diff --git a/care.js b/care.js
index 2ea60ef..a97bc09 100755
--- a/care.js
+++ b/care.js
@@ -97,17 +97,15 @@ function doTheCodes() {
   var todayCommits = 0;
   var weekCommits = 0;
 
-  var today = spawn('sh ' + __dirname + '/standup-helper.sh', [config.repos], {shell:true});
   todayBox.content = '';
-  today.stdout.on('data', data => {
+  collectRepositoryLogs(config.repos, ['-d 1'], (data) => {
     todayCommits = getCommits(`${data}`, todayBox);
     updateCommitsGraph(todayCommits, weekCommits);
     screen.render();
   });
 
-  var week = spawn('sh ' + __dirname + '/standup-helper.sh', ['-d 7', config.repos], {shell:true});
   weekBox.content = '';
-  week.stdout.on('data', data => {
+  collectRepositoryLogs(config.repos, ['-d 7'], (data) => {
     weekCommits = getCommits(`${data}`, weekBox);
     updateCommitsGraph(todayCommits, weekCommits);
     screen.render();
@@ -142,6 +140,23 @@ function makeScrollBox(label) {
   return options;
 }
 
+function collectRepositoryLogs(search_paths, args, handler) {
+  var n = search_paths.length;
+  var output = '';
+  for (var search_path of search_paths) {
+    var proc = spawn(__dirname + '/node_modules/git-standup/git-standup', args, {shell: true, cwd: search_path});
+    proc.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+      output += data;
+    });
+    proc.once('exit', () => {
+      --n;
+      if (n == 0) {
+        handler(output);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 var commitRegex = /(.......) (- .*)/g;
 function getCommits(data, box) {
   var content = colorizeLog(data);
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index f51abc2..46a9afd 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config.apiKeys = config.apiKeys === 'true' ? true : false;
 
 // Directories in which to run git-standup on for a list of your recent commits.
 config.repos = process.env.TTC_REPOS || '~/Code';
-config.repos = config.repos.split(',').join(' ');
+config.repos = config.repos.split(',');
 
 // Where to check the weather for. This can be a zip code or a location name
 // So both 90210 and "San Francisco, CA" should be ok.
diff --git a/standup-helper.sh b/standup-helper.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a68457..0000000
--- a/standup-helper.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-# I couldn't figure out how to cd into a different working directory
-# and run git-standup there directly from node (cwd did nothing), so
-# here we are.
-
-progname=$0
-
-# I love 2 shell.
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-standup=$DIR"/node_modules/git-standup/git-standup"
-
-function usage () {
-   echo "Usage: "
-   echo "  $progname [-d days] [-h] repo1 repo2 etc."
-   echo "  -d \t - Specify the number of days back to include"
-   echo "  -d \t - Display this help screen"
-}
-
-# get the optional days
-days=1
-while getopts "d:h" opt; do
-   case $opt in
-   d ) days=$OPTARG;;
-   h )  usage ;;
-   \?)  usage ;;
-   esac
-done
-shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
-
-# the repo names
-for dir in "$@"
-do
-  (cd $dir; $standup -d $days)
-done