diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b12dee6..2432e49 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11,12 +11,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.11.1"
@@ -50,6 +67,43 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8d93d855ce6a0aa87b8473ef9169482f40abaa2e9e0993024c35c902cbd5920"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "clap_derive",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "once_cell",
+ "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "684a277d672e91966334af371f1a7b5833f9aa00b07c84e92fbce95e00208ce8"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "783fe232adfca04f90f56201b26d79682d4cd2625e0bc7290b95123afe558ade"
+dependencies = [
+ "os_str_bytes",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "codespan-reporting"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -60,6 +114,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colored"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3616f750b84d8f0de8a58bda93e08e2a81ad3f523089b05f1dffecab48c6cbd"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -110,6 +175,51 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f639046355ee4f37944e44f60642c6f3a7efa3cf6b78c78a0d989a8ce6c396a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "errno-dragonfly",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "errno-dragonfly"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa68f1b12764fab894d2755d2518754e71b4fd80ecfb822714a1206c2aab39bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2540771e65fc8cb83cd6e8a237f70c319bd5c29f78ed1084ba5d50eeac86f7f9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee512640fe35acbfb4bb779db6f0d80704c2cacfa2e39b601ef3e3f47d1ae4c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.53"
@@ -134,6 +244,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "cxx-build",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "io-lifetimes"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7d6c6f8c91b4b9ed43484ad1a938e393caf35960fce7f82a040497207bd8e9e"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "28dfb6c8100ccc63462345b67d1bbc3679177c75ee4bf59bf29c8b1d110b8189"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.2.6",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.60"
@@ -143,6 +275,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.137"
@@ -158,6 +296,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f051f77a7c8e6957c0696eac88f26b0117e54f52d3fc682ab19397a8812846a4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.17"
@@ -172,7 +316,8 @@ name = "misti"
 version = "0.0.3"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
- "owo-colors",
+ "clap",
+ "colored",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -201,10 +346,34 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "86f0b0d4bf799edbc74508c1e8bf170ff5f41238e5f8225603ca7caaae2b7860"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "owo-colors"
-version = "3.5.0"
+name = "os_str_bytes"
+version = "6.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1b04fb49957986fdce4d6ee7a65027d55d4b6d2265e5848bbb507b58ccfdb6f"
+checksum = "9b7820b9daea5457c9f21c69448905d723fbd21136ccf521748f23fd49e723ee"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da25490ff9892aab3fcf7c36f08cfb902dd3e71ca0f9f9517bea02a73a5ce38c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error-attr",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error-attr"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "version_check",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
@@ -224,12 +393,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.36.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d4fdebc4b395b7fbb9ab11e462e20ed9051e7b16e42d24042c776eca0ac81b03"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scratch"
 version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8132065adcfd6e02db789d9285a0deb2f3fcb04002865ab67d5fb103533898"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.103"
@@ -273,6 +462,12 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -363,3 +558,60 @@ name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.42.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a3e1820f08b8513f676f7ab6c1f99ff312fb97b553d30ff4dd86f9f15728aa7"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_i686_msvc",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c9864e83243fdec7fc9c5444389dcbbfd258f745e7853198f365e3c4968a608"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c8b1b673ffc16c47a9ff48570a9d85e25d265735c503681332589af6253c6c7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "de3887528ad530ba7bdbb1faa8275ec7a1155a45ffa57c37993960277145d640"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf4d1122317eddd6ff351aa852118a2418ad4214e6613a50e0191f7004372605"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1040f221285e17ebccbc2591ffdc2d44ee1f9186324dd3e84e99ac68d699c45"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "628bfdf232daa22b0d64fdb62b09fcc36bb01f05a3939e20ab73aaf9470d0463"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "447660ad36a13288b1db4d4248e857b510e8c3a225c822ba4fb748c0aafecffd"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0035c6e..afd5e3c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "0.4.23"
-owo-colors = "3.5.0"
+clap = { version = "4.1.3", features = ["derive"] }
+colored = "2.0.0"
diff --git a/src/error_handling/lex_error.rs b/src/error_handling/lex_error.rs
index d3352f3..35e171c 100644
--- a/src/error_handling/lex_error.rs
+++ b/src/error_handling/lex_error.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{collections::VecDeque, fmt::format};
+use std::{collections::VecDeque};
 use super::{PrintableError, LexError};
 
 impl PrintableError for LexError {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ impl PrintableError for LexError {
         let (erroneous_code, back_count) = get_line(chars, self.position);
 
         let mut whitespace = Vec::<char>::new();
-        for i in 0..back_count {
+        for _ in 0..back_count {
             whitespace.push(' ');
         }
         let whitespace = whitespace.iter().collect::<String>();
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7d1ea23..0ad62ea 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use std::io;
 use chrono::{prelude::Utc, Datelike};
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 
 // Module to handle the repl and its compilation
 mod repl;
@@ -20,6 +20,29 @@ mod codegen;
 
 mod error_handling;
 
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
+struct Cli {
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    command: Option<Commands>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Subcommand)]
+enum Commands {
+    /// compiles a single file
+    C {
+        /// File to compile
+        file: String,
+
+        /// File to write the JS code to
+        output: String,
+    },
+    /// Starts the REPL
+    R {}
+}
+
+
 const VERSION: &str = "0.0.1";
 
 fn get_copyright() -> String {
@@ -31,11 +54,25 @@ fn get_copyright() -> String {
 /// # Misti
 /// 
 /// Usage:
-/// - `misti` : Compiles the current project according to the settings in the misti.json file
-/// - `misti --watch, -w` : Starts the compiler in watch mode
-/// - `misti -i FILE -o OUTPUT` : Compiles FILE and writes the result in OUTPUT
-fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
-    print!("{}", get_copyright());
-    repl::run()
+/// - `misti` : Starts the compiler in watch mode
+/// - `misti w, --watch, -w` : Starts the compiler in watch mode
+/// - `misti -c FILE -o OUTPUT` : Compiles FILE and writes the result in OUTPUT
+fn main() {
+    println!("{}", get_copyright());
+
+    let cli = Cli::parse();
+
+    match &cli.command {
+        Some(Commands::C { file: _, output: _ }) => {
+            println!("Compile a file: Not implemented")
+        }
+        Some(Commands::R {  }) => {
+            let _ = repl::run();
+        }
+        None => {
+            println!("Compile in watch mode: Not implemented")
+        }
+    }
+
 }