diff --git a/Elm.cabal b/Elm.cabal
--- a/Elm.cabal
+++ b/Elm.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 Name:                Elm
-Version:             0.1.1.1
+Version:             0.1.1.2
 Synopsis:            The Elm compiler and server.
 Description:         Elm aims to make client-side web-development more pleasant.
                      It is a statically/strongly typed, functional reactive
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 Executable elm
   -- .hs or .lhs file containing the Main module.
-  Main-is:             Elm.hs
+  Main-is:             Compiler.hs
   Hs-Source-Dirs:      src, src/Parse, src/Types, src/Language
   other-modules:       Ast, CompileToJS, GenerateHtml, Guid, Initialize,
                        Rename, Language.Elm, Binop, Combinators, Lexer,
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                        Types, Constrain, Hints, Types, Unify
   
   -- Packages needed in order to build this package.
-  ghc-options:	       -O3 -rtsopts -auto-all -caf-all -fforce-recomp
+  ghc-options:	       -O3 -rtsopts -auto-all -caf-all
   Build-depends:       base >=4.2 && <5, containers >= 0.3,
                        transformers >= 0.2, mtl >= 2, parsec >= 3.1.1,
                        blaze-html == 0.5.0.*, blaze-markup == 0.5.1.*, deepseq
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                        Rename, Language.Elm, Binop, Combinators, Lexer,
                        ParsePatterns, Parser, ParserLib, ParseTypes, Tokens,
                        Types, Constrain, Hints, Types, Unify
-  ghc-options:	       -O3 -rtsopts -auto-all -caf-all -fforce-recomp
+  ghc-options:	       -O3 -rtsopts -auto-all -caf-all
   Build-depends:       base >=4.2 && <5, containers >= 0.3, transformers >= 0.2,
                        mtl >= 2, parsec >= 3.1.1, blaze-html == 0.5.0.*,
                        HTTP >= 4000, happstack-server == 7.0.2
diff --git a/src/Compiler.hs b/src/Compiler.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Compiler.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+
+module Main where
+
+import System.Environment
+import CompileToJS
+import Data.List (isPrefixOf)
+import GenerateHtml
+import Text.Blaze.Html.Renderer.String (renderHtml)
+
+main = getArgs >>= parse
+
+parse ("--help":_) = putStrLn usage
+parse ("--version":_) = putStrLn "The Elm Compiler 0.1.1.1"
+parse [loc,file]
+  | "--runtime-location=" `isPrefixOf` loc =
+      produceHtml (tail $ dropWhile (/='=') loc) file
+  | otherwise = putStrLn usageMini
+parse [file] = produceHtml "elm-mini.js" file
+parse _ = putStrLn usageMini
+
+produceHtml libLoc file = do
+  code <- readFile file
+  let name = takeWhile (/='.') file
+  case compile code of
+    Left err -> putStrLn err
+    Right jsCode -> writeFile (name ++ ".html") . renderHtml $
+                    generateHtml libLoc name jsCode
+
+usageMini =
+  "Usage: elm [OPTIONS] FILE\n\
+  \Try `elm --help' for more information."
+
+usage =
+  "Usage: elm [OPTIONS] FILE\n\
+  \Compile .elm files to .html files.\n\
+  \Example: elm --runtime-location=../elm-mini.js main.elm\n\
+  \\n\
+  \Resource Locations:\n\
+  \  --runtime-location   set the location of the Elm runtime (elm-mini.js)\n\
+  \\n\
+  \Compiler Information:\n\
+  \  --version            print the version information and exit\n\
+  \  --help               display this help and exit\n\
+  \\n\
+  \Elm home page: <http://elm-lang.org>"