diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 49045d3..94354d8 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ workspace:
 
 pipeline:
   test:
-    image: golang:1.8
+    image: golang:1.9
     environment:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
     commands:
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fac697c..ce00fba 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -23,35 +23,30 @@ func main() {
 		// plugin args
 		//
 
-		cli.BoolFlag{
-			Name:   "plan",
-			Usage:  "calculates a plan but does NOT apply it",
-			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_PLAN",
-		},
-		cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:   "init_options",
-			Usage:  "options for the init command. See https://www.terraform.io/docs/commands/init.html",
-			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_INIT_OPTIONS",
+		cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:   "actions",
+			Usage:  "a list of actions to have terraform perform",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_ACTIONS",
+			Value:  &cli.StringSlice{"validate", "plan", "apply"},
 		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:   "vars",
-			Usage:  "a map of variables to pass to the Terraform `plan` and `apply` commands. Each value is passed as a `<key>=<value>` option",
-			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_VARS",
+			Name:   "ca_cert",
+			Usage:  "ca cert to add to your environment to allow terraform to use internal/private resources",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_CA_CERT",
 		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:   "secrets",
-			Usage:  "a map of secrets to pass to the Terraform `plan` and `apply` commands. Each value is passed as a `<key>=<ENV>` option",
-			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_SECRETS",
+			Name:  "env-file",
+			Usage: "source env file",
 		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:   "ca_cert",
-			Usage:  "ca cert to add to your environment to allow terraform to use internal/private resources",
-			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_CA_CERT",
+			Name:   "init_options",
+			Usage:  "options for the init command. See https://www.terraform.io/docs/commands/init.html",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_INIT_OPTIONS",
 		},
-		cli.BoolFlag{
-			Name:   "sensitive",
-			Usage:  "whether or not to suppress terraform commands to stdout",
-			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_SENSITIVE",
+		cli.IntFlag{
+			Name:   "parallelism",
+			Usage:  "The number of concurrent operations as Terraform walks its graph",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_PARALLELISM",
 		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:   "netrc.machine",
@@ -78,38 +73,36 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "The root directory where the terraform files live. When unset, the top level directory will be assumed",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_ROOT_DIR",
 		},
-		cli.IntFlag{
-			Name:   "parallelism",
-			Usage:  "The number of concurrent operations as Terraform walks its graph",
-			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_PARALLELISM",
-		},
-
 		cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:  "env-file",
-			Usage: "source env file",
+			Name:   "secrets",
+			Usage:  "a map of secrets to pass to the Terraform `plan` and `apply` commands. Each value is passed as a `<key>=<ENV>` option",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_SECRETS",
+		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:   "sensitive",
+			Usage:  "whether or not to suppress terraform commands to stdout",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_SENSITIVE",
 		},
-
 		cli.StringSliceFlag{
 			Name:   "targets",
 			Usage:  "targets to run apply or plan on",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_TARGETS",
 		},
-
-		cli.StringSliceFlag{
-			Name:   "var_files",
-			Usage:  "a list of var files to use. Each value is passed as -var-file=<value>",
-			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_VAR_FILES",
-		},
-		cli.BoolFlag{
-			Name:   "destroy",
-			Usage:  "destory all resurces",
-			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_DESTROY",
-		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:   "tf.version",
 			Usage:  "terraform version to use",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_TF_VERSION",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "vars",
+			Usage:  "a map of variables to pass to the Terraform `plan` and `apply` commands. Each value is passed as a `<key>=<value>` option",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_VARS",
+		},
+		cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:   "var_files",
+			Usage:  "a list of var files to use. Each value is passed as -var-file=<value>",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_VAR_FILES",
+		},
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
@@ -144,7 +137,7 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	plugin := Plugin{
 		Config: Config{
-			Plan:        c.Bool("plan"),
+			Actions:     c.StringSlice("actions"),
 			Vars:        vars,
 			Secrets:     secrets,
 			InitOptions: initOptions,
@@ -155,7 +148,6 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			Parallelism: c.Int("parallelism"),
 			Targets:     c.StringSlice("targets"),
 			VarFiles:    c.StringSlice("var_files"),
-			Destroy:     c.Bool("destroy"),
 		},
 		Netrc: Netrc{
 			Login:    c.String("netrc.username"),
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index 899526d..7321c03 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 type (
 	// Config holds input parameters for the plugin
 	Config struct {
-		Plan        bool
+		Actions     []string
 		Vars        map[string]string
 		Secrets     map[string]string
 		InitOptions InitOptions
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ type (
 		Parallelism int
 		Targets     []string
 		VarFiles    []string
-		Destroy     bool
 	}
 
 	Netrc struct {
@@ -88,15 +87,27 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 	}
 
 	commands = append(commands, deleteCache())
-
 	commands = append(commands, initCommand(p.Config.InitOptions))
-
 	commands = append(commands, getModules())
-	commands = append(commands, validateCommand(p.Config))
-	commands = append(commands, planCommand(p.Config))
-	if !p.Config.Plan {
-		commands = append(commands, terraformCommand(p.Config))
+
+	// Add commands listed from Actions
+	for _, action := range p.Config.Actions {
+		switch action {
+		case "validate":
+			commands = append(commands, tfValidate(p.Config))
+		case "plan":
+			commands = append(commands, tfPlan(p.Config, false))
+		case "plan-destroy":
+			commands = append(commands, tfPlan(p.Config, true))
+		case "apply":
+			commands = append(commands, tfApply(p.Config))
+		case "destroy":
+			commands = append(commands, tfDestroy(p.Config))
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("valid actions are: validate, plan, apply, plan-destroy, destroy.  You provided %s", action)
+		}
 	}
+
 	commands = append(commands, deleteCache())
 
 	for _, c := range commands {
@@ -127,13 +138,7 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func installCaCert(cacert string) *exec.Cmd {
-	ioutil.WriteFile("/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ca_cert.crt", []byte(cacert), 0644)
-	return exec.Command(
-		"update-ca-certificates",
-	)
-}
-
+// CopyTfEnv creates copies of TF_VAR_ to lowercase
 func CopyTfEnv() {
 	tfVar := regexp.MustCompile(`^TF_VAR_.*$`)
 	for _, e := range os.Environ() {
@@ -145,6 +150,27 @@ func CopyTfEnv() {
 	}
 }
 
+func assumeRole(roleArn string) {
+	client := sts.New(session.New())
+	duration := time.Hour * 1
+	stsProvider := &stscreds.AssumeRoleProvider{
+		Client:          client,
+		Duration:        duration,
+		RoleARN:         roleArn,
+		RoleSessionName: "drone",
+	}
+
+	value, err := credentials.NewCredentials(stsProvider).Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+			"error": err,
+		}).Fatal("Error assuming role!")
+	}
+	os.Setenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", value.AccessKeyID)
+	os.Setenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", value.SecretAccessKey)
+	os.Setenv("AWS_SESSION_TOKEN", value.SessionToken)
+}
+
 func deleteCache() *exec.Cmd {
 	return exec.Command(
 		"rm",
@@ -153,6 +179,13 @@ func deleteCache() *exec.Cmd {
 	)
 }
 
+func getModules() *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command(
+		"terraform",
+		"get",
+	)
+}
+
 func initCommand(config InitOptions) *exec.Cmd {
 	args := []string{
 		"init",
@@ -181,50 +214,24 @@ func initCommand(config InitOptions) *exec.Cmd {
 	)
 }
 
-func getModules() *exec.Cmd {
+func installCaCert(cacert string) *exec.Cmd {
+	ioutil.WriteFile("/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ca_cert.crt", []byte(cacert), 0644)
 	return exec.Command(
-		"terraform",
-		"get",
+		"update-ca-certificates",
 	)
 }
 
-func validateCommand(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
-	args := []string{
-		"validate",
-	}
-	for _, v := range config.VarFiles {
-		args = append(args, "-var-file", fmt.Sprintf("%s", v))
-	}
-	for k, v := range config.Vars {
-		args = append(args, "-var")
-		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
-	}
-	return exec.Command(
-		"terraform",
-		args...,
-	)
+func trace(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	fmt.Println("$", strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "))
 }
 
-func planCommand(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
+func tfApply(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
 	args := []string{
-		"plan",
-	}
-	if config.Destroy {
-		args = append(args, "-destroy")
-	} else {
-		args = append(args, "-out=plan.tfout")
+		"apply",
 	}
-
 	for _, v := range config.Targets {
 		args = append(args, "--target", fmt.Sprintf("%s", v))
 	}
-	for _, v := range config.VarFiles {
-		args = append(args, "-var-file", fmt.Sprintf("%s", v))
-	}
-	for k, v := range config.Vars {
-		args = append(args, "-var")
-		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
-	}
 	if config.Parallelism > 0 {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-parallelism=%d", config.Parallelism))
 	}
@@ -234,26 +241,19 @@ func planCommand(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
 	if config.InitOptions.LockTimeout != "" {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-lock-timeout=%s", config.InitOptions.LockTimeout))
 	}
+	args = append(args, "plan.tfout")
 	return exec.Command(
 		"terraform",
 		args...,
 	)
 }
 
-func terraformCommand(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
-	if config.Destroy {
-		return destroyCommand(config)
-	}
-
-	return applyCommand(config)
-}
-
-func applyCommand(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
+func tfDestroy(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
 	args := []string{
-		"apply",
+		"destroy",
 	}
 	for _, v := range config.Targets {
-		args = append(args, "--target", fmt.Sprintf("%s", v))
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-target=%s", v))
 	}
 	if config.Parallelism > 0 {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-parallelism=%d", config.Parallelism))
@@ -264,19 +264,33 @@ func applyCommand(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
 	if config.InitOptions.LockTimeout != "" {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-lock-timeout=%s", config.InitOptions.LockTimeout))
 	}
-	args = append(args, "plan.tfout")
+	args = append(args, "-force")
 	return exec.Command(
 		"terraform",
 		args...,
 	)
 }
 
-func destroyCommand(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
+func tfPlan(config Config, destroy bool) *exec.Cmd {
 	args := []string{
-		"destroy",
+		"plan",
 	}
+
+	if destroy {
+		args = append(args, "-destroy")
+	} else {
+		args = append(args, "-out=plan.tfout")
+	}
+
 	for _, v := range config.Targets {
-		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-target=%s", v))
+		args = append(args, "--target", fmt.Sprintf("%s", v))
+	}
+	for _, v := range config.VarFiles {
+		args = append(args, "-var-file", fmt.Sprintf("%s", v))
+	}
+	for k, v := range config.Vars {
+		args = append(args, "-var")
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
 	}
 	if config.Parallelism > 0 {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-parallelism=%d", config.Parallelism))
@@ -287,36 +301,27 @@ func destroyCommand(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
 	if config.InitOptions.LockTimeout != "" {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-lock-timeout=%s", config.InitOptions.LockTimeout))
 	}
-	args = append(args, "-force")
 	return exec.Command(
 		"terraform",
 		args...,
 	)
 }
 
-func assumeRole(roleArn string) {
-	client := sts.New(session.New())
-	duration := time.Hour * 1
-	stsProvider := &stscreds.AssumeRoleProvider{
-		Client:          client,
-		Duration:        duration,
-		RoleARN:         roleArn,
-		RoleSessionName: "drone",
+func tfValidate(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
+	args := []string{
+		"validate",
 	}
-
-	value, err := credentials.NewCredentials(stsProvider).Get()
-	if err != nil {
-		logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-			"error": err,
-		}).Fatal("Error assuming role!")
+	for _, v := range config.VarFiles {
+		args = append(args, "-var-file", fmt.Sprintf("%s", v))
 	}
-	os.Setenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", value.AccessKeyID)
-	os.Setenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", value.SecretAccessKey)
-	os.Setenv("AWS_SESSION_TOKEN", value.SessionToken)
-}
-
-func trace(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
-	fmt.Println("$", strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "))
+	for k, v := range config.Vars {
+		args = append(args, "-var")
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
+	}
+	return exec.Command(
+		"terraform",
+		args...,
+	)
 }
 
 // helper function to write a netrc file.
diff --git a/plugin_test.go b/plugin_test.go
index 6073d9c..baf59c0 100644
--- a/plugin_test.go
+++ b/plugin_test.go
@@ -3,138 +3,11 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	. "github.com/franela/goblin"
 )
 
-func Test_destroyCommand(t *testing.T) {
-	type args struct {
-		config Config
-	}
-	tests := []struct {
-		name string
-		args args
-		want *exec.Cmd
-	}{
-		{
-			"default",
-			args{config: Config{}},
-			exec.Command("terraform", "destroy", "-force"),
-		},
-		{
-			"with targets",
-			args{config: Config{Targets: []string{"target1", "target2"}}},
-			exec.Command("terraform", "destroy", "-target=target1", "-target=target2", "-force"),
-		},
-		{
-			"with parallelism",
-			args{config: Config{Parallelism: 5}},
-			exec.Command("terraform", "destroy", "-parallelism=5", "-force"),
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := destroyCommand(tt.args.config); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("destroyCommand() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func Test_applyCommand(t *testing.T) {
-	type args struct {
-		config Config
-	}
-	tests := []struct {
-		name string
-		args args
-		want *exec.Cmd
-	}{
-		{
-			"default",
-			args{config: Config{}},
-			exec.Command("terraform", "apply", "plan.tfout"),
-		},
-		{
-			"with targets",
-			args{config: Config{Targets: []string{"target1", "target2"}}},
-			exec.Command("terraform", "apply", "--target", "target1", "--target", "target2", "plan.tfout"),
-		},
-		{
-			"with parallelism",
-			args{config: Config{Parallelism: 5}},
-			exec.Command("terraform", "apply", "-parallelism=5", "plan.tfout"),
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := applyCommand(tt.args.config); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("applyCommand() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func Test_terraformCommand(t *testing.T) {
-	type args struct {
-		config Config
-	}
-	tests := []struct {
-		name string
-		args args
-		want *exec.Cmd
-	}{
-		{
-			"default",
-			args{config: Config{}},
-			exec.Command("terraform", "apply", "plan.tfout"),
-		},
-		{
-			"destroy",
-			args{config: Config{Destroy: true}},
-			exec.Command("terraform", "destroy", "-force"),
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := terraformCommand(tt.args.config); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("terraformCommand() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func Test_planCommand(t *testing.T) {
-	type args struct {
-		config Config
-	}
-	tests := []struct {
-		name string
-		args args
-		want *exec.Cmd
-	}{
-		{
-			"default",
-			args{config: Config{}},
-			exec.Command("terraform", "plan", "-out=plan.tfout"),
-		},
-		{
-			"destroy",
-			args{config: Config{Destroy: true}},
-			exec.Command("terraform", "plan", "-destroy"),
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := planCommand(tt.args.config); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("planCommand() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	g := Goblin(t)
 
@@ -153,4 +26,104 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 			g.Assert(os.Getenv("TF_VAR_base64")).Equal("dGVzdA==")
 		})
 	})
+
+	g.Describe("tfApply", func() {
+		g.It("Should return correct apply commands given the arguments", func() {
+			type args struct {
+				config Config
+			}
+
+			tests := []struct {
+				name string
+				args args
+				want *exec.Cmd
+			}{
+				{
+					"default",
+					args{config: Config{}},
+					exec.Command("terraform", "apply", "plan.tfout"),
+				},
+				{
+					"with targets",
+					args{config: Config{Targets: []string{"target1", "target2"}}},
+					exec.Command("terraform", "apply", "--target", "target1", "--target", "target2", "plan.tfout"),
+				},
+				{
+					"with parallelism",
+					args{config: Config{Parallelism: 5}},
+					exec.Command("terraform", "apply", "-parallelism=5", "plan.tfout"),
+				},
+			}
+
+			for _, tt := range tests {
+				g.Assert(tfApply(tt.args.config)).Equal(tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	})
+
+	g.Describe("tfDestroy", func() {
+		g.It("Should return correct destroy commands given the arguments", func() {
+			type args struct {
+				config Config
+			}
+
+			tests := []struct {
+				name string
+				args args
+				want *exec.Cmd
+			}{
+				{
+					"default",
+					args{config: Config{}},
+					exec.Command("terraform", "destroy", "-force"),
+				},
+				{
+					"with targets",
+					args{config: Config{Targets: []string{"target1", "target2"}}},
+					exec.Command("terraform", "destroy", "-target=target1", "-target=target2", "-force"),
+				},
+				{
+					"with parallelism",
+					args{config: Config{Parallelism: 5}},
+					exec.Command("terraform", "destroy", "-parallelism=5", "-force"),
+				},
+			}
+
+			for _, tt := range tests {
+				g.Assert(tfDestroy(tt.args.config)).Equal(tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	})
+
+	g.Describe("tfPlan", func() {
+		g.It("Should return correct plan commands given the arguments", func() {
+			type args struct {
+				config Config
+			}
+
+			tests := []struct {
+				name string
+				args args
+				destroy bool
+				want *exec.Cmd
+			}{
+				{
+					"default",
+					args{config: Config{}},
+					false,
+					exec.Command("terraform", "plan", "-out=plan.tfout"),
+				},
+				{
+					"destroy",
+					args{config: Config{}},
+					true,
+					exec.Command("terraform", "plan", "-destroy"),
+				},
+			}
+
+			for _, tt := range tests {
+				g.Assert(tfPlan(tt.args.config, tt.destroy)).Equal(tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	})
 }