diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e..fdc547e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
+*.lnk
diff --git a/deno.lock b/deno.lock
index 16aff2d..f780d3d 100644
--- a/deno.lock
+++ b/deno.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 {
   "version": "5",
+  "specifiers": {
+    "jsr:@std/cli@*": "1.0.23",
+    "jsr:@std/fs@*": "1.0.19",
+    "npm:@types/node@^24.5.2": "24.9.1"
+  },
+  "jsr": {
+    "@std/assert@1.0.15": {
+      "integrity": "d64018e951dbdfab9777335ecdb000c0b4e3df036984083be219ce5941e4703b"
+    },
+    "@std/cli@1.0.23": {
+      "integrity": "bf95b7a9425ba2af1ae5a6359daf58c508f2decf711a76ed2993cd352498ccca"
+    },
+    "@std/fs@1.0.19": {
+      "integrity": "051968c2b1eae4d2ea9f79a08a3845740ef6af10356aff43d3e2ef11ed09fb06"
+    },
+    "@std/internal@1.0.12": {
+      "integrity": "972a634fd5bc34b242024402972cd5143eac68d8dffaca5eaa4dba30ce17b027"
+    }
+  },
+  "npm": {
+    "@types/node@24.9.1": {
+      "integrity": "sha512-QoiaXANRkSXK6p0Duvt56W208du4P9Uye9hWLWgGMDTEoKPhuenzNcC4vGUmrNkiOKTlIrBoyNQYNpSwfEZXSg==",
+      "dependencies": [
+        "undici-types"
+      ]
+    },
+    "undici-types@7.16.0": {
+      "integrity": "sha512-Zz+aZWSj8LE6zoxD+xrjh4VfkIG8Ya6LvYkZqtUQGJPZjYl53ypCaUwWqo7eI0x66KBGeRo+mlBEkMSeSZ38Nw=="
+    }
+  },
   "redirects": {
     "https://esm.sh/@types/boolbase@~1.0.3/index.d.ts": "https://esm.sh/@types/boolbase@1.0.3/index.d.ts",
     "https://esm.sh/@types/safer-buffer@~2.1.3/index.d.ts": "https://esm.sh/@types/safer-buffer@2.1.3/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index 8fd2b33..ae47efe 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import path from 'node:path'
-import { argv } from 'node:process'
 import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer'
+import { parseArgs } from "jsr:@std/cli/parse-args"
+import { exists } from "jsr:@std/fs/exists";
 import * as cheerio from 'https://esm.sh/cheerio?target=esnext'
 
 const REGEX_PLAYLISTURL =
@@ -12,23 +11,65 @@ const REGEX_SONGURL =
 const REGEX_ALBUMTITLE = /^(.*?) MP3 - Download/i
 const REGEX_UNSAFEFORFILE = /[^a-z0-9\-_=+,.()\[\]{} ]/gi
 
-async function main() {
-  // deno main.ts <playlistURL> [<downloadPath>] [sync]
-  const playlistURL = argv[2]
-  const downloadPath = argv[3] || '.'
-  const runSync = argv[4]?.toLowerCase() == 'sync'
+// parse args
+const flags = parseArgs(Deno.args, {
+  alias: {
+    "url": ["u"],
+    "output": ["o"],
+    "sync": ["s"],
+    "help": ["h"],
+  },
+  string: ["url", "output"],
+  boolean: ["sync", "help"],
+  default: {
+    "url": "",
+    "output": ".",
+    "sync": false
+  }
+})
 
+if (!flags.url && flags._.length > 0) {
+  flags.url = flags._[0].toString()
+}
+
+function printHelp() {
+  console.log(`deno
+    --allow-net --allow-write --allow-read main.ts
+    [--url] <url>
+    [--output <downloadPath>]
+    [--sync]
+    [--help]
+
+parameters:
+    --url -u (default)
+        url to download
+    
+    --output -o
+        default: "."
+        output path
+    
+    --sync -s
+        download files one at a time
+      
+    --help -h
+        print help message
+`)
+}
+
+async function main() {
   // load all song details
-  const playlist = await fetchPlaylist(playlistURL)
+  const playlist = await fetchPlaylist(flags.url)
 
   // if sync, download one at a time
-  if (runSync) {
+  if (flags.sync) {
+    console.log('downloading one at a time\n')
     for (const song of playlist) {
-      await downloadSong(song, downloadPath || '.')
+      await downloadSong(song, flags.output || '.')
     }
   } else {
+    console.log('downloading all at once\n')
     await Promise.all(
-      playlist.map((song) => downloadSong(song, downloadPath || '.'))
+      playlist.map((song) => downloadSong(song, flags.output || '.'))
     )
   }
 }
@@ -38,6 +79,8 @@ async function fetchPlaylist(url: string): Promise<PlaylistSongData[]> {
     throw `unaccepted url ${url}`
   }
 
+  console.log(`downloading: ${url}`)
+
   // load the playlist page's dom
   const req = await fetch(url)
   const text = await req.text()
@@ -53,12 +96,12 @@ async function fetchPlaylist(url: string): Promise<PlaylistSongData[]> {
     throw `unable to grab album name from ${title}`
   }
   const albumName = titleMatch[1]
-
+  console.log(`  title: ${albumName}`)
+  
   // parse all rows in playlist
   const columns = getPlaylistTableHeaders($)
   const rows = getPlaylistRows($, columns, albumName)
-
-  console.log(`downloading ${rows.length} songs`)
+  console.log(`  songs: ${rows.length}\n`)
 
   return rows
 }
@@ -203,12 +246,12 @@ async function downloadSong(song: PlaylistSongData, location: string) {
   const { pathname, fullpathname } = pathFor(location, song)
 
   // ensure folder exists
-  if (!existsSync(pathname)) {
-    await mkdir(pathname)
+  if (!await exists(pathname)) {
+    await Deno.mkdir(pathname)
   }
 
   // skip file if it exists
-  if (existsSync(fullpathname)) {
+  if (await exists(fullpathname)) {
     console.log(`skipping file already exists ${fullpathname}`)
   }
 
@@ -218,7 +261,7 @@ async function downloadSong(song: PlaylistSongData, location: string) {
   // download the file
   const songresp = await fetch(flacUrl)
   const songblob = await songresp.arrayBuffer()
-  return writeFile(fullpathname, toBuffer(songblob))
+  return Deno.writeFile(fullpathname, toBuffer(songblob))
 }
 
 interface SongPath {
@@ -279,4 +322,12 @@ function toBuffer(arrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer): Buffer<ArrayBuffer> {
   return buffer
 }
 
-main().catch((e) => console.error(e))
+if (!flags.url) {
+  console.log('Missing URL\n\n')
+  printHelp()
+} else if (flags.help) {
+  printHelp()
+} else {
+  main().catch((e) => console.error(e))
+}
+