diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1b8424a..fe67557 100755
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -43,6 +43,55 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6342bd4f5a1205d7f41e94a41a901f5647c938cdfa96036338e8533c9d6c2450"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41ed9a86bf92ae6580e0a31281f65a1b1d867c0cc68d5346e2ae128dddfa6a7d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e765fd216e48e067936442276d1d57399e37bce53c264d6fefbe298080cb57ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ca11d4be1bab0c8bc8734a9aa7bf4ee8316d462a08c6ac5052f888fef5b494b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "180abfa45703aebe0093f79badacc01b8fd4ea2e35118747e5811127f926e188"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -138,12 +187,61 @@ dependencies = [
  "inout",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a1f23fa97e1d1641371b51f35535cb26959b8e27ab50d167a8b996b5bada819"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fdc5d93c358224b4d6867ef1356d740de2303e9892edc06c5340daeccd96bab"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "bitflags",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f9644cd56d6b87dbe899ef8b053e331c0637664e9e21a33dfcdc36093f5c5c4"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.12",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a2dd5a6fe8c6e3502f568a6353e5273bbb15193ad9a89e457b9970798efbea1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "contego"
 version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "base64 0.21.0",
+ "clap",
  "ntest",
  "rand",
  "sha256",
@@ -213,6 +311,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4bcfec3a70f97c962c307b2d2c56e358cf1d00b558d74262b5f929ee8cc7e73a"
+dependencies = [
+ "errno-dragonfly",
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[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 = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.25"
@@ -286,6 +405,12 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.2.6"
@@ -295,6 +420,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fed44880c466736ef9a5c5b5facefb5ed0785676d0c02d612db14e54f0d84286"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -330,6 +461,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "io-lifetimes"
+version = "1.0.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c66c74d2ae7e79a5a8f7ac924adbe38ee42a859c6539ad869eb51f0b52dc220"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.3.1",
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adcf93614601c8129ddf72e2d5633df827ba6551541c6d8c59520a371475be1f"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.3.1",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.61"
@@ -345,6 +499,12 @@ version = "0.2.140"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "99227334921fae1a979cf0bfdfcc6b3e5ce376ef57e16fb6fb3ea2ed6095f80c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b64f40e5e03e0d54f03845c8197d0291253cdbedfb1cb46b13c2c117554a9f4c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -388,7 +548,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -438,7 +598,7 @@ version = "1.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0fac9e2da13b5eb447a6ce3d392f23a29d8694bff781bf03a16cd9ac8697593b"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.2.6",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -474,7 +634,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
  "smallvec",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -609,6 +769,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.37.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2aae838e49b3d63e9274e1c01833cc8139d3fec468c3b84688c628f44b1ae11d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
 version = "0.20.8"
@@ -691,6 +865,12 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
 version = "2.4.1"
@@ -750,7 +930,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -875,6 +1055,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -1004,7 +1190,16 @@ version = "0.45.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "75283be5efb2831d37ea142365f009c02ec203cd29a3ebecbc093d52315b66d0"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.42.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1013,13 +1208,28 @@ version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8e5180c00cd44c9b1c88adb3693291f1cd93605ded80c250a75d472756b4d071"
 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",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.2",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b1eb6f0cd7c80c79759c929114ef071b87354ce476d9d94271031c0497adfd5"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.0",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.0",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.0",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1028,42 +1238,84 @@ version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "597a5118570b68bc08d8d59125332c54f1ba9d9adeedeef5b99b02ba2b0698f8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91ae572e1b79dba883e0d315474df7305d12f569b400fcf90581b06062f7e1bc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e08e8864a60f06ef0d0ff4ba04124db8b0fb3be5776a5cd47641e942e58c4d43"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b2ef27e0d7bdfcfc7b868b317c1d32c641a6fe4629c171b8928c7b08d98d7cf3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c61d927d8da41da96a81f029489353e68739737d3beca43145c8afec9a31a84f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "622a1962a7db830d6fd0a69683c80a18fda201879f0f447f065a3b7467daa241"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44d840b6ec649f480a41c8d80f9c65108b92d89345dd94027bfe06ac444d1060"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4542c6e364ce21bf45d69fdd2a8e455fa38d316158cfd43b3ac1c5b1b19f8e00"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8de912b8b8feb55c064867cf047dda097f92d51efad5b491dfb98f6bbb70cb36"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca2b8a661f7628cbd23440e50b05d705db3686f894fc9580820623656af974b1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7896dbc1f41e08872e9d5e8f8baa8fdd2677f29468c4e156210174edc7f7b953"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9aec5da331524158c6d1a4ac0ab1541149c0b9505fde06423b02f5ef0106b9f0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a515f5799fe4961cb532f983ce2b23082366b898e52ffbce459c86f67c8378a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
 version = "0.4.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 661d060..670f357 100755
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ aes-gcm = "0.10.1"
 base64 = "0.21.0"
 sha256 = "1.1.2"
 ureq = "2.6.2"
+clap = { version = "4.2.5", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio-test = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6d9c61e..1f91b34 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,48 @@
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use std::error::Error;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+#[command(about, version)]
+struct Cli {
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    command: Commands,
+    /// Suspend all output expect errors
+    #[clap(long, default_value_t = false)]
+    quiet: bool,
+}
+
+// TODO: add validators for infile, outdir & address (IPv4/6)
+
+#[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
+enum Commands {
+    /// Host fileserver instance by providing JSON file with paths or list of paths
+    Host {
+        /// Use IPv6 instead of IPv4
+        #[clap(short = '6', long, default_value_t = false)]
+        ipv6: bool,
+        /// Path to the inputfile (JSON)
+        infile: Option<String>,
+        /// Paths to the files
+        #[clap(short = 'f', long)]
+        files: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    },
+    /// Connect to hosted server by providing address, output folder and access key
+    Connect {
+        /// IP address of the server (IPv4 or IPv6)
+        address: String,
+        /// Path to the output folder
+        #[clap(short = 'o', long)]
+        outdir: String,
+        /// Access key for the fileserver
+        #[clap(short = 'k', long)]
+        key: String,
+    },
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let cli = Cli::parse();
+    println!("{:?}", cli);
+
     Ok(())
 }