diff --git a/t.sh b/t.sh
index 70061ce..f904569 100755
--- a/t.sh
+++ b/t.sh
@@ -123,19 +123,6 @@ function getuid() {
     return 0
 }
 
-function getorgenid() {
-    local res uid v=0
-    uid=$1
-    res=$(getid $uid)
-    if [[ -z $res ]]; then
-        res=$nextid
-        idmap[$nextid]=$uid
-        nextid=$((nextid + 1))
-        needsave=1
-    fi
-    echo "$res"
-}
-
 function loadids() {
     local LINE n uid id max count
     count=0
@@ -161,12 +148,26 @@ dblog "got $count IDs from $idfile"
 }
 
 function saveids() {
-    local id
-    cp /dev/null $idfile
-    for id in ${!idmap[@]}; do
-        #dblog "save to $idfile: uid ${idmap[$id]} id $id sum ${tasksum[$id]}" >> $idfile
-        echo "${idmap[$id]}:$id" >> $idfile
-    done
+    local id verbose=0
+    local ess nids=0
+
+    [[ $1 -eq "-v" ]] && verbose=1
+
+    if [[ ${#idmap[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+        cp /dev/null $idfile
+        for id in ${!idmap[@]}; do
+            #dblog "save to $idfile: uid ${idmap[$id]} id $id sum ${tasksum[$id]}" >> $idfile
+            echo "${idmap[$id]}:$id" >> $idfile
+            nids=$((nids + 1))
+        done
+        [[ $nids -eq 1 ]] && ess="" || ess="s"
+        [[ $verbose -eq 1 ]] && action "Saved $nids ID mapping$ess to $idfile."
+    else
+        [[ $verbose -eq 1 ]] && warn "No ID mappings found to save"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    return 0
 }
 
 function dumpids() {
@@ -178,10 +179,14 @@ function dumpids() {
 
 function loadtasks() {
     local f ess x thislev par parid show thissum thisdesc
+    local verbose=0
     maxid=-1
     maxindent=-1
     maxtaskwidth=-1
     ntasks=0
+    while [[ $# -ge 1 ]]; do
+        [[ $1 == "-v" ]] && verbose=1 && shift 1
+    done
     dblog "Loading tasks..."
     for f in $dir/*.vcf; do
         dblog "--> loading from $f"
@@ -216,6 +221,7 @@ function loadtasks() {
     done
 
     [[ $ntasks -eq 1 ]] && ess="" || ess="s"
+    [[ $verbose -eq 1 ]] && action "Finished loading $ntasks task$ess."
     dblog "Finished loading $ntasks task$ess."
     return 0
 }
@@ -300,7 +306,13 @@ dblog "process token  '${tok[$i]}'"
 #nexti=$((i + 1))
 #dblog "i=$i tok[i]=${tok[$i]} i+1=$((i + 1)) tok[i+1]=${tok[$((i + 1))]} uid $uid id $id"
 #dblog "i=$i tok[i]=${tok[$i]} i+1=$((i + 1)) tok[nexti]=${tok[$nexti]} uid $uid id $id"
-            id=$(getorgenid $uid)
+            id=$(getid $uid)
+            if [[ -z $id ]]; then
+                id=$nextid
+                idmap[$nextid]=$uid
+                nextid=$((nextid + 1))
+                needsave=1
+            fi
 #dblog "i=$i tok[i]=${tok[$i]} uid $uid id $id"
         elif [[ ${tok[$i]} == "sum" ]]; then
             sum="${tok[$((i + 1))]}"
@@ -1103,6 +1115,24 @@ function getchildren() {
     return 0
 }
 
+function makedir() {
+    local d
+    d="$1"
+
+    if [[ -d "$d" ]]; then
+        info "Directory $d already exists"
+    else
+        mkdir -p "${d}"
+        if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+            action "Created directory ${BOLD}$d${PLAIN}"
+        else
+            error "Couldn't mkdir ${BOLD}$d${PLAIN}${RED}"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    return 0
+}
+
 function init() {
     local gotvdconf=0 d url count cals cals_arr thiscal selcal
     action "Initialising configration"
@@ -1120,17 +1150,7 @@ function init() {
 
     if [[ $gotvdconf -ne 1 ]]; then
         for d in "$vdirsyncdir" "$vdircaldir" "$vdirstatdir"; do
-            if [[ -d "$d" ]]; then
-                info "Directory $d already exists"
-            else
-                mkdir -p "$vdirsyncdir"
-                if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-                    action "Created directory ${BOLD}$d${PLAIN}"
-                else
-                    error "Couldn't mkdir ${BOLD}$d${PLAIN}${RED}"
-                    return 1
-                fi
-            fi
+            makedir "$d" || return 1
         done
 
         echo -e "${MAGENTA}Please provide the URL of your caldav server.${PLAIN}"
@@ -1183,7 +1203,14 @@ EOF
         count=$(echo "$cals" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
     fi
 
-    if [[ ! -e "${confdir}/docs" ]] ; then
+    makedir "$confdir" || return 1
+    if [[ -e "${allcalsdir}" ]] ; then
+        warn "Calendar symlink ${allcalsdir} already exists.  Not overwriting it."
+    else
+            ln -s "${vdircaldir}" "${allcalsdir}"
+            action "Created symlink to $vdircaldir"
+    fi
+    if [[ ! -e "${defaultcalfile}" ]] ; then
         cals_arr=()
         selcal=""
         if [[ $count -gt 0 ]]; then
@@ -1202,38 +1229,27 @@ EOF
                 read sel
             done
             selcal=${cals_arr[$(($sel - 1))]}
+            echo "$selcal" >"$defaultcalfile"
         else
             warn "No calendars found."
         fi
     fi
 
-    if [[ ! -d "$confdir" ]] ; then
-        mkdir -p "$confdir"
-        action "Created $confdir"
-    fi
-
-    if [[ ! -e "${confdir}/docs" ]] ; then
-        if [[ -n $selcal ]]; then
-            ln -s "${vdircaldir}/${selcal}" "${confdir}/docs"
-            action "Created symlink to $selcal"
+    if [[ -z $selcal ]]; then
+        warn "No calendar selected "
+        echo "${YELLOW}Please put default calendar name in ${defaultcalfile}"
+        echo "${YELLOW}then:  touch ${idfile}_\$(cat $defaultcalfile)"
+        selcal=""
+    else
+        if [[ -e "${idfile}_${selcal}" ]]; then
+            warn "ID mapping file for $selcal already exists.  Not overwriting it."
         else
-            warn "No calendar selected "
-            echo "${YELLOW}Please manually symlink ${confdir}/docs to the required local directory under $vdircaldir"
-            selcal="<none>"
+            touch "${idfile}_${selcal}"
         fi
-    else
-        warn "Calendar symlink ${confdir}/docs already exists.  Not overwriting it."
-        selcal=$(basename $(readlink -n ${confdir}/docs))
-    fi
-
-    if [[ -e "$idfile" ]]; then
-        warn "ID mapping file $idfile already exists.  Not overwriting it."
-    else
-        touch "$idfile"
-        info "Created ID mapping file in ${idfile}"
     fi
 
     info "Initialisation complete"
+    [[ -z $selcal ]] && selcal="<none>"
     echo -e "${CYAN}   vdirsyncer config is in ${BOLD}${vdirsyncdir}${PLAIN}"
     echo -e "${CYAN}   task_cli config is in ${BOLD}${confdir}${PLAIN}"
     echo -e "${CYAN}   selected calendar is '${BOLD}${selcal}${PLAIN}'"
@@ -1328,8 +1344,9 @@ DEFAULT_VDS_LOCAL=cal_local
 DEFAULT_VDS_REMOTE=cal_remote
 basedir=/Users/rpearce/code/task_cli
 confdir=${HOME}/.task_cli
-dir=$confdir/docs  # symlink to vdirsyncer/calendar/xxx/
-idfile=$confdir/idmappings.txt
+allcalsdir=$confdir/allcals  # symlink to vdirsyncer/calendar/
+defaultcalfile=$confdir/defaultcal
+idfile=$confdir/idmappings
 nextid=1
 indent=0
 indentamt=4
@@ -1368,8 +1385,9 @@ addcmd "view" "view <id>" "Show detailed info for given task" "v|view|info|vcal"
 DEBUG=0
 TESTMODE=0
 AUTOSYNC=0
+CALID=$(cat "$confdir/defaultcal")
 
-ARGS="fhidstyl:r:"
+ARGS="fhic:dstyl:r:"
 while getopts "$ARGS" i; do
 	case "$i" in
 		h)
@@ -1380,6 +1398,9 @@ while getopts "$ARGS" i; do
                         init
                         exit $?
 			;;
+		c)
+                        CALID="$OPTARG"
+			;;
 		l)
                         VDS_LOCAL="$OPTARG"
 			;;
@@ -1408,10 +1429,26 @@ while getopts "$ARGS" i; do
 done
 shift $((OPTIND - 1))
 
+dir=$allcalsdir/$CALID
+idfile=$confdir/idmappings_$CALID
+
+if [[ ! -e $idfile ]]; then
+oooo
+    warn "No ID mapping file found for calendar '$CALID' ($idfile)"
+    confirm "Create one from existing tasks?"
+    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+        loadtasks -v
+        saveids -v || exit 1
+    else
+        die
+    fi
+fi
 
 [[ -z $VDS_LOCAL ]] && VDS_LOCAL="$DEFAULT_VDS_LOCAL"
 [[ -z $VDS_REMOTE ]] && VDS_REMOTE="$DEFAULT_VDS_REMOTE"
 
+
+
 mode=""
 for x in $valid_modes; do
     thisone="words_$x"