diff --git a/pkg/vars/map.go b/pkg/vars/map.go
index f035dec..597f037 100644
--- a/pkg/vars/map.go
+++ b/pkg/vars/map.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
-// Collection is collection of Variables safe for concurrent use.
+// Map is collection of Variables safe for concurrent use.
 type Map struct {
 	mu  sync.RWMutex
 	len int64
@@ -288,3 +288,253 @@ func (m *Map) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Collection is collection of Variables safe for concurrent use.
+type ReadOnlyMap struct {
+	mu  sync.RWMutex
+	len int64
+	db  map[string]Variable
+}
+
+func ReadOnlyMapFrom(m *Map) *ReadOnlyMap {
+	r := new(ReadOnlyMap)
+	m.Range(func(v Variable) bool {
+		_ = r.storeReadOnly(v.Name(), v, true)
+		return true
+	})
+	return r
+}
+
+// Get retrieves the value of the variable named by the key.
+// It returns the value, which will be empty string if the variable is not set
+// or value was empty.
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) Get(key string) (v Variable) {
+	m.mu.RLock()
+	defer m.mu.RUnlock()
+	v, ok := m.db[key]
+	if !ok {
+		return EmptyVariable
+	}
+	return v
+}
+
+// Has reprts whether given variable  exists.
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) Has(key string) bool {
+	m.mu.RLock()
+	defer m.mu.RUnlock()
+	_, ok := m.db[key]
+	return ok
+}
+
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) All() (all []Variable) {
+	m.Range(func(v Variable) bool {
+		all = append(all, v)
+		return true
+	})
+	return
+}
+
+// Load returns the variable stored in the Collection for a key,
+// or EmptyVar if no value is present.
+// The ok result indicates whether variable was found in the Collection.
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) Load(key string) (v Variable, ok bool) {
+	if !m.Has(key) {
+		return EmptyVariable, false
+	}
+	return m.Get(key), true
+}
+
+// LoadOrDefault returns the existing value for the key if present.
+// Much like LoadOrStore, but second argument willl be returned as
+// Value whithout being stored into Map.
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) LoadOrDefault(key string, value any) (v Variable, loaded bool) {
+	m.mu.RLock()
+	defer m.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	if len(key) > 0 {
+		if def, ok := value.(Variable); ok {
+			return def, false
+		}
+	}
+	// existing
+	if val, ok := m.db[key]; ok {
+		return val, true
+	}
+
+	v, err := New(key, value, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return EmptyVariable, false
+	}
+	return v, false
+}
+
+// Range calls f sequentially for each key and value present in the map.
+// If f returns false, range stops the iteration.
+//
+// Range does not necessarily correspond to any consistent snapshot of the Map's
+// contents: no key will be visited more than once, but if the value for any key
+// is stored or deleted concurrently, Range may reflect any mapping for that key
+// from any point during the Range call.
+//
+// Range may be O(N) with the number of elements in the map even if f returns
+// false after a constant number of calls.
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) Range(f func(v Variable) bool) {
+	m.mu.RLock()
+	keys := make([]string, len(m.db))
+	i := 0
+	for key := range m.db {
+		keys[i] = key
+		i++
+	}
+	m.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+
+	m.mu.RLock()
+	for _, key := range keys {
+		v := m.db[key]
+		m.mu.RUnlock()
+		if !f(v) {
+			break
+		}
+		m.mu.RLock()
+	}
+	m.mu.RUnlock()
+}
+
+// ToBytes returns []byte containing
+// key = "value"\n.
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) ToBytes() []byte {
+	s := m.ToKeyValSlice()
+
+	p := getParser()
+	defer p.free()
+
+	for _, line := range s {
+		p.fmt.string(line + "\n")
+	}
+	return p.buf
+}
+
+// ToKeyValSlice produces []string slice of strings in format key = "value".
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) ToKeyValSlice() []string {
+	r := []string{}
+	m.Range(func(v Variable) bool {
+		// we can do it directly on interface value since they all are Values
+		// implementing Stringer
+		r = append(r, v.Name()+"="+v.String())
+		return true
+	})
+	return r
+}
+
+// Len of collection.
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) Len() int {
+	m.mu.RLock()
+	defer m.mu.RUnlock()
+	return int(atomic.LoadInt64(&m.len))
+}
+
+// GetWithPrefix return all variables with prefix if any as new Map
+// and strip prefix from keys.
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) ExtractWithPrefix(prfx string) *ReadOnlyMap {
+	vars := new(ReadOnlyMap)
+	m.Range(func(v Variable) bool {
+		key := v.Name()
+		if len(key) >= len(prfx) && key[0:len(prfx)] == prfx {
+			_ = vars.storeReadOnly(key[len(prfx):], v, true)
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+	return vars
+}
+
+// LoadWithPrefix return all variables with prefix if any as new Map.
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) LoadWithPrefix(prfx string) (set *ReadOnlyMap, loaded bool) {
+	set = new(ReadOnlyMap)
+	m.Range(func(v Variable) bool {
+		key := v.Name()
+		if len(key) >= len(prfx) && key[0:len(prfx)] == prfx {
+			_ = set.storeReadOnly(key, v, true)
+			loaded = true
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+	return set, loaded
+}
+
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	// Create a map to hold the key-value pairs of the synm.Map
+	var objMap = make(map[string]any)
+
+	// Iterate over the synm.Map and add the key-value pairs to the map
+	m.Range(func(v Variable) bool {
+		objMap[v.Name()] = v.Any()
+		return true
+	})
+
+	// Use json.Marshal to convert the map to JSON
+	return json.Marshal(objMap)
+}
+
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	// Create a map to hold the key-value pairs from the JSON data
+	var objMap map[string]any
+
+	// Use json.Unmarshal to parse the JSON data into the map
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &objMap); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Iterate over the map and add the key-value pairs to the synm.Map
+	for key, value := range objMap {
+		if err := m.storeReadOnly(key, value, true); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Store sets the value for a key.
+// Error is returned when key or value parsing fails
+// or variable is already set and is readonly.
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) store(key string, value any) error {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if m.db == nil {
+		m.db = make(map[string]Variable)
+	}
+
+	curr, has := m.db[key]
+	if has && curr.ReadOnly() {
+		return errorf("%w: can not set value for %s", ErrReadOnly, key)
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := value.(Variable); ok && v.Name() == key {
+		m.db[key] = v
+		if !has {
+			atomic.AddInt64(&m.len, 1)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	v, err := New(key, value, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	m.db[key] = v
+	if !has {
+		atomic.AddInt64(&m.len, 1)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (m *ReadOnlyMap) storeReadOnly(key string, value any, ro bool) error {
+	v, err := New(key, value, ro)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return m.store(key, v)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/vars/parser.go b/pkg/vars/parser.go
index 9851c8e..85392d2 100644
--- a/pkg/vars/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/vars/parser.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func parseBool(str string) (r bool, s string, e error) {
 	switch str {
 	case "1", "t", "T", "true", "TRUE", "True":
 		r, s = true, "true"
-	case "0", "f", "F", "false", "FALSE", "False":
+	case "", "0", "f", "F", "false", "FALSE", "False":
 		r, s = false, "false"
 	default:
 		r, s, e = false, "", errorf("%w: can not %s as bool", ErrValueConv, str)
diff --git a/pkg/vars/varflag/flagset.go b/pkg/vars/varflag/flagset.go
index 002ce0f..cbce1d0 100644
--- a/pkg/vars/varflag/flagset.go
+++ b/pkg/vars/varflag/flagset.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ type FlagSet struct {
 	parsed  bool
 }
 
+var ErrInvalidFlagSetName = errors.New("invalid flag set name")
+
 // NewFlagSet is wrapper to parse flags together.
 // e.g. under specific command. Where "name" is command name
 // to search before parsing the flags under this set.
@@ -35,10 +37,10 @@ type FlagSet struct {
 // If argsn is -gt 0 then parser will stop after finding argsn+1 argument
 // which is not a flag.
 func NewFlagSet(name string, argn int) (*FlagSet, error) {
-	if name == "/" || (len(os.Args) > 0 && name == filepath.Base(os.Args[0]) || name == os.Args[0]) {
-		name = "/"
+	if name == "/" {
+		name = filepath.Base(os.Args[0])
 	} else if !ValidFlagName(name) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: name %q is not valid for flag set", ErrFlag, name)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %q is not valid name for flag set", ErrInvalidFlagSetName, name)
 	}
 	return &FlagSet{name: name, argn: argn}, nil
 }
@@ -247,7 +249,7 @@ func (s *FlagSet) Parse(args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	var currargs []string
-	if s.name != "/" && s.name != "*" && s.name != filepath.Base(os.Args[0]) {
+	if s.name != "*" && s.name != filepath.Base(os.Args[0]) {
 		for i, arg := range args {
 			if arg == s.name {
 				s.pos = i
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ func (s *FlagSet) Parse(args []string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		if set.Present() {
-			if s.name == "/" {
+			if s.name == filepath.Base(os.Args[0]) {
 				// update global flag command names
 				for _, flag := range s.flags {
 					if !flag.Present() {
diff --git a/pkg/vars/vars.go b/pkg/vars/vars.go
index 080ddbf..ce30c23 100644
--- a/pkg/vars/vars.go
+++ b/pkg/vars/vars.go
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ import (
 var (
 	EmptyVariable = Variable{}
 	EmptyValue    = Value{}
+	NilValue      = Value{
+		kind: KindInvalid,
+		str:  "nil",
+	}
 )
 
 var (