diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 2431a40..1a73613 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 
+#include "src/CmdLineOptions.h"
 #include "src/MicroCore.h"
-
 #include "src/page.h"
 
 #include "ext/crow/crow.h"
-#include "mstch/mstch.hpp"
-#include "ext/format.h"
 
 #include <fstream>
 
@@ -19,7 +17,25 @@ namespace epee {
 }
 
 
-int main() {
+int main(int ac, const char* av[]) {
+
+    // get command line options
+    xmreg::CmdLineOptions opts {ac, av};
+
+    auto help_opt = opts.get_option<bool>("help");
+
+    // if help was chosen, display help text and finish
+    if (*help_opt)
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    auto port_opt      = opts.get_option<string>("port");
+    auto bc_path_opt   = opts.get_option<string>("bc-path");
+
+
+    uint16_t app_port = boost::lexical_cast<uint16_t>(*port_opt);
+
 
     path blockchain_path {"/home/mwo/.bitmonero/lmdb"};
 
@@ -75,7 +91,7 @@ int main() {
     });
 
 
-    app.port(8080).multithreaded().run();
+    app.port(app_port).multithreaded().run();
 
     // set timezone to orginal value
     if (tz_org != 0)
diff --git a/src/CmdLineOptions.cpp b/src/CmdLineOptions.cpp
index 07efea3..5c66053 100644
--- a/src/CmdLineOptions.cpp
+++ b/src/CmdLineOptions.cpp
@@ -23,16 +23,12 @@ namespace xmreg
         desc.add_options()
                 ("help,h", value<bool>()->default_value(false)->implicit_value(true),
                  "produce help message")
-                ("txhash,t", value<string>(),
-                 "transaction hash")
-                ("viewkey,v", value<string>(),
-                 "private view key string")
-                ("address,a", value<string>(),
-                 "monero address string")
+                ("port,p", value<string>()->default_value("8081"),
+                 "default port")
                 ("bc-path,b", value<string>(),
                  "path to lmdb blockchain")
-                ("testnet",  value<bool>()->default_value(false)->implicit_value(true),
-                 "is the address from testnet network");
+                ("deamon-url,d", value<string>()->default_value("http:://127.0.0.1:18081"),
+                 "monero address string");
 
 
         store(command_line_parser(acc, avv)
diff --git a/src/tools.h b/src/tools.h
index 2c09868..4a258fd 100644
--- a/src/tools.h
+++ b/src/tools.h
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 #include "../ext/dateparser.h"
 #include "../ext/infix_iterator.h"
 
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <boost/optional.hpp>
-#include "boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp"
+#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
+
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>