diff --git a/internal/dot/pkg.go b/internal/dot/pkg.go
index 3b9e8c1..b37dd7c 100644
--- a/internal/dot/pkg.go
+++ b/internal/dot/pkg.go
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ func (t *Pkg) String() string {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "pkg: m.BuildOptions errored with: %s\n", err)
 		return "<err>"
 	}
-	opts = m.ParseOpts(opts)
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", m.Bin, shell.FormatArgs(opts))
+	bin, opts := m.ParseOpts(opts)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", bin, shell.FormatArgs(opts))
 }
 
 // Init task
diff --git a/internal/pkg/pkg.go b/internal/pkg/pkg.go
index 0e297d1..daa17d2 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/pkg.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/pkg.go
@@ -180,15 +180,14 @@ func (m *Pm) GetAction(name string, input ...string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // ParseOpts replaces bin with sudo if needed and prepend options with it.
-func (m *Pm) ParseOpts(opts []string) []string {
+func (m *Pm) ParseOpts(opts []string) (string, []string) {
 	bin := m.Bin
 	// Switch binary for sudo
 	if m.Sudo && bin != "sudo" && !isRoot() {
 		opts = append([]string{bin}, opts...)
 		bin = "sudo"
 	}
-	m.Bin = bin
-	return opts
+	return bin, opts
 }
 
 func pkgOnly(input []string) []string {
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ func (m *Pm) Exec(args ...string) error {
 }
 
 func (m *Pm) exec(args ...string) error {
-	args = m.ParseOpts(args)
+	bin, args := m.ParseOpts(args)
 	if DryRun {
 		if len(m.DryRunOpts) == 0 {
 			return nil
@@ -293,10 +292,10 @@ func (m *Pm) exec(args ...string) error {
 	if m.Shell != "" {
 		s := shell.Get()
 		// if Verbose { fmt.Println("Using shell:", s) }
-		c := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", m.Bin, shell.FormatArgs(args))
+		c := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", bin, shell.FormatArgs(args))
 		cmd = exec.Command(s, "-c", c)
 	} else {
-		cmd = exec.Command(m.Bin, args...)
+		cmd = exec.Command(bin, args...)
 	}
 	return execWithEnv(m.Env, cmd)
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/pkg_apt.go b/internal/pkg/pkg_apt.go
index 4754af0..51e8b2d 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/pkg_apt.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/pkg_apt.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 )
 
-var aptGet *Pm
+var aptGet = &Pm{}
 
 // https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/apt/apt-get.8.en.html
 func init() {
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 // https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Package_Management
-var termux *Pm
+var termux = &Pm{}
 
 func init() {
-	termux = aptGet
+	*termux = *aptGet
 	termux.Sudo = false
 	termux.Bin = "pkg"
 	termux.Install = "install"
diff --git a/internal/pkg/pkg_pip.go b/internal/pkg/pkg_pip.go
index 6279a6e..45c4cf1 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/pkg_pip.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/pkg_pip.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 )
 
-var pip, pip2, pip3 *Pm
+var pip, pip2, pip3 = &Pm{}, &Pm{}, &Pm{}
 
 // https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference
 func init() {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func init() {
 	}
 	// windows: python -m pip ...
 
-	pip2 = pip
+	*pip2 = *pip
 	pip2.Bin = "pip2"
 	// FIXME: python2 -c 'import neovim' did not work until
 	// pip2 uninstall neovim && pip2 install neovim
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func init() {
 		return err == nil, nil
 	}
 
-	pip3 = pip
+	*pip3 = *pip
 	pip3.Bin = "pip3"
 	pip3.Has = func(pkgs []string) (bool, error) {
 		opts := []string{"show"}