diff --git a/scripts/01_update_output.sh b/scripts/01_update_output.sh
index 07732f9..4a6ad0c 100755
--- a/scripts/01_update_output.sh
+++ b/scripts/01_update_output.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@ set -xueo pipefail
 source "$(dirname $0)/utils.sh"
 goto_root
 
-TO_PARSE="."
-if [ ! -z ${1+x} ]; then
-    TO_PARSE="$1"
-fi
-
-for path in $(find $TO_PARSE -path ./incubator -prune -o -name 'monitors-*.tf' -print); do
+for path in $(find "$(get_scope $1)" -path ./incubator -prune -o -name 'monitors-*.tf' -print); do
     cd $(dirname $path)
     > outputs.tf
     for monitor in $(grep 'resource "datadog_monitor"' $(basename $path) | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"' ); do
@@ -24,4 +19,4 @@ EOF
     done
     cd - >> /dev/null
 done
-terraform fmt $TO_PARSE
+terraform fmt "$(get_scope $1)"
diff --git a/scripts/02_update_readme.sh b/scripts/02_update_readme.sh
index e59a887..1c88a3b 100755
--- a/scripts/02_update_readme.sh
+++ b/scripts/02_update_readme.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ set -xueo pipefail
 source "$(dirname $0)/utils.sh"
 goto_root
 
-TO_PARSE="."
-if [ ! -z ${1+x} ]; then
-    TO_PARSE="$1"
-fi
-
 sed -i '/### Monitors summary ###/q' README.md
 echo >> README.md
 for path in $(find -mindepth 1 \( -path './incubator' -o -path './scripts' -o -path './testing'  -o -path '*/\.*' \) -prune -o -type d -print | sort); do
@@ -25,7 +20,7 @@ done
 
 PATTERN_DOC="Related documentation"
 
-for path in $(find $TO_PARSE -path ./incubator -prune -o -name 'monitors-*.tf' -print); do
+for path in $(find "$(get_scope $1)" -path ./incubator -prune -o -name 'monitors-*.tf' -print); do
     cd $(dirname $path)
     EXIST=0
     if [ -f README.md ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/auto_update.sh b/scripts/auto_update.sh
index a2ef8d5..b584166 100755
--- a/scripts/auto_update.sh
+++ b/scripts/auto_update.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -xueo pipefail
 
-TO_PARSE="."
-if [ ! -z ${1+x} ]; then
-    TO_PARSE="$1"
-fi
+source "$(dirname $0)/utils.sh"
 
 cd $(dirname $0)
+
 for script in [0-9][0-9]_*.sh; do
-    ./${script} $TO_PARSE
+    ./${script} "$(get_scope $1)"
 done
diff --git a/scripts/utils.sh b/scripts/utils.sh
index b9dbdf8..b4b23ca 100755
--- a/scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/utils.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ function goto_root {
     fi
 }
 
+function get_scope {
+    TO_PARSE="."
+    if [ ! -z ${1+x} ]; then
+        TO_PARSE="$1"
+    fi
+    echo $TO_PARSE
+}
+
 function list_dirs {
     echo ${1} | awk -F '/' '{$1=""; print $0}' | cut -c 2-
 }