diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 678793c..19a7080 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,55 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ca84f3628370c59db74ee214b3263d58f9aadd9b4fe7e711fd87dc452b7f163"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a30da5c5f2d5e72842e00bcb57657162cdabef0931f40e2deb9b4140440cecd"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "938874ff5980b03a87c5524b3ae5b59cf99b1d6bc836848df7bc5ada9643c333"
+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",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "180abfa45703aebe0093f79badacc01b8fd4ea2e35118747e5811127f926e188"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.71"
@@ -146,6 +195,53 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.3.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3eab9e8ceb9afdade1ab3f0fd8dbce5b1b2f468ad653baf10e771781b2b67b73"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.3.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9f2763db829349bf00cfc06251268865ed4363b93a943174f638daf3ecdba2cd"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.3.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54a9bb5758fc5dfe728d1019941681eccaf0cf8a4189b692a0ee2f2ecf90a050"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2da6da31387c7e4ef160ffab6d5e7f00c42626fe39aea70a7b0f1773f7dd6c1b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -175,6 +271,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "crypto-common",
 ]
 
+[[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",
+]
+
+[[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 = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -331,6 +448,12 @@ 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"
@@ -340,6 +463,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "443144c8cdadd93ebf52ddb4056d257f5b52c04d3c804e657d19eb73fc33668b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -420,6 +549,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cb0889898416213fab133e1d33a0e5858a48177452750691bde3666d0fdbaf8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.3.2",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.8"
@@ -454,6 +594,12 @@ version = "0.2.147"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09fc20d2ca12cb9f044c93e3bd6d32d523e6e2ec3db4f7b2939cd99026ecd3f0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.10"
@@ -543,7 +689,7 @@ 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",
 ]
 
@@ -711,6 +857,7 @@ name = "rieterd"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
+ "clap",
  "futures",
  "libarchive",
  "sha256",
@@ -729,6 +876,19 @@ version = "0.1.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a962918ea88d644592894bc6dc55acc6c0956488adcebbfb6e273506b7fd6e5"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.3.3",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.13"
@@ -850,6 +1010,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.25"
@@ -1065,6 +1231,12 @@ version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "22049a19f4a68748a168c0fc439f9516686aa045927ff767eca0a85101fb6e73"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 2500d62..6fdb837 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 name = "rieterd"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+authors = ["Jef Roosens"]
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { version = "0.6.18", features = ["http2"] }
+clap = { version = "4.3.12", features = ["env", "derive"] }
 futures = "0.3.28"
 libarchive = { path = "../libarchive" }
 sha256 = "1.1.4"
diff --git a/server/src/cli.rs b/server/src/cli.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74e5941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/cli.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+use crate::repo::RepoGroupManager;
+use crate::{Config, Global};
+
+use axum::extract::FromRef;
+use axum::Router;
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
+pub struct Cli {
+    /// Port the server will listen on
+    #[arg(short, long, value_name = "PORT", default_value_t = 8000)]
+    pub port: u16,
+    /// Log levels for the tracing
+    #[arg(
+        long,
+        value_name = "LOG_LEVEL",
+        default_value = "tower_http=debug,rieterd=debug"
+    )]
+    pub log: String,
+    /// Directory where package archives will be stored
+    pub pkg_dir: PathBuf,
+    /// Directory where repository metadata is stored
+    pub repo_dir: PathBuf,
+    /// Default architecture to add packages with arch "any" to
+    pub default_arch: String,
+}
+
+impl FromRef<Global> for Arc<RwLock<RepoGroupManager>> {
+    fn from_ref(global: &Global) -> Self {
+        Arc::clone(&global.repo_manager)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Cli {
+    pub fn init_tracing(&self) {
+        tracing_subscriber::registry()
+            .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::new(self.log.clone()))
+            .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+            .init();
+    }
+
+    pub async fn run(&self) {
+        self.init_tracing();
+
+        let config = Config {
+            repo_dir: self.repo_dir.clone(),
+            pkg_dir: self.pkg_dir.clone(),
+        };
+        let repo_manager = RepoGroupManager::new(&self.repo_dir, &self.pkg_dir, &self.default_arch);
+
+        let global = Global {
+            config,
+            repo_manager: Arc::new(RwLock::new(repo_manager)),
+        };
+
+        // build our application with a single route
+        let app = Router::new()
+            .merge(crate::repo::router(&global))
+            .with_state(global)
+            .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
+
+        // run it with hyper on localhost:3000
+        axum::Server::bind(&format!("0.0.0.0:{}", self.port).parse().unwrap())
+            .serve(app.into_make_service())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 0d841d8..2332b4b 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
+mod cli;
 mod error;
 mod repo;
 
+use clap::Parser;
 pub use error::{Result, ServerError};
-
-use axum::extract::FromRef;
-use axum::Router;
 use repo::RepoGroupManager;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
-use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
-use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
-    data_dir: PathBuf,
     repo_dir: PathBuf,
     pkg_dir: PathBuf,
 }
@@ -24,42 +20,8 @@ pub struct Global {
     repo_manager: Arc<RwLock<RepoGroupManager>>,
 }
 
-impl FromRef<Global> for Arc<RwLock<RepoGroupManager>> {
-    fn from_ref(global: &Global) -> Self {
-        Arc::clone(&global.repo_manager)
-    }
-}
-
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::new(
-            std::env::var("RUST_LOG").unwrap_or_else(|_| "tower_http=debug,rieterd=debug".into()),
-        ))
-        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
-        .init();
-
-    let config = Config {
-        data_dir: "./data".into(),
-        repo_dir: "./data/repos".into(),
-        pkg_dir: "./data/pkgs".into(),
-    };
-    let repo_manager = RepoGroupManager::new("./data/repos", "./data/pkgs", "x86_64");
-
-    let global = Global {
-        config,
-        repo_manager: Arc::new(RwLock::new(repo_manager)),
-    };
-
-    // build our application with a single route
-    let app = Router::new()
-        .merge(repo::router(&global))
-        .with_state(global)
-        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
-
-    // run it with hyper on localhost:3000
-    axum::Server::bind(&"0.0.0.0:3000".parse().unwrap())
-        .serve(app.into_make_service())
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
+    let cli = cli::Cli::parse();
+    cli.run().await;
 }