diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 74b4ad3..7319369 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/target
+target
 .direnv/
-blog.html
-result.html
+index.html
+blog-tmp.html
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 21deb62..06af499 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,114 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "824a212faf96e9acacdbd09febd34438f8f711fb84e09a8916013cd7815ca28d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "940b3a0ca603d1eade50a4846a2afffd5ef57a9feac2c0e2ec2e14f9ead76000"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "52ce7f38b242319f7cabaa6813055467063ecdc9d355bbb4ce0c68908cd8130e"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "40c48f72fd53cd289104fc64099abca73db4166ad86ea0b4341abe65af83dadc"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "291e6a250ff86cd4a820112fb8898808a366d8f9f58ce16d1f538353ad55747d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "once_cell_polyfill",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b193af5b67834b676abd72466a96c1024e6a6ad978a1f484bd90b85c94041351"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "714a53001bf66416adb0e2ef5ac857140e7dc3a0c48fb28b2f10762fc4b5069f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1110bd8a634a1ab8cb04345d8d878267d57c3cf1b38d91b71af6686408bbca6a"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8d4a3bb8b1e0c1050499d1815f5ab16d04f0959b233085fb31653fbfc9d98f9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d07550c9036bf2ae0c684c4297d503f838287c83c53686d05370d0e139ae570"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a6cb138bb79a146c1bd460005623e142ef0181e3d0219cb493e02f7d08a35695"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "markdown"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -15,11 +123,80 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "mdf-blog"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "clap",
  "markdown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "384b8ab6d37215f3c5301a95a4accb5d64aa607f1fcb26a11b5303878451b4fe"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.106"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8fd00f0bb2e90d81d1044c2b32617f68fcb9fa3bb7640c23e9c748e53fb30934"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.45"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41f2619966050689382d2b44f664f4bc593e129785a36d6ee376ddf37259b924"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.117"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e665b8803e7b1d2a727f4023456bbbbe74da67099c585258af0ad9c5013b9b99"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-id"
 version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "70ba288e709927c043cbe476718d37be306be53fb1fafecd0dbe36d072be2580"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6e4313cd5fcd3dad5cafa179702e2b244f760991f45397d14d4ebf38247da75"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-link"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.61.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae137229bcbd6cdf0f7b80a31df61766145077ddf49416a728b02cb3921ff3fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index be73476..bff9342 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
+clap = { version = "4.6.0", features = ["derive"] }
 markdown = "*"
diff --git a/blog.md b/blog.md
index e0b34cd..f1721ec 100644
--- a/blog.md
+++ b/blog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ## My Blogpost 1 - wholesome
 wuhp
+
 ## My blogpost 2 - sadge
 bubglub
+
+![cute autistic cartoon cat blushing](image.png)
+
diff --git a/image.png b/image.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..431c05f
Binary files /dev/null and b/image.png differ
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index d8af2b6..0b0f004 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #/bin/sh
-cargo run "$@" > blog.html
+cargo run "$@" > blog-tmp.html
 sed template.html -e '/INSERT_HERE/{
-    r blog.html
+    r blog-tmp.html
     d
-}' > result.html
+}' > index.html
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bfe2b6d..124a075 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
 use markdown::to_html;
+use clap::Parser;
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(version, about, long_about = None)]
+struct Args {
+    /// Name of the person to greet
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    name: String,
+
+    /// Number of times to greet
+    #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = 1)]
+    count: u8,
+}
 
 fn main() {
-    // arg 1: src, arg 2: dest
-    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
-    let input: String = std::fs::read_to_string(&args[1]).unwrap();
-    print!("{}", to_html(&input));
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
+    // takes directory of markdown files as only argument, outputs
+    // html output into stdout (TODO make )
+    if let Some(dir) = std::env::args().skip(1).next() {
+        // get files in dir
+    }
+    //let input: String = std::fs::read_to_string(&args[1]).unwrap();
+    //print!("{}", to_html(&input));
 }
+
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d13eae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.blog {
+  border: 2px solid hotpink;
+}
+
diff --git a/template.html b/template.html
index 81f9dbf..098ed8d 100644
--- a/template.html
+++ b/template.html
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en-US">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="utf-8" name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
-    <title>MDF BLOG</title>
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <p>MDF BLOG 🍼</p>
-    INSERT_HERE
-    <h2>Testing erm, stuff</h2>
-    <b>bold</b>
-    <ul>
-      <li>an item</li>
-    </ul>
-    <i>italics</i>
-    🔈️🍰👆️ 
-  </body>
-</html>
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8" name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href='styles.css' />
+</head>
+<body>
+  <h1>MDF HQ</h1>
+  <div class="blog">
+  INSERT_HERE
+  </div>
+</body>