diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Author name here (c) 2016
+
+All rights reserved.
+
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+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
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+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Author name here nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/postgres-options.cabal b/postgres-options.cabal
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+name:                postgres-options
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            An Options type representing options for postgres connections
+description:         This package exports an Options type representing options for postgres connections
+homepage:            https://github.com/jfischoff/postgres-options#readme
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Jonathan Fischoff
+maintainer:          jonathangfischoff@gmail.com
+copyright:           2019 Jonathan Fischoff
+category:            Database
+build-type:          Simple
+-- extra-source-files:
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     Database.PostgreSQL.Simple.Options
+  build-depends: base >= 4.6 && < 5
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options: -Wall
+               -fno-warn-unused-do-bind
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/jfischoff/postgres-options
diff --git a/src/Database/PostgreSQL/Simple/Options.hs b/src/Database/PostgreSQL/Simple/Options.hs
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+{-| A resuable optparse-applicative parser for creating a postgresql-simple
+   'Connection'
+-}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+
+module Database.PostgreSQL.Simple.Options where
+
+import GHC.Generics (Generic)
+import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
+import Data.Maybe (Maybe, maybeToList)
+
+data Options = Options
+  { oHost                    :: Maybe String
+  , oHostaddr                :: Maybe String
+  , oPort                    :: Maybe Int
+  , oUser                    :: Maybe String
+  , oPassword                :: Maybe String
+  , oDbname                  :: String
+  , oConnectTimeout          :: Maybe Int
+  , oClientEncoding          :: Maybe String
+  , oOptions                 :: Maybe String
+  , oFallbackApplicationName :: Maybe String
+  , oKeepalives              :: Maybe Int
+  , oKeepalivesIdle          :: Maybe Int
+  , oKeepalivesCount         :: Maybe Int
+  , oSslmode                 :: Maybe String
+  , oRequiressl              :: Maybe Int
+  , oSslcompression          :: Maybe Int
+  , oSslcert                 :: Maybe String
+  , oSslkey                  :: Maybe String
+  , oSslrootcert             :: Maybe String
+  , oRequirepeer             :: Maybe String
+  , oKrbsrvname              :: Maybe String
+  , oGsslib                  :: Maybe String
+  , oService                 :: Maybe String
+  } deriving (Show, Eq, Read, Ord, Generic, Typeable)
+
+toArgs :: Options -> [String]
+toArgs Options {..} =
+  [ "--dbname=" <> oDbname
+  ]
+  ++ (("--host=" <>) <$> maybeToList oHost)
+  ++ (("--username=" <>) <$> maybeToList oUser)
+  ++ (("--password=" <>) <$> maybeToList oPassword)
+  ++ ((\x -> "--host=" <> show x) <$> maybeToList oPort)
+