diff --git a/cli/README.md b/cli/README.md
index bbfb0230..79710690 100644
--- a/cli/README.md
+++ b/cli/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Commands to provision, export and capture production & consumption chargeback me
 
 This page also contains a simple docker guide for local testing.
 
+[See further down the page for setting up a Docker environment](https://github.com/specmesh/specmesh-build/tree/main/cli#quickstart-using-docker-on-the-local-machine) 
+
 
 ## Command: Provision
 
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ sr.api.secret=nothing
   <summary>Long form</summary>
 
 ```
- Usage: provision [-aclEnabled] [-clean] [-dry] [-srEnabled] [-bs=<brokerUrl>]
+ Usage: provision [-aclDisabled] [-clean] [-dry] [-srDisabled] [-bs=<brokerUrl>]
                  [-s=<secret>] [-schemaPath=<schemaPath>] [-spec=<spec>]
                  [-sr=<schemaRegistryUrl>] [-srKey=<srApiKey>]
                  [-srSecret=<srApiSecret>] [-u=<username>]
@@ -49,9 +51,8 @@ Use 'provision.properties' for common arguments
  Explicit properties file location /app/provision.properties
 
 
-      -aclEnabled, --acl-enabled
-                             True (default) will provision/publish/validate
-                               ACls. False will ignore ACL related operations
+      -aclDisabled, --acl-disabled
+                             Ignore ACL related operations
       -bs, --bootstrap-server=<brokerUrl>
                              Kafka bootstrap server url
       -clean, --clean-unspecified
@@ -76,10 +77,8 @@ Use 'provision.properties' for common arguments
       -spec, --spec=<spec>   specmesh specification file
       -sr, --schema-registry=<schemaRegistryUrl>
                              schemaRegistryUrl
-      -srEnabled, --sr-enabled
-                             True (default) will provision/publish/validate
-                               schemas. False will ignore schema related
-                               operations
+      -srDisabled, --sr-disabled
+                             Ignore schema related operations
       -srKey, --sr-api-key=<srApiKey>
                              srApiKey for schema registry
       -srSecret, --sr-api-secret=<srApiSecret>
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/io/specmesh/cli/Provision.java b/cli/src/main/java/io/specmesh/cli/Provision.java
index 7b0bd741..16eeb62e 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/io/specmesh/cli/Provision.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/io/specmesh/cli/Provision.java
@@ -92,20 +92,14 @@ public static void main(final String[] args) {
     private String brokerUrl = "";
 
     @Option(
-            names = {"-srEnabled", "--sr-enabled"},
-            fallbackValue = "true",
-            description =
-                    "True (default) will provision/publish/validate schemas. False will ignore"
-                            + " schema related operations")
-    private boolean srEnabled;
+            names = {"-srDisabled", "--sr-disabled"},
+            description = "Ignore schema related operations")
+    private boolean srDisabled = false;
 
     @Option(
-            names = {"-aclEnabled", "--acl-enabled"},
-            fallbackValue = "true",
-            description =
-                    "True (default) will provision/publish/validate ACls. False will ignore ACL"
-                            + " related operations")
-    private boolean aclEnabled;
+            names = {"-aclDisabled", "--acl-enabled"},
+            description = "Ignore ACL related operations")
+    private boolean aclDisabled;
 
     @Option(
             names = {"-sr", "--schema-registry"},
@@ -175,14 +169,14 @@ void setProperty(final Map<String, String> props) {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         final var status =
                 Provisioner.provision(
-                        aclEnabled,
+                        !aclDisabled,
                         dryRun,
                         cleanUnspecified,
                         specMeshSpec(),
                         schemaPath,
                         Clients.adminClient(brokerUrl, username, secret),
                         Clients.schemaRegistryClient(
-                                srEnabled, schemaRegistryUrl, srApiKey, srApiSecret));
+                                !srDisabled, schemaRegistryUrl, srApiKey, srApiSecret));
 
         System.out.println(status.toString());
         this.state = status;
diff --git a/kafka/src/main/java/io/specmesh/kafka/provision/SchemaProvisioner.java b/kafka/src/main/java/io/specmesh/kafka/provision/SchemaProvisioner.java
index 92d4df30..a44a1dfd 100644
--- a/kafka/src/main/java/io/specmesh/kafka/provision/SchemaProvisioner.java
+++ b/kafka/src/main/java/io/specmesh/kafka/provision/SchemaProvisioner.java
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ public static Collection<Schema> provision(
                     "Required Schemas Failed to load:" + required);
         }
 
-        return mutator(dryRun, cleanUnspecified, client)
-                .mutate(calculator(client, cleanUnspecified).calculate(existing, required));
+        final var schemas = calculator(client, cleanUnspecified).calculate(existing, required);
+        return mutator(dryRun, cleanUnspecified, client).mutate(schemas);
     }
 
     /**