diff --git a/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/config/Cmd.java b/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/config/Cmd.java
index fa306a8..e991164 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/config/Cmd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tech/bitgoblin/config/Cmd.java
@@ -4,23 +4,42 @@ import org.apache.commons.cli.*;
 
 public class Cmd {
 
+	private String helpHeader = "Start the Dragoon video transcoder.";
+	private String helpFooter = "Report issues at https://git.metaunix.net/BitGoblin/dragoon/issues/";
+
 	private String configPath = "~/.config/dragoon.toml";
 
 	public Cmd(String[] args) throws ParseException {
 		Options options = new Options();
 
-    Option configPath = new Option("c", "configPath", true, "configuration file path (defaults to /etc/dragoon/config.toml)");
-    configPath.setRequired(false);
-    options.addOption(configPath);
+		// print help for the user
+		Option helpOption = new Option("h", "help", false, "Display CLI usage and options.");
+		options.addOption(helpOption);
+		
+		// allow the user to specify a config file manually
+	    Option configPath = new Option("c", "configPath", true, "Configuration file path (defaults to " + this.configPath + ")");
+	    configPath.setRequired(false);
+	    options.addOption(configPath);
+	
+	    CommandLineParser parser = new DefaultParser();
+	    CommandLine cmd = parser.parse(options, args);
+	    
+	    // check if the help option was called
+	    if (cmd.hasOption("help")) {
+	    	this.printHelp(options);
+	    }
+	
+	    // set the configPath variable if the option was passed to the program
+	    if (cmd.hasOption("configPath")) {
+	    	this.configPath = cmd.getOptionValue("configPath");
+	    }
+	}
 
-    CommandLineParser parser = new DefaultParser();
-    HelpFormatter formatter = new HelpFormatter();
-    CommandLine cmd = parser.parse(options, args);
-
-    // set the configPath variable if the option was passed to the program
-    if (cmd.hasOption("configPath")) {
-    	this.configPath = cmd.getOptionValue("configPath");
-    }
+	public void printHelp(Options options) {
+		HelpFormatter formatter = new HelpFormatter();
+		formatter.printHelp("Dragoon", this.helpHeader, options, this.helpFooter, true);
+		
+		System.exit(0);
 	}
 
 	public String getConfigPath() {