yes" ]]; then
+            echo "[FATAL] gosec failed!";
+            exit 1;
+        else
+            echo "[INFO] gosec failed!";
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [[ "$VULN_CHECK" == "yes" ]]; then
+    if govulncheck ./...; then
+        echo "[INFO] govulncheck passed!";
+    else
+        if [[ "$VULN_FAIL" == "yes" ]]; then
+            echo "[FATAL] govulncheck failed!"
+            exit 1;
+        else
+            echo "[INFO] govulncheck failed!"
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
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diff --git a/src/test.sh b/src/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29e6a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [[ "$TEST_LIBRARY" == "none" ]]; then
+    echo "[INFO] test-library input not set, skipping unit tests.";
+    exit 0;
+fi
+
+echo "[INFO] running unit tests";
+if [[ "$TEST_LIBRARY" == "standard" ]]; then
+    if go test ./...; then
+        echo "[INFO] unit tests passed!";
+        exit 0;
+    else
+        if [[ "$TEST_FAIL" == "yes" ]]; then
+            echo "[FATAL] unit tests failed!";
+            exit 1;
+        else
+            echo "[INFO] unit tests failed!";
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [[ "$TEST_LIBRARY" == "ginkgo" ]]; then
+    if ginkgo ./...; then
+        echo "[INFO] unit tests passed!";
+        exit 0;
+    else
+        if [[ "$TEST_FAIL" == "yes" ]]; then
+            echo "[FATAL] unit tests failed!";
+            exit 1;
+        else
+            echo "[INFO] unit tests failed!";
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
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diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 39dfe8a..0000000
--- a/test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-if [[ "$LIBRARY" == "none" ]]; then
-    echo "Test flag not set, skipping unit tests."
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-if [[ "$LIBRARY" == "standard" ]]; then
-    echo "Running unit tests with standard library"
-    if go test ./...; then
-        echo "Tests passed!"
-        exit 0
-    else
-        echo "Tests failed!"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-fi
-
-if [[ "$LIBRARY" == "ginkgo" ]]; then
-    echo "Running unit tests with ginkgo"
-    go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@v2.23.4
-    if ginkgo ./...; then
-        echo "Tests passed!"
-        exit 0
-    else
-        echo "Tests failed!"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-fi
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