diff --git a/tools/microsoft/bin/get_exploited_vulns_msft_bulletin.rb b/tools/microsoft/bin/get_exploited_vulns_msft_bulletin.rb
index 1ec7ba0..8e7eaef 100755
--- a/tools/microsoft/bin/get_exploited_vulns_msft_bulletin.rb
+++ b/tools/microsoft/bin/get_exploited_vulns_msft_bulletin.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def do_export(bulletin_vulns, bulletin_id)
   puts "----" * 12 
   puts "Succesfully Exported to #{filename}:"
   puts "----" * 12 
-  puts pretty_vulns
+  puts bulletin_vulns 
   puts "----" * 12 
 end
 
@@ -24,38 +24,46 @@ OptionParser.new do |opts|
   opts.on("-id", "--id", "Bulletin ID") do |id|
     @options[:id] = id
   end
-  opts.on("-e", "--export", FalseClass, "Export bulletin info to json doc") do |export|
-    @options[:export] = export 
+  opts.on("--export") do |export|
+    @options[:export] =  export
   end
-  opts.on("-a", "--export-all", FalseClass, "Export bulletin info for all bulletin_ids into json docs.") do |export_all|
+  opts.on("--export-all") do |export_all|
     @options[:export_all] = export_all 
   end
 end.parse!
 
-# set vars from our cmdline args
-bulletin_id =  @options[:id]
-export_on = @options[:export] 
-export_all = @options[:export_all]
-
 api_client = MicrosoftCvrfClient.new
 
-# this is broke as fuk: fix it with a case statement probably
-if bulletin_id && export_on.nil? && export_all.nil?
-  exploited_vulns_for_bulletin = api_client.exploited_vulns_only(bulletin_id)
+if (@options[:id] && !@options[:export] && !@options[:export_all])
+  exploited_vulns_for_bulletin = api_client.exploited_vulns_only(@options[:id])
   pretty_vulns = JSON.pretty_generate(exploited_vulns_for_bulletin)
   puts "----" * 12 
   puts pretty_vulns
   puts "----" * 12 
-elsif bulletin_id && export_on
-  do_export(pretty_vulns, bulletin_id)
-elsif bulletin_id.nil? && export_all
+elsif (@options[:id] && @options[:export])
+  exploited_vulns_for_bulletin = api_client.exploited_vulns_only(@options[:id])
+  pretty_vulns = JSON.pretty_generate(exploited_vulns_for_bulletin)
+  do_export(pretty_vulns, @options[:id])
+elsif (@options[:export_all] && !@options[:id] && !@options[:export])
   puts "Exporting All Bulletin Data:"
   api_client.ids.each do |bulletin_id|
     puts "----" * 12
     puts "Now exporting #{bulletin_id}"
     puts "----" * 12
+    # remove these in the next 3 months or put in something that acts based on
+    # Date.today.year
+    case bulletin_id
+    when '2022-Oct'
+      next
+    when '2022-Nov'
+      next
+    when '2022-Dec'
+      next
+    end
     vulns = api_client.exploited_vulns_only(bulletin_id)
     pretty_vulns = JSON.pretty_generate(vulns)
     do_export(pretty_vulns, bulletin_id)
   end
 end
+
+puts @options
diff --git a/tools/microsoft/microsoft_cvrf_client.rb b/tools/microsoft/microsoft_cvrf_client.rb
index 3e1889a..cac5b79 100755
--- a/tools/microsoft/microsoft_cvrf_client.rb
+++ b/tools/microsoft/microsoft_cvrf_client.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class MicrosoftCvrfClient
   attr_accessor :ids, :api_instance, :api_version, :api_key
 
   def initialize(api_instance = OpenapiClient::DefaultApi.new, api_version = 'api_version_example', api_key = 'api_key_example')
-    @ids = YEAR_RANGE.map { |y| MONTHS.map { |m| "#{y}-#{m}" } }.flatten
+    @ids = YEAR_RANGE.map { |y| MONTHS.map { |m| "#{y}-#{m}" } }.flatten.reject {|id| id == '2016-Feb' || id == '2016-Mar'}
     @api_instance = api_instance
     @api_version = api_version
     @api_key = api_key
@@ -38,11 +38,16 @@ class MicrosoftCvrfClient
     puts "Exception when calling DefaultApi->cvrf_id_get: #{e}"
   end
 
+  # from 2019 on msft uses @remediations instead of @threats it seems
+  def get_remediation_str_for_vuln(vuln)
+    vuln.remediations.select { |t| t.type == 1 }.first.description.value
+  end
+
   # THREAT STRING SPECIFIC METHODS
   # response from get_id()
   def cves_threat_strs(response)
     response.vulnerability.map do |vuln| 
-      threat_str = get_threat_str_for_vuln(vuln)
+      threat_str = get_threat_str_for_vuln(vuln) || get_remediation_str_for_vuln(vuln) #see if this fixes 2019-Feb+
       split_t_str_arr = split_threat_str(threat_str)
       hashed_t_str = threat_str_arr_to_hash(split_t_str_arr)
       vuln_hash = { :cve_id => vuln.cve, :exploitability_info => hashed_t_str }