diff --git a/bin/alloy/RunAlloy.class b/bin/alloy/RunAlloy.class
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diff --git a/bin/commons-cli/commons-cli-1.4.jar b/bin/commons-cli/commons-cli-1.4.jar
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diff --git a/call-alloy.cabal b/call-alloy.cabal
--- a/call-alloy.cabal
+++ b/call-alloy.cabal
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.31.2.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.33.0.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 0534c64ea3ef38876fc7fc965609f9d06865cdfa4b66fb3c23a3d01805827ce3
+-- hash: 2059da2af3e61ace9eabf0447549b945be6baf9f01f87e02a60e6ddb074decb5
 
 name:           call-alloy
-version:        0.2.0.4
+version:        0.2.0.5
 synopsis:       A simple library to call Alloy given a specification
 description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/marcellussiegburg/call-alloy#readme>
 category:       Language
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     ChangeLog.md
     bin/alloy/RunAlloy.class
     bin/org.alloytools.alloy.dist.jar
+    bin/commons-cli/commons-cli-1.4.jar
+    bin/commons-cli/NOTICE.txt
+    bin/commons-cli/LICENSE.txt
 
 source-repository head
   type: git
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@
     , file-embed >=0.0.11 && <0.1
     , filepath >=1.4 && <1.5
     , hashable >=1.2 && <1.4
-    , lens >=4.17 && <4.19
+    , lens >=4.17 && <4.20
     , mtl >=2.2 && <2.3
     , process >=1.6 && <1.7
     , split >=0.2 && <0.3
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@
     , filepath >=1.4 && <1.5
     , hashable >=1.2 && <1.4
     , hspec
-    , lens >=4.17 && <4.19
+    , lens >=4.17 && <4.20
     , mtl >=2.2 && <2.3
     , process >=1.6 && <1.7
     , split >=0.2 && <0.3
diff --git a/src/Language/Alloy/Call.hs b/src/Language/Alloy/Call.hs
--- a/src/Language/Alloy/Call.hs
+++ b/src/Language/Alloy/Call.hs
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 module Language.Alloy.Call (
+  CallAlloyConfig (maxInstances, noOverflow),
+  defaultCallAlloyConfig,
   existsInstance,
   getInstances,
+  getInstancesWith,
   module Functions,
   module Types,
   ) where
@@ -55,17 +58,38 @@
 
 import Language.Alloy.Functions         as Functions
 import Language.Alloy.Parser            (parseInstance)
-import Language.Alloy.RessourceNames    (alloyJarName, className, classPackage)
-import Language.Alloy.Ressources        (alloyJar, classFile)
+import Language.Alloy.RessourceNames (
+  alloyJarName, className, classPackage, commonsCliJarName
+  )
+import Language.Alloy.Ressources        (alloyJar, classFile, commonsCliJar)
 import Language.Alloy.Types             as Types
   (AlloyInstance, AlloySig, Entries, Object, Signature)
 
-data CallAlloyConfig = Config {
-    alloyJarFile   :: FilePath,
-    alloyClassFile :: FilePath,
-    keepFiles      :: Bool
+{-|
+Configuration for calling alloy. These are:
+
+ * maximal number of instances to retrieve ('Nothing' for all)
+ * wheather to not overflow when calculating numbers within Alloy
+-}
+data CallAlloyConfig = CallAlloyConfig {
+  -- | maximal number of instances to retrieve ('Nothing' for all)
+  maxInstances :: Maybe Integer,
+  -- | wheather to not overflow when calculating numbers within Alloy
+  noOverflow   :: Bool
   }
 
+{-|
+Default configuration for calling Alloy. Defaults to:
+
+ * retrieve all instances
+ * do not overflow
+-}
+defaultCallAlloyConfig :: CallAlloyConfig
+defaultCallAlloyConfig = CallAlloyConfig {
+  maxInstances = Nothing,
+  noOverflow   = True
+  }
+
 {-# NOINLINE mclassPath #-}
 {-|
 'IORef' for storing the class path.
@@ -84,11 +108,28 @@
   -> String
   -- ^ The Alloy specification which should be loaded.
   -> IO [AlloyInstance]
-getInstances maxInstances content = do
+getInstances maxIs = getInstancesWith defaultCallAlloyConfig {
+  maxInstances = maxIs
+  }
+
+{-|
+This function may be used to get all model instances for a given Alloy
+specification. It calls Alloy via a Java interface and parses the raw instance
+answers before returning the resulting list of 'AlloyInstance's.
+Parameters are set using a 'CallAlloyConfig'.
+-}
+getInstancesWith
+  :: CallAlloyConfig
+  -- ^ The configuration to be used.
+  -> String
+  -- ^ The Alloy specification which should be loaded.
+  -> IO [AlloyInstance]
+getInstancesWith config content = do
   classPath <- getClassPath
   let callAlloy = proc "java"
-        ["-cp", classPath, classPackage ++ '.' : className,
-         show $ fromMaybe (-1) maxInstances]
+        $ ["-cp", classPath, classPackage ++ '.' : className,
+           "-i", show $ fromMaybe (-1) $ maxInstances config]
+        ++ ["-o" | not $ noOverflow config]
   (Just hin, Just hout, Just herr, ph) <-
     createProcess callAlloy {
         std_out = CreatePipe,
@@ -142,6 +183,14 @@
   maybe readClassPath return mclassPath'
 
 {-
+{-
+data CallAlloyConfig = Config {
+    alloyJarFile   :: FilePath,
+    alloyClassFile :: FilePath,
+    keepFiles      :: Bool
+  }
+-}
+
 jarFileEnv :: String
 jarFileEnv = "ALLOY_JAR_FILE"
 
@@ -211,6 +260,7 @@
     else createVersionFile configDir versionFile
   dataDir <- getXdgDirectory XdgData $ appName </> "dataDir"
   return $ dataDir ++ searchPathSeparator : dataDir </> alloyJarName
+    ++ searchPathSeparator : dataDir </> commonsCliJarName
 
 {-|
 Create all library files within the users 'XdgDirectory' by calling
@@ -233,6 +283,7 @@
   createUserDirectoriesIfMissing $ dataDir </> classPackage
   BS.writeFile (dataDir </> classPackage </> className <.> "class") classFile
   BS.writeFile (dataDir </> alloyJarName) alloyJar
+  BS.writeFile (dataDir </> commonsCliJarName) commonsCliJar
 
 {-|
 Creates user directories using the file permissions 700.
@@ -274,7 +325,8 @@
 versions of this library.
 -}
 versionHash :: Int
-versionHash = hash $ alloyHash + classFileHash
+versionHash = hash $ alloyHash + commonsCliHash + classFileHash
   where
     alloyHash = hash alloyJar
+    commonsCliHash = hash commonsCliJar
     classFileHash = hash classFile
diff --git a/src/Language/Alloy/Parser.hs b/src/Language/Alloy/Parser.hs
--- a/src/Language/Alloy/Parser.hs
+++ b/src/Language/Alloy/Parser.hs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 {-|
 Parse an Alloy instance from a given String.
-May fail with a 'ParseError'.
+May fail with 'ErrInfo'.
 -}
 parseInstance :: (MonadError ErrInfo m) => ByteString -> m AlloyInstance
 parseInstance inst = case parseByteString alloyInstance mempty inst of
@@ -63,16 +63,15 @@
   entryAnnotation <- try (string "skolem " $> Just Skolem) <|> pure Nothing
   entrySignature <- sig
   (entrySignature,)
-    <$> (Entry
-         <$> pure entryAnnotation
-         <*> ((,)
+    <$> (Entry entryAnnotation
+         <$> ((,)
               <$> ((string "<:" *> word) <|> pure "")
               <*> parseRelations <* (void newline <|> eof)))
 
 sig :: Parser Signature
 sig =
   try (Signature <$> (Just <$> word) <* char '/' <*> word)
-  <|> Signature <$> pure Nothing <*> word
+  <|> Signature Nothing <$> word
 
 parseRelations :: Parser (Relation Set)
 parseRelations = char '='
diff --git a/src/Language/Alloy/RessourceNames.hs b/src/Language/Alloy/RessourceNames.hs
--- a/src/Language/Alloy/RessourceNames.hs
+++ b/src/Language/Alloy/RessourceNames.hs
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
   alloyJarName,
   className,
   classPackage,
+  commonsCliJarName,
   ) where
 
 alloyJarName :: String
 alloyJarName = "org.alloytools.alloy.dist.jar"
+
+commonsCliJarName :: String
+commonsCliJarName = "commons-cli-1.4.jar"
 
 className :: String
 className = "RunAlloy"
diff --git a/src/Language/Alloy/Ressources.hs b/src/Language/Alloy/Ressources.hs
--- a/src/Language/Alloy/Ressources.hs
+++ b/src/Language/Alloy/Ressources.hs
@@ -2,16 +2,22 @@
 module Language.Alloy.Ressources (
   alloyJar,
   classFile,
+  commonsCliJar,
   ) where
 
 import Data.ByteString                  (ByteString)
 import Data.FileEmbed                   (embedFile)
 import System.FilePath                  ((</>), (<.>))
 
-import Language.Alloy.RessourceNames    (alloyJarName, className, classPackage)
+import Language.Alloy.RessourceNames (
+  alloyJarName, className, classPackage, commonsCliJarName
+  )
 
 alloyJar :: ByteString
 alloyJar = $(embedFile $ "bin" </> alloyJarName)
+
+commonsCliJar :: ByteString
+commonsCliJar = $(embedFile $ "bin" </> "commons-cli" </> commonsCliJarName)
 
 classFile :: ByteString
 classFile = $(embedFile $ "bin" </> classPackage </> className <.> "class")
