diff --git a/Main.hs b/Main.hs
--- a/Main.hs
+++ b/Main.hs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import System.Environment
 import System.FilePath
 import Data.List
+import Text.Printf
 
 import Paths_boomange -- automatically generated
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 import Data.Loader	
 
 appName = "boomange"
+appVersion = "0.1.2.0"
 -- header to be used on the sample config file
 configHeader =
   "# This is the configuration file for " ++ appName ++ "\n" ++
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@
   hPutStr final footer
   hClose final
 
+  printf "Output written to %s\n" (outputFile config)
+
 -- | gets the directory where configuration files should be placed
 --
 -- First, checks if XDG_CONFIG_HOME exists, producing $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/appName if it does
@@ -139,8 +143,82 @@
      hPutStr hBookmarks bookmarksHeader
      hPutStr hBookmarks $ sampleBookmarks
      hClose hBookmarks
-	
+     
+data Action = Help | ConfigFile String | Version | Status | Invalid String | Generate deriving Eq
+parseArgs args = case args of
+  "-h":r            -> Help : parseArgs r
+  "--help":r        -> Help : parseArgs r
+  "-c":file:r       -> ConfigFile file : parseArgs r
+  "--config":file:r -> ConfigFile file : parseArgs r
+  "-v":r            -> Version : parseArgs r
+  "--version":r     -> Version : parseArgs r
+  "-s":r            -> Status : parseArgs r
+  "--status":r      -> Status : parseArgs r
+  []                -> []
+  other:r           -> Invalid other : Help : parseArgs r
+
+execute [] _ = return ()
+execute (h:r) configFiles =
+  case h of
+    Help -> do
+      printf "usage: %s [OPTION...]\n" appName
+      putStr $
+        "Options:\n" ++
+        "\t-h, --help           shows this help text\n" ++
+        "\t-c, --config <file>  uses <file> as config instead of the default\n" ++
+        "\t-v, --version        outputs version and exits\n"++
+        "\t-s, --status         outputs configuration file info and exits\n"
+    Version -> do
+      printf "%s %s\n" appName appVersion
+      putStr $  "Copyright (C) 2013,2014 Marcelo Garlet Millani\n" ++
+        "License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.\n" ++
+        "This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n" ++
+        "There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n"
+    Status ->
+      mapM showStatus configFiles >>= mapM_ (mapM_ putStrLn)
+    Invalid opt -> do
+      printf "'%s' is not a valid option or has an incorrect number of arguments\n" opt
+    Generate -> do
+      configs <- mapM loadConfig configFiles
+      mapM_ generateBookmarks configs
+  >> execute r configFiles
+
+showStatus :: String -> IO [String]
+showStatus configFile = do
+  config <- loadConfig configFile  
+  return $ printf "%s:" configFile :
+    (printf "\tOutput file:\n\t\t%s" (outputFile config)) :
+    (printf "\tHeader file:\n\t\t%s" (headerFile config)) :
+    (printf "\tFooter file:\n\t\t%s" (footerFile config)) :
+    "\tBookmarks files:" :
+    (map (\x -> "\t\t" ++ x) $ watch config)
+
+separateConfigs [] = ([],[])
+separateConfigs (h:r) =
+  let (actions, configs) = separateConfigs r in
+  case h of
+    ConfigFile x -> (actions, x : configs)
+    other        -> (other : actions, configs)
+  
+
 main = do
+  args <- getArgs
+  let (argActions, argConfigs) = separateConfigs $ parseArgs args
+      -- if help or version were asked, does not generate bookmarks
+      actions =  if elem Help argActions || elem Version argActions || elem Status argActions then argActions else (Generate : argActions)
+  -- if no configuration file was given, uses the default one
+  configs <- if argConfigs == [] then do
+    cDir <- getConfigDirectory appName
+    -- if the configuration directory does not exists, sets it up
+    confExists <- doesDirectoryExist cDir
+    when (not confExists) $ do
+      createDirectoryIfMissing True cDir
+      installConfig cDir
+    return $ [cDir ++ "/config"]
+             else (return argConfigs)
+  execute actions configs
+  
+{-  
   cDir <- getConfigDirectory appName
   -- if the configuration directory does not exists, sets it up
   confExists <- doesDirectoryExist cDir
@@ -150,3 +228,4 @@
   let cFile = cDir ++ "/config"
   config <- loadConfig cFile
   generateBookmarks config
+-}
diff --git a/boomange.cabal b/boomange.cabal
--- a/boomange.cabal
+++ b/boomange.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                boomange
-version:             0.1.1.1
+version:             0.1.2.0
 synopsis:            A Bookmarks manager with a HTML generator
 description:         In order to allow a unified and customized bookmarks file, boomange generates a HTML file with an user's bookmarks.
 license:             GPL-3