diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85ef08b..53c2c59 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ The location to a source file must be supplied.
 #### From the command line
 ```
 python gus.py example.html
+python gus.py -f example.html or python gus.py --file example.html to check a file
+python gus.py -v or python gus.py --version for version info
+python gus.py -h or python gus.py --help for help
 ```
 #### From the python shell
 ```
diff --git a/gus.py b/gus.py
index cd9bf05..ff78380 100644
--- a/gus.py
+++ b/gus.py
@@ -88,10 +88,19 @@ def get_help():
     help = open('help.txt').read()
     print(help)
   except:
-    print("error printing help")  
+    print("error printing help")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-  if (len(sys.argv)==1):
-    get_help()                  # calls for help if no arg provided
+  if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+    get_help()  # calls for help if no arg provided
+  elif len(sys.argv) == 2 and str(sys.argv[1])[:1] != "-":
+    tavo(str(sys.argv[1])) # send command line arg to main function
   else:
-    tavo(str(sys.argv[1]))       # send command line arg to main function
\ No newline at end of file
+    if len(sys.argv) == 3 and (sys.argv[1] == "-f" or sys.argv[1] == "--file"):
+      tavo(str(sys.argv[2])) # send command line arg to main function
+    elif len(sys.argv) == 2 and (sys.argv[1] == "-v" or sys.argv[1] == "--version"):
+      print('Get-Url-Status (GUS) Text-As-Visual-Output (TAVO) version 0.1') # print version info
+    elif len(sys.argv) == 2 and (sys.argv[1] == "-h" or sys.argv[1] == "--help"):
+        get_help()
+    else:
+      print('invalid argument error') # print if user inputs wrong argument or if there are too many arguments
diff --git a/help.txt b/help.txt
index 3d6a6f5..66ad876 100644
--- a/help.txt
+++ b/help.txt
@@ -5,12 +5,23 @@
 GUS can be used from the command line or python shell
 The location to a source file must be supplied.
 
-From the command line:
+To check files from the command line:
 >>> python gus.py example.txt
 or
 >>> python gus.py ~/another/file.html
+or 
+>>> python gus.py -f or --file example.txt
+or
+>>> python gus.py -f or --file ~/another/file.html
+
+To check version information:
+>>> python gus.py -v or --version
+
+To get help:
+>>> python gus.py -h or --help
+
 
-From the python shell:
+To check files from the python shell:
 >>> import gus
 >>> gus.tavo("your.filename.here")