diff --git a/outage_detector/main.py b/outage_detector/main.py
index ed3de06..f7b0639 100644
--- a/outage_detector/main.py
+++ b/outage_detector/main.py
@@ -255,12 +255,62 @@ def loadConfig() -> tuple[dict, str]:
     return config, mode
 
 
+def parseArgs(args: list[str]):
+    import argparse
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog='outage_detector', description='Log outages and print statistics.', formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
+    )
+
+    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()
+
+    parser_outages = subparsers.add_parser(
+        'outages', help='Print outages', formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
+    )
+    parser_outages.add_argument(
+        'log_path', type=str, default='./connection.log',
+        help='Path to a file with connection logs.'
+    )
+    parser_outages.add_argument(
+        '--time', type=int, default=3,
+        help='Minimum duration for a connection loss to be considered an outage.'
+    )
+
+    parser_log = subparsers.add_parser(
+        'log', help='Log the connection status.', formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
+    )
+    parser_log.add_argument(
+        '--config', type=str, default='./config.json',
+        help='Path to a config file in JSON format.'
+    )
+    parser_log.add_argument(
+        '--path', type=str, default='./connection.json',
+        help='Path to a the file where results should be appended to. Creates the file if it does not exist.'
+    )
+    parser_log.add_argument(
+        '--host', type=str, default='1.1.1.1',
+        help='IP or hostname of a server to query.'
+    )
+    parser_log.add_argument(
+        '--timeout', type=int, default=2,
+        help='Set the timeout in seconds to use for the connection test.'
+    )
+    parser_log.add_argument(
+        '--no-stdout', action='store_true', default=argparse.SUPPRESS,
+        help='A flag that disables printing to stdout.'
+    )
+
+    parser.parse_args(args)
+
 def main():
-    config, mode = loadConfig()
-    if mode == 'log':
-        log(config)
-    elif mode == 'outages':
-        printOutages(config)
+    from sys import argv
+
+    parseArgs(argv[1:])
+    # config, mode = loadConfig()
+    # if mode == 'log':
+    #     log(config)
+    # elif mode == 'outages':
+    #     printOutages(config)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':