diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d9b03e7..81bc665 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -95,6 +95,56 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8acc5369981196006228e28809f761875c0327210a891e941f4c683b3a99529b"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "55cc3b69f167a1ef2e161439aa98aed94e6028e5f9a59be9a6ffb47aef1651f9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b2d16507662817a6a20a9ea92df6652ee4f94f914589377d69f3b21bc5798a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "79947af37f4177cfead1110013d678905c37501914fba0efea834c3fe9a8d60c"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca3534e77181a9cc07539ad51f2141fe32f6c3ffd4df76db8ad92346b003ae4e"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "once_cell",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "argon2"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -380,6 +430,52 @@ dependencies = [
  "inout",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.5.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "769b0145982b4b48713e01ec42d61614425f27b7058bda7180a3a41f30104796"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b26884eb4b57140e4d2d93652abfa49498b938b3c9179f9fc487b0acc3edad7"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.5.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54b755194d6389280185988721fffba69495eed5ee9feeee9a599b53db80318c"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.96",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f46ad14479a25103f283c0f10005961cf086d8dc42205bb44c46ac563475dca6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b63caa9aa9397e2d9480a9b13673856c78d8ac123288526c37d7839f2a86990"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-oid"
 version = "0.9.6"
@@ -1070,6 +1166,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1535,6 +1637,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.14"
@@ -2557,6 +2665,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atom_syndication",
  "bcrypt",
  "chrono",
+ "clap",
  "feed-rs",
  "reqwest",
  "rocket",
@@ -2988,7 +3097,7 @@ checksum = "5833ef53aaa16d860e92123292f1f6a3d53c34ba8b1969f152ef1a7bb803f3c8"
 dependencies = [
  "dotenvy",
  "either",
- "heck",
+ "heck 0.4.1",
  "hex",
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -3740,6 +3849,12 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.12.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7ac8c63..ac54e7b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 argon2 = "0.5.3"
 atom_syndication = "0.12.6"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.34", features = ["serde"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.3", features = ["derive"] }
 rocket = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["json", "secrets", "uuid"] }
 rocket_db_pools = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["sqlx_sqlite"] }
 rocket_dyn_templates = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["tera"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5b47d5d..d931d07 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rocket;
 
+use clap::Parser;
+
 mod feed_utils;
 mod feeds;
 mod poll;
@@ -12,11 +14,19 @@ use rocket_db_pools::{sqlx, Database};
 use rocket_dyn_templates::{context, Template};
 use user::AuthenticatedUser;
 
+/// RSS Reader application
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
+struct Args {
+    /// Path to the SQLite database file
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    database: Option<String>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Database)]
 #[database("rss_data")]
 struct Db(sqlx::SqlitePool);
 
-
 #[get("/")]
 fn index(_user: AuthenticatedUser) -> Template {
     Template::render("index", context! {})
@@ -34,6 +44,8 @@ fn login() -> Template {
 
 #[launch]
 fn rocket() -> _ {
+    let _args = Args::parse();
+    
     rocket::build()
         .mount(
             "/",