diff --git a/tools/fmt.sh b/tools/fmt.sh
index 49b8592..ad7774d 100755
--- a/tools/fmt.sh
+++ b/tools/fmt.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 set -euox pipefail
 cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
 
-bazel build //tools/... //projects/reqman
-
-DIRS=(projects tools)
+DIRS=("${@:-projects tools}")
 
 function brl() {
     bin="$1"
@@ -20,4 +18,4 @@ for d in "${DIRS[@]}"; do
     brl tools/unify --quote '"' -ir $(realpath "$d")
 done
 
-brl projects/reqman clean tools/python/requirements.txt
+# brl projects/reqman clean tools/python/requirements.txt