diff --git a/src/cli/runCli.ts b/src/cli/runCli.ts
index e598d757c..174257ba6 100644
--- a/src/cli/runCli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/runCli.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const runCli = async (
 	let result: TypeStatResult;
 
 	try {
-		result = await runtime.mainRunner(rawOptions, runtime.output);
+		result = await runtime.mainRunner(rawOptions.config, runtime.output);
 	} catch (error) {
 		result = {
 			error: error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(error as string),
diff --git a/src/collectFileNames.test.ts b/src/collectFileNames.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22e98b1a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/collectFileNames.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { collectFileNames } from "./collectFileNames.js";
+
+describe("collectFileNames", () => {
+	it("should collect files with wildcard when collection succeeds", async () => {
+		const cwd = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, "..");
+		const fileNames = await collectFileNames(
+			path.resolve(import.meta.dirname),
+			["*"],
+		);
+		expect(fileNames).toContain(`${cwd}/src/collectFileNames.test.ts`);
+	});
+
+	it("should return error if node_modules are implicitly included", async () => {
+		const cwd = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, "..");
+		const fileNames = await collectFileNames(cwd, ["*"]);
+		expect(fileNames).toEqual(
+			`At least one path including node_modules was included implicitly: '${cwd}/node_modules'. Either adjust TypeStat's included files to not include node_modules (recommended) or explicitly include node_modules/ (not recommended).`,
+		);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/collectFileNames.ts b/src/collectFileNames.ts
index b58812106..3dff3157b 100644
--- a/src/collectFileNames.ts
+++ b/src/collectFileNames.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import { glob } from "glob";
 import * as path from "node:path";
 
-import { TypeStatArgv } from "./index.js";
-
 export const collectFileNames = async (
-	argv: TypeStatArgv,
 	cwd: string,
 	include: readonly string[] | undefined,
 ): Promise<readonly string[] | string | undefined> => {
-	const globsAndNames = await collectFileNamesFromGlobs(argv, cwd, include);
+	const globsAndNames = await collectFileNamesFromGlobs(cwd, include);
 	if (!globsAndNames) {
 		return undefined;
 	}
@@ -27,14 +24,9 @@ export const collectFileNames = async (
 };
 
 const collectFileNamesFromGlobs = async (
-	argv: TypeStatArgv,
 	cwd: string,
 	include: readonly string[] | undefined,
 ): Promise<[readonly string[], readonly string[]] | undefined> => {
-	if (argv.args.length) {
-		return [argv.args, await glob(argv.args)];
-	}
-
 	if (include === undefined) {
 		return undefined;
 	}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 12ee31279..71685c1df 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ export interface SucceededResult {
 }
 
 export const typeStat = async (
-	argv: TypeStatArgv,
+	configPath: string | undefined,
 	output: ProcessOutput,
 ): Promise<TypeStatResult> => {
-	const allPendingOptions = await tryLoadingPendingOptions(argv, output);
+	const allPendingOptions = await tryLoadingPendingOptions(configPath, output);
 	if (
 		allPendingOptions instanceof Error ||
 		typeof allPendingOptions === "string"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export const typeStat = async (
 			chalk.green(
 				` options ${pluralize(allPendingOptions.length, "object")} specified in `,
 			),
-			chalk.greenBright(argv.config),
+			chalk.greenBright(configPath),
 			chalk.green(` to modify your source code.`),
 		].join(""),
 	);
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ export const typeStat = async (
 	for (let i = 0; i < allPendingOptions.length; i += 1) {
 		// Collect all files to be run on this option iteration from the include glob(s)
 		const fileNames = await collectFileNames(
-			argv,
 			process.cwd(),
 			allPendingOptions[i].include,
 		);
@@ -146,11 +145,11 @@ export const typeStat = async (
 };
 
 const tryLoadingPendingOptions = async (
-	argv: TypeStatArgv,
+	configPath: string | undefined,
 	output: ProcessOutput,
 ): Promise<Error | PendingTypeStatOptions[] | string> => {
 	try {
-		return await loadPendingOptions(argv, output);
+		return await loadPendingOptions(configPath, output);
 	} catch (error) {
 		return error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(error as string);
 	}
diff --git a/src/options/fillOutRawOptions.ts b/src/options/fillOutRawOptions.ts
index 6fc796100..688a8d3ba 100644
--- a/src/options/fillOutRawOptions.ts
+++ b/src/options/fillOutRawOptions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { TypeStatArgv } from "../index.js";
 import { ProcessOutput } from "../output/types.js";
 import { collectOptionals } from "../shared/arrays.js";
 import { ReactPropTypesHint, ReactPropTypesOptionality } from "./enums.js";
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ import { collectStrictNullChecks } from "./parsing/collectStrictNullChecks.js";
 import { PendingTypeStatOptions, RawTypeStatOptions } from "./types.js";
 
 export interface OptionsFromRawOptionsSettings {
-	argv: TypeStatArgv;
 	compilerOptions: Readonly<ParsedCompilerOptions>;
 	cwd: string;
 	output: ProcessOutput;
diff --git a/src/options/loadPendingOptions.ts b/src/options/loadPendingOptions.ts
index aee74384e..083fd3ad6 100644
--- a/src/options/loadPendingOptions.ts
+++ b/src/options/loadPendingOptions.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from "node:path";
 
-import { TypeStatArgv } from "../index.js";
 import { ProcessOutput } from "../output/types.js";
 import { normalizeAndSlashify } from "../shared/paths.js";
 import { fillOutRawOptions } from "./fillOutRawOptions.js";
@@ -11,20 +10,18 @@ import { PendingTypeStatOptions, RawTypeStatOptions } from "./types.js";
 
 /**
  * Reads pre-file-rename TypeStat options using a config path.
- * @param argv   Root arguments passed to TypeStat.
- * @param output   Wraps process and logfile output.
  * @returns Promise for filled-out TypeStat options, or a string complaint from failing to make them.
  */
 export const loadPendingOptions = async (
-	argv: TypeStatArgv,
+	configPath: string | undefined,
 	output: ProcessOutput,
 ): Promise<PendingTypeStatOptions[] | string> => {
-	if (argv.config === undefined) {
+	if (configPath === undefined) {
 		return "-c/--config file must be provided.";
 	}
 
 	const cwd = process.cwd();
-	const foundRawOptions = findRawOptions(cwd, argv.config);
+	const foundRawOptions = findRawOptions(cwd, configPath);
 	if (typeof foundRawOptions === "string") {
 		return foundRawOptions;
 	}
@@ -40,7 +37,6 @@ export const loadPendingOptions = async (
 		const compilerOptions = await parseRawCompilerOptions(cwd, projectPath);
 
 		const filledOutOptions = fillOutRawOptions({
-			argv,
 			compilerOptions,
 			cwd,
 			output,
diff --git a/src/tests/testSetup.ts b/src/tests/testSetup.ts
index c87cbfcb3..0514782bf 100644
--- a/src/tests/testSetup.ts
+++ b/src/tests/testSetup.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ export const runMutationTest = async (
 	};
 
 	const pendingOptions = fillOutRawOptions({
-		argv: { args: [] },
 		compilerOptions,
 		cwd: dirPath,
 		output,