diff --git a/URLNotesGrabberCORE/DataAccess.cs b/URLNotesGrabberCORE/DataAccess.cs
index b288d05..3888c82 100644
--- a/URLNotesGrabberCORE/DataAccess.cs
+++ b/URLNotesGrabberCORE/DataAccess.cs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (_savedImportPragmas != null)
                     return;
 
-                SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+                using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
                 try
                 {
                     connection.Open();
@@ -177,10 +177,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 {
                     Console.WriteLine($"[SQLite Import Mode] Failed to enable import pragmas: {ex.Message}");
                 }
-                finally
-                {
-                    connection.Close();
-                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -192,7 +188,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (_savedImportPragmas == null)
                     return;
 
-                SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+                using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
                 try
                 {
                     connection.Open();
@@ -219,7 +215,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 finally
                 {
                     _savedImportPragmas = null;
-                    connection.Close();
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -254,7 +249,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
         public static void EnsureReplyTextColumnExists(string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             try
             {
@@ -298,16 +293,12 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 // Breakpoint here
                 Console.WriteLine($"Error checking/creating replyText column: {ex.Message}");
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
 
         public static void EnsureBlogsLikesColumnsExist(string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             try
             {
@@ -393,10 +384,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
             {
                 Console.WriteLine($"Error mapping Blogs likes columns: {ex.Message}");
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
 
         #region Adds
@@ -520,8 +507,12 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                         {
                             if (ownsConnection) connection.Open();
 
-                            string updateSql = "UPDATE Posts SET hasImage = " + (hasImage ? 1 : 0) + ", DateModified = '" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") + "' WHERE blogName = '" + blogName + "' AND postID = '" + postID + "'";
-                            SQLiteCommand updateCommand = new SQLiteCommand(updateSql, connection);
+                            string updateSql = "UPDATE Posts SET hasImage = @hasImage, DateModified = @DateModified WHERE blogName = @blogName AND postID = @postID";
+                            using SQLiteCommand updateCommand = new SQLiteCommand(updateSql, connection);
+                            updateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@hasImage", hasImage ? 1 : 0);
+                            updateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DateModified", DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"));
+                            updateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@blogName", blogName);
+                            updateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@postID", postID);
 
                             updateCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
                         }
@@ -567,7 +558,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
         public static void AddAPICount(string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             try
             {
@@ -588,10 +579,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 // Breakpoint here
                 //Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
 
         public static bool AddNote(string rootBlogName, string noteBlogName, long postID, long timestamp, string type, string? DBPath = null)
@@ -600,7 +587,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
             //try { AddPost(rootBlogName, postID, DBPath); } catch { }
             try { AddBlog(noteBlogName, false, DBPath); } catch { }
 
-            SQLiteConnection connection2 = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection2 = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             try
             {
@@ -659,10 +646,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                     Console.WriteLine("^^^^^ - SHORTCUT");
                 }
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection2.Close();
-            }
             return false;
         }
         #endregion Adds
@@ -678,7 +661,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
         public static List<Tuple<string, long, long, long>> GetPosts(bool withoutNotesOnly = false, DateTime? beforeDate = null, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             List<Tuple<string, long, long, long>> posts = new List<Tuple<string, long, long, long>>();
 
             try
@@ -856,17 +839,13 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (ex.Message != "constraint failed\r\nUNIQUE constraint failed: Posts.BlogName, Posts.PostID")
                     Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
             return posts;
         }
 
         public static List<Tuple<string, long>> GetReplies(string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             List<Tuple<string, long>> posts = new List<Tuple<string, long>>();
 
             try
@@ -900,17 +879,13 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (ex.Message != "constraint failed\r\nUNIQUE constraint failed: Posts.BlogName, Posts.PostID")
                     Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
             return posts;
         }
 
         public static List<Tuple<string, long>> GetRepliesWithMissingText(string? DBPath = null, int limit = 50)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             List<Tuple<string, long>> posts = new List<Tuple<string, long>>();
 
             try
@@ -951,17 +926,13 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 // Breakpoint here
                 Console.WriteLine($"Error getting replies with missing text: {ex.Message}");
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
             return posts;
         }
 
         public static List<Tuple<string, long, long>> GetRepliesWithFilledText(string? DBPath = null, int? limit = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             List<Tuple<string, long, long>> posts = new List<Tuple<string, long, long>>();
 
             try
@@ -1013,17 +984,13 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 // Breakpoint here
                 Console.WriteLine($"Error getting replies with filled text: {ex.Message}");
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
             return posts;
         }
 
         public static int GetAPICount(string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             int count = 0;
 
             try { AddAPICount(); } catch { }
@@ -1052,17 +1019,13 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (ex.Message != "constraint failed\r\nUNIQUE constraint failed: Posts.BlogName, Posts.PostID")
                     Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
             return count;
         }
 
         public static List<Tuple<string, int, long, long>> GetBlogsForLikes(string specificBlog = null, int cooldownDays = 7, bool ignoreCooldown = false, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             List<Tuple<string, int, long, long>> blogs = new List<Tuple<string, int, long, long>>();
 
             try
@@ -1138,17 +1101,13 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
             {
                 Console.WriteLine($"Error fetching blogs for likes: {ex.Message}");
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
             return blogs;
         }
 
         public static List<string> GetBlogs(bool reblogsOnly, int from, int to, int top, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             List<string> blogs = new List<string>();
 
             try
@@ -1183,17 +1142,13 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (ex.Message != "constraint failed\r\nUNIQUE constraint failed: Posts.BlogName, Posts.PostID")
                     Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
             return blogs;
         }
 
         public static List<string> GetBlogsAll(bool reblogsOnly, int from, int to, int top, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             List<string> blogs = new List<string>();
 
             try
@@ -1228,51 +1183,39 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (ex.Message != "constraint failed\r\nUNIQUE constraint failed: Posts.BlogName, Posts.PostID")
                     Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
             return blogs;
         }
         public static IEnumerable<List<string>> GetAllPostTextColumns(string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             connection.Open();
-            try
+            string sql = "SELECT BlogName, reblogURL, PostURL, Slug, ReblogKey, ReblogName, Summary, Quote, Body, Tags, Link, PhotoURL, PhotoCaption, DownloadedFiles, AudioCaption, Question, Answer, Title, RootBlogName, RootURL FROM Posts WHERE IFNULL(DownloadedFiles, '.') = '.'";
+            using (SQLiteCommand command = new SQLiteCommand(sql, connection))
             {
-                string sql = "SELECT BlogName, reblogURL, PostURL, Slug, ReblogKey, ReblogName, Summary, Quote, Body, Tags, Link, PhotoURL, PhotoCaption, DownloadedFiles, AudioCaption, Question, Answer, Title, RootBlogName, RootURL FROM Posts WHERE IFNULL(DownloadedFiles, '.') = '.'";
-                using (SQLiteCommand command = new SQLiteCommand(sql, connection))
+                using (SQLiteDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader())
                 {
-                    using (SQLiteDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader())
+                    while (reader.Read())
                     {
-                        while (reader.Read())
+                        List<string> rowTexts = new List<string>();
+                        for (int i = 0; i < reader.FieldCount; i++)
                         {
-                            List<string> rowTexts = new List<string>();
-                            for (int i = 0; i < reader.FieldCount; i++)
+                            if (!reader.IsDBNull(i))
                             {
-                                if (!reader.IsDBNull(i))
+                                var val = reader.GetValue(i);
+                                if (val is string str && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(str) && str != ".")
                                 {
-                                    var val = reader.GetValue(i);
-                                    if (val is string str && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(str) && str != ".")
-                                    {
-                                        rowTexts.Add(str);
-                                    }
+                                    rowTexts.Add(str);
                                 }
                             }
-                            if (rowTexts.Count > 0)
-                            {
-                                yield return rowTexts;
-                            }
+                        }
+                        if (rowTexts.Count > 0)
+                        {
+                            yield return rowTexts;
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-                connection.Dispose();
-            }
         }
         #endregion Gets
 
@@ -1282,7 +1225,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
         public static void UpdatePostMarkNotesCollected(string blogName, long postID, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             try
             {
@@ -1305,16 +1248,12 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (ex.Message != "constraint failed\r\nUNIQUE constraint failed: Posts.BlogName, Posts.PostID")
                     Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
 
         public static void UpdatePostMarkNotFound(string blogName, long postID, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             try
             {
@@ -1338,10 +1277,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (ex.Message != "constraint failed\r\nUNIQUE constraint failed: Posts.BlogName, Posts.PostID")
                     Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
 
         // ----- CollectRunState: tracks the frozen cutoff + completion flag for a managed "-collect 0" full re-check run -----
@@ -1453,7 +1388,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
 
             Console.WriteLine("{2}\t{0}\t{1}", UnixTimeStampToDateTime(timestamp), noteBlogName, type);
 
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             try
             {
@@ -1480,10 +1415,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                     return true;
                 }
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -1599,7 +1530,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
         public static void UpdateBlogOutput(string blogName, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             try
             {
@@ -1619,16 +1550,12 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (ex.Message != "constraint failed\r\nUNIQUE constraint failed: Posts.BlogName, Posts.PostID")
                     Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
 
         public static void UpdateBlogLikesStatus(string blogName, int likesPulled, long likesCursor, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             try
             {
                 connection.Open();
@@ -1646,10 +1573,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
             {
                 Console.WriteLine($"Error updating blog likes status: {ex.Message}");
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
 
         // Bumps the high-water mark for a blog. Used during Branch A (initial backfill) when we
@@ -1659,7 +1582,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
         {
             if (newestTimestamp <= 0) return;
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             try
             {
                 connection.Open();
@@ -1679,10 +1602,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
             {
                 Console.WriteLine($"Error updating blog likes newest timestamp: {ex.Message}");
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
 
         // Called at the end of a refresh pass (Branch B). Bumps the high-water mark, stamps the
@@ -1690,7 +1609,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
         public static void UpdateBlogLikesRefreshStatus(string blogName, long newestTimestamp, int newCount, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             try
             {
                 connection.Open();
@@ -1713,16 +1632,12 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
             {
                 Console.WriteLine($"Error updating blog likes refresh status: {ex.Message}");
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
 
         public static int UpdateAPICount(string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             int APICount = DataAccess.GetAPICount();
             APICount++;
@@ -1745,10 +1660,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 if (ex.Message != "constraint failed\r\nUNIQUE constraint failed: Posts.BlogName, Posts.PostID")
                     Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
 
             return APICount;
         }
@@ -1756,7 +1667,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
         public static int UpdateNoteReplyText(string rootBlogName, long postID, string noteBlogName, long timestamp, string replyText, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
             int rowsAffected = 0;
 
             // A bare "." collides with the "needs processing" sentinel in GetRepliesWithFilledText, which would loop the post forever. Store as ". " so the data is preserved but no longer matches the sentinel.
@@ -1799,17 +1710,13 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 Console.WriteLine($"[UpdateNoteReplyText] Error updating reply text: {ex.Message}");
                 Console.WriteLine($"[UpdateNoteReplyText] StackTrace: {ex.StackTrace}");
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
             return rowsAffected;
         }
 
         public static int UpdateAllNoteReplyTextForPost(string rootBlogName, long postID, string replyText, string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             try
             {
@@ -1845,10 +1752,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 Console.WriteLine($"[UpdateAllNoteReplyTextForPost] StackTrace: {ex.StackTrace}");
                 return 0;
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
         #endregion Updates
 
@@ -1859,7 +1762,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
         public static void EnsureTTFileHelperColumnsExist(string? DBPath = null)
         {
             DBPath ??= GetDefaultDbPath();
-            SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
+            using SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection("Data Source=" + DBPath);
 
             try
             {
@@ -1905,10 +1808,6 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
             {
                 Console.WriteLine($"Error ensuring TTFileHelper columns: {ex.Message}");
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                connection.Close();
-            }
         }
 
         // INSERT-or-UPDATE for a post arriving from a Tumblr text-file export.
@@ -2729,7 +2628,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
         {
             minRetrySeconds = 0;
             if (!_usePool || _overrideKey != null) return false;
-            if (_keys.Count <= 1) return true;
+            if (_keys.Count == 0) return false;
 
             var now = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds();
             bool all = true;
diff --git a/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs b/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs
index 99343b0..c0bf0ba 100644
--- a/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs
+++ b/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using System.Configuration;
 using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Latency;
-using static System.Runtime.InteropServices.JavaScript.JSType;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
@@ -140,7 +139,10 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                 Console.SetOut(dualLogger);
             }
 
-            List<string> contains = settings.GetValue<string>("ContainsList").Split(',').ToList();
+            string? containsListSetting = settings.GetValue<string>("ContainsList");
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(containsListSetting))
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("ContainsList is not configured in appsettings.json");
+            List<string> contains = containsListSetting.Split(',').ToList();
             bool logTraversalRecordImports = settings.GetValue("LogTraversalRecordImports", false);
 
             if (args.Length == 0) //Traverse folder structure to add posts and thus blogs to DB
@@ -175,6 +177,12 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                         break;
 
                     case "--parse":
+                        if (args.Length < 2)
+                        {
+                            Console.WriteLine("Usage: --parse <blogname>");
+                            exitCode = 2;
+                            break;
+                        }
                         string blogNameToParse = args[1];
                         int postsAdded = 0;
                         try
@@ -283,7 +291,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                     case "--blogsO": //collect notes from all posts
                         int from = 1, to = 999999, top = 100;
 
-                        if (args[1] is not null && args[2] is not null && args[3] is not null)
+                        if (args.Length >= 4 && args[1] is not null && args[2] is not null && args[3] is not null)
                         {
                             from = int.Parse(args[1]);
                             to = int.Parse(args[2]);
@@ -293,6 +301,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                         {
                             Console.WriteLine("--Expected FROM TO--");
                             exitCode = 2;
+                            break;
                         }
                         WriteBlogsToFile(settings.GetValue<string>("PathOutputBlogs"), false, from, to, top);
                         break;
@@ -300,7 +309,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                     case "--bop": //collect notes from all posts
                         from = 1; to = 999999; top = 100;
 
-                        if (args[1] is not null && args[2] is not null && args[3] is not null)
+                        if (args.Length >= 4 && args[1] is not null && args[2] is not null && args[3] is not null)
                         {
                             from = int.Parse(args[1]);
                             to = int.Parse(args[2]);
@@ -310,6 +319,7 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                         {
                             Console.WriteLine("--Expected FROM TO--");
                             exitCode = 2;
+                            break;
                         }
                         WriteBlogsToFileAll(settings.GetValue<string>("PathOutputBlogs"), false, from, to, top);
                         break;