diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c41012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use clap::{App, AppSettings, ArgMatches};
+
+
+fn build() -> App<'static, 'static> {
+    return App::new(crate_name!())
+        .bin_name("mdp")
+        .about(crate_description!())
+        .version(crate_version!())
+        .setting(AppSettings::SubcommandRequiredElseHelp)
+        .global_setting(AppSettings::VersionlessSubcommands)
+        .global_setting(AppSettings::ColoredHelp)
+        .global_setting(AppSettings::GlobalVersion)
+        .global_setting(AppSettings::StrictUtf8)
+}
+
+
+pub fn get_matches() -> ArgMatches<'static> {
+    return build().get_matches();
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..c923d7c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate clap;
+
+mod args;
+
 fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+    let matches = args::get_matches();
 }