diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28d5e17..042616f 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ The `assets/summon.config.yaml` is an (optional) configuration file to customize
 * default output-dir
 * executables
 
+> Breaking in v0.11.0: Handles now take an array of params
+
 ```yaml
 version: 1
 outputdir: .summoned
@@ -94,18 +96,18 @@ exec:
     bash -c:
     # ^ invoker
         # (script can be inlined with | yaml operator)
-        hello: echo hello
+        hello: [echo, hello]
                  # ^ optional params that will be passed to invoker
                  # these can contain templates (in v0.10.0)
         # ^ handle to script (must be unique). This is what you use
         # to invoke the script: `summon run hello`.
 
     gobin -run: # go gettable executables
-        gobin: github.com/myitcv/gobin@v0.0.8
-        gohack: github.com/rogppepe/gohack
+        gobin: [github.com/myitcv/gobin@v0.0.8]
+        gohack: [github.com/rogppepe/gohack]
 
     python -c:
-        hello-python: print("hello from python!")
+        hello-python: [print("hello from python!")]
 ```
 
 You can invoke executables like so:
@@ -230,7 +232,7 @@ in the config file:
 ...
 exec:
   docker run -v {{ env "PWD" }}:/mounted-app alpine ls:
-      list: /mounted-app
+      list: [/mounted-app]
 ```
 
 Calling `summon run list` would render the [{{ env "PWD" }}](https://masterminds.github.io/sprig/os.html) part to the current directory, resulting in this call:
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ invocable (new in v.0.10.0). You would use the `summon` template function bundle
 ```yaml
 exec:
   bash -c:
-    hello: '{{ summon "hello.sh" }}'
+    hello: ['{{ summon "hello.sh" }}']
 ```
 
 Assuming you have a `hello.sh` file in the assets repo, this would result in sommoning the file in a temp dir and calling the invoker:
diff --git a/cmd/testdata/summon.config.yaml b/cmd/testdata/summon.config.yaml
index 53206bb..2fe99e6 100644
--- a/cmd/testdata/summon.config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/testdata/summon.config.yaml
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ aliases:
 outputdir: "overridden_dir"
 exec:
   bash:
-    echo: echo hello {{ .Name -}}
-    hello-bash: hello.sh
+    echo:
+      - echo
+      - hello {{ .Name -}}
+    hello-bash: [hello.sh]
   gobin -run:
-    gobin: github.com/myitcv/gobin@v0.0.8
-    gohack: github.com/rogpeppe/gohack
+    gobin: [github.com/myitcv/gobin@v0.0.8]
+    gohack: [github.com/rogpeppe/gohack]
   python -c:
-    hello: print("hello from python!")
+    hello: [print("hello from python!")]
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0dbe5d1..62e6fde 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module github.com/davidovich/summon
 require (
 	github.com/DiSiqueira/GoTree v1.0.1-0.20190529205929-3e23dcd4532b
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.1.0
-	github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gobuffalo/packr/v2 v2.5.1
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
 	github.com/lithammer/dedent v1.1.0
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200819091447-39769834ee22 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/alessio/shellescape.v1 v1.0.0-20170105083845-52074bc9df61
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6c002c2..bbed862 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:ONGMf7UfYGAbMXCZmQLy8x3lCDIPrEZ
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
-github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.2.2 h1:8LnL+ncxhWT2TR00dfJRT25JWWrhkMZXneHVWnetDZg=
-github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.2.2/go.mod h1:PZAiSCk0LJaZkiCSkPv8qIobYglO3FPpyFjDCtHLS30=
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=
@@ -204,8 +202,6 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20180817151627-c66870c02cf8/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoA
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.21.0/go.mod h1:oYelfM1adQP15Ek0mdvEgi9Df8B9CZIaU1084ijfRaM=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
-gopkg.in/alessio/shellescape.v1 v1.0.0-20170105083845-52074bc9df61 h1:8ajkpB4hXVftY5ko905id+dOnmorcS2CHNxxHLLDcFM=
-gopkg.in/alessio/shellescape.v1 v1.0.0-20170105083845-52074bc9df61/go.mod h1:IfMagxm39Ys4ybJrDb7W3Ob8RwxftP0Yy+or/NVz1O8=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 94c3c3b..4307eed 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ var OutputDir = DefaultOutputDir
 // Alias gives a shortcut to a name in data.
 type Alias map[string]string
 
-// Executable describes a Name and invocable target.
-type Executable map[string]string
+// Executable describes a handle name and invocable target.
+type Executable map[string][]string
 
 // Config is the summon config
 type Config struct {
diff --git a/pkg/config/config_test.go b/pkg/config/config_test.go
index ea7b47b..f5ed117 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -14,30 +14,34 @@ func TestConfigWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	c := Config{
 		Version: 1,
 		Executables: map[string]Executable{
-			"go": Executable{
-				"gobin":  "github.com/myitcv/gobin",
-				"gohack": "github.com/rogppepe/gohack",
+			"go": {
+				"gobin":  []string{"github.com/myitcv/gobin"},
+				"gohack": []string{"github.com/rogppepe/gohack"},
 			},
-			"bash":      Executable{"hello-bash": "hello.sh"},
-			"python -c": Executable{"hello": "print(\"hello from python!\")"},
+			"bash":      {"hello-bash": []string{"hello.sh"}},
+			"python -c": {"hello": []string{"print(\"hello from python!\")"}},
 		},
 	}
 
 	config, _ := yaml.Marshal(&c)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, dedent.Dedent(`
-    version: 1
-    aliases: {}
-    outputdir: ""
-    exec:
-      bash:
-        hello-bash: hello.sh
-      go:
-        gobin: github.com/myitcv/gobin
-        gohack: github.com/rogppepe/gohack
-      python -c:
-        hello: print("hello from python!")
-    `), "\n"+string(config))
+	assert.Equal(t, `
+version: 1
+aliases: {}
+outputdir: ""
+exec:
+  bash:
+    hello-bash:
+    - hello.sh
+  go:
+    gobin:
+    - github.com/myitcv/gobin
+    gohack:
+    - github.com/rogppepe/gohack
+  python -c:
+    hello:
+    - print("hello from python!")
+`, "\n"+string(config))
 }
 
 func TestConfigReader(t *testing.T) {
@@ -45,12 +49,12 @@ func TestConfigReader(t *testing.T) {
     version: 1
     exec:
       python -c:
-        hello: print("hello")
+        hello: [print("hello")]
 	`)
 
 	c := Config{}
 	err := c.Unmarshal([]byte(config))
 
 	require.Nil(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "print(\"hello\")", c.Executables["python -c"]["hello"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "print(\"hello\")", c.Executables["python -c"]["hello"][0])
 }
diff --git a/pkg/summon/run.go b/pkg/summon/run.go
index 4c6c429..d3a85a3 100644
--- a/pkg/summon/run.go
+++ b/pkg/summon/run.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/shlex"
-	"gopkg.in/alessio/shellescape.v1"
 
 	"github.com/davidovich/summon/pkg/config"
 )
@@ -14,43 +13,43 @@ import (
 type execUnit struct {
 	invoker string
 	invOpts string
-	target  string
+	targets []string
 }
 
 // Run will run executable scripts described in the summon.config.yaml file
 // of the data repository module.
 func (d *Driver) Run(opts ...Option) error {
-	d.Configure(opts...)
+	err := d.Configure(opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	eu, err := d.findExecutor()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	args := []string{eu.invOpts}
-	if eu.target != "" {
-		args = append(args, eu.target)
+	eu.invOpts, err = d.renderTemplate(eu.invOpts, d.opts.data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	args = append(args, d.opts.args...)
 
-	// render arg templates
-	rargs := make([]string, 0, len(args))
-	for _, a := range args {
-		if a == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		rarg, err := d.renderTemplate(a, d.opts.data)
+	targets := make([]string, 0, len(eu.targets))
+	for _, t := range eu.targets {
+		rt, err := d.renderTemplate(t, d.opts.data)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		targets = append(targets, rt)
+	}
 
-		allrargs, err := shlex.Split(rarg)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		rargs = append(rargs, allrargs...)
+	rargs, err := shlex.Split(eu.invOpts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
+	rargs = append(rargs, append(targets, d.opts.args...)...)
+
 	cmd := d.execCommand(eu.invoker, rargs...)
 
 	if d.opts.debug || d.opts.dryrun {
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Run(opts ...Option) error {
 		if d.opts.dryrun {
 			msg = "Would execute"
 		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s `%s`...\n", msg, cmd.Args)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s `%s`...\n", msg, cmd)
 	}
 
 	if !d.opts.dryrun {
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Run(opts ...Option) error {
 
 		return cmd.Run()
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -95,9 +95,8 @@ func (d *Driver) findExecutor() (execUnit, error) {
 			if len(exec) == 2 {
 				eu.invOpts = strings.TrimSpace(exec[1])
 			}
-			if c != "" {
-				eu.target = shellescape.Quote(c)
-			}
+
+			eu.targets = c
 
 			break
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/summon/testdata/summon.config.yaml b/pkg/summon/testdata/summon.config.yaml
index 09261e0..285526c 100644
--- a/pkg/summon/testdata/summon.config.yaml
+++ b/pkg/summon/testdata/summon.config.yaml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ aliases:
 outputdir: "overridden_dir"
 exec:
   bash:
-    hello-bash: hello.sh
-    bash-self-ref: '{{ summon "hello.sh" }}'
+    hello-bash: [ hello.sh ]
+    bash-self-ref: ['{{ summon "hello.sh" }}']
   docker {{ lower "INFO" }}: # template example
     docker:
   gobin -run:
-    gobin: github.com/myitcv/gobin@v0.0.8
-    gohack: github.com/rogpeppe/gohack
+    gobin: [github.com/myitcv/gobin@v0.0.8]
+    gohack: [github.com/rogpeppe/gohack]
   python -c:
-    hello: print("hello from python!")
+    hello: ['print("hello from python!")']