diff --git a/src/config.sh b/src/config.sh
index c2a5415..0c30dc4 100644
--- a/src/config.sh
+++ b/src/config.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,62 @@
 set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 DEF_OPTS="-nodefaults -boot strict=on"
-RAM_OPTS=$(echo "-m ${RAM_SIZE^^}" | sed 's/MB/M/g;s/GB/G/g;s/TB/T/g')
-MON_OPTS="-name $PROCESS,process=$PROCESS,debug-threads=on -pidfile $QEMU_PID"
-CPU_OPTS="-cpu $CPU_FLAGS -smp $CPU_CORES,sockets=1,dies=1,cores=$CPU_CORES,threads=1"
-MAC_OPTS="-machine type=$MACHINE,smm=off,usb=off,vmport=off,dump-guest-core=off,hpet=off${KVM_OPTS}"
-DEV_OPTS="-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x4"
-DEV_OPTS+=" -object rng-random,id=objrng0,filename=/dev/urandom"
-DEV_OPTS+=" -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=objrng0,id=rng0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1c"
+DEV_OPTS=""
 
-ARGS="$DEF_OPTS $CPU_OPTS $RAM_OPTS $MAC_OPTS $DISPLAY_OPTS $MON_OPTS $SERIAL_OPTS $NET_OPTS $DISK_OPTS $DEV_OPTS $ARGUMENTS"
-ARGS=$(echo "$ARGS" | sed 's/\t/ /g' | tr -s ' ')
+configureProcessor() {
+
+  CPU_OPTS="-cpu $CPU_FLAGS"
+  CPU_OPTS+=" -smp $CPU_CORES,sockets=1,dies=1,cores=$CPU_CORES,threads=1"
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+configureMemory() {
+
+  RAM_OPTS=$(echo "-m ${RAM_SIZE^^}" | sed 's/MB/M/g;s/GB/G/g;s/TB/T/g')
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+configureMonitor() {
+
+  MON_OPTS="-name $PROCESS,process=$PROCESS,debug-threads=on"
+  MON_OPTS+=" -pidfile $QEMU_PID"
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+configureMachine() {
+
+  MAC_OPTS="-machine type=$MACHINE,smm=off,usb=off"
+  MAC_OPTS+=",vmport=off,dump-guest-core=off,hpet=off${KVM_OPTS}"
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+configureVirtioDevices() {
+
+  DEV_OPTS="-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x4"
+  DEV_OPTS+=" -object rng-random,id=objrng0,filename=/dev/urandom"
+  DEV_OPTS+=" -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=objrng0,id=rng0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1c"
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+buildArguments() {
+
+  ARGS="$DEF_OPTS $CPU_OPTS $RAM_OPTS $MAC_OPTS $DISPLAY_OPTS $MON_OPTS $SERIAL_OPTS $NET_OPTS $DISK_OPTS $DEV_OPTS $ARGUMENTS"
+  ARGS=$(echo "$ARGS" | sed 's/\t/ /g' | tr -s ' ')
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+configureMemory
+configureMonitor
+configureMachine
+configureProcessor
+configureVirtioDevices
+
+buildArguments
 
 return 0
diff --git a/src/proc.sh b/src/proc.sh
index 9803680..dd5a1c3 100644
--- a/src/proc.sh
+++ b/src/proc.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ checkClocksource() {
 
 checkSse42() {
 
-  if ! grep -qw "sse4_2" <<< "$flags"; then
+  if ! hasFlag "sse4_2"; then
     error "Your CPU does not have the SSE4 instruction set that Virtual DSM requires!"
     ! enabled "$DEBUG" && exit 88
   fi
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ configureKvmCpuModel() {
 
 appendKvmInvtscFeature() {
 
-  if grep -qw "svm" <<< "$flags"; then
+  if hasFlag "svm"; then
 
     # AMD processor
-    if grep -qw "tsc_scale" <<< "$flags"; then
+    if hasFlag "tsc_scale"; then
       CPU_FEATURES+=",+invtsc"
     fi
 
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ configureHostCpuName() {
 selectClocksource
 checkClocksource
 
-flags=$(sed -ne '/^flags/s/^.*: //p' /proc/cpuinfo)
-
 if ! disabled "$KVM"; then
   configureKvm
 else
diff --git a/src/utils.sh b/src/utils.sh
index 3ca719f..7931c04 100644
--- a/src/utils.sh
+++ b/src/utils.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,29 @@ info () { printf "%b%s%b" "\E[1;34m❯ \E[1;36m" "${1:-}" "\E[0m\n"; }
 error () { printf "%b%s%b" "\E[1;31m❯ " "ERROR: ${1:-}" "\E[0m\n" >&2; }
 warn () { printf "%b%s%b" "\E[1;31m❯ " "Warning: ${1:-}" "\E[0m\n" >&2; }
 
+hasFlag() {
+
+  # Match a whitespace-delimited token in /proc/cpuinfo
+  grep -m1 '^flags[[:space:]]*:' /proc/cpuinfo | grep -Fqw -- "$1"
+
+}
+
+hasFeature() {
+
+  # Match a whitespace-delimited token in /proc/cpuinfo
+  grep -m1 '^Features[[:space:]]*:' /proc/cpuinfo | grep -Fqw -- "$1"
+
+}
+
+isAmdCpu() {
+
+  local vendor
+  vendor=$(lscpu | awk '/Vendor ID/{print $3}')
+
+  [[ "$vendor" == "AuthenticAMD" ]]
+
+}
+
 interactive() {
 
   [ -t 1 ] &&