diff --git a/backups/app/__main__.py b/backups/app/__main__.py
index c340221..535d616 100644
--- a/backups/app/__main__.py
+++ b/backups/app/__main__.py
@@ -13,22 +13,21 @@ sys.excepthook = except_hook
 # Define parser
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
     description='Backup directories and Docker volumes.')
-parser.add_argument('-s', '--spec', action='append', dest='specs',
-                    help='Spec to back up. If not specified, all specs in '
-                         'in provided files are processed.')
+parser.add_argument('-f', '--file', action='append', dest='file',
+                    help='File containing spec definitions.')
 parser.add_argument('-j', '--json', action='store_const', const=True,
                     default=False, help='Print out the parsed specs as JSON '
                                         'and exit')
-parser.add_argument('file', nargs='+',
-                   help='A YAML file containg specs.')
+parser.add_argument('spec', nargs='*',
+                   help='The specs to process. Defaults to all.')
 
 # Parse arguments
 args = parser.parse_args()
 specs = sum([parse_specs_file(path) for path in args.file], [])
 
 # Filter specs if needed
-if args.specs:
-    specs = filter(lambda s: s.name in args.specs, specs)
+if args.spec:
+    specs = filter(lambda s: s.name in args.spec, specs)
 
 # Dump parsed data as json
 if args.json:
diff --git a/backups/app/specs/parser.py b/backups/app/specs/parser.py
index d490721..fab362a 100644
--- a/backups/app/specs/parser.py
+++ b/backups/app/specs/parser.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def parse_specs_file(path: Path) -> List[Spec]:
         "volume": False,
         "notify": {
             "title": "Backup Notification",
-            "events": ["success"]
+            "events": ["failure"]
         }
     }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ def parse_specs_file(path: Path) -> List[Spec]:
     if "specs" not in data:
         raise MissingKeyError("specs")
 
-    # TODO check if only specs section exists
+    # Allow for default notify settings
+    if "notify" in data:
+        spec_skel["notify"] = data["notify"]
 
     specs = []
     # Check format for each spec
diff --git a/backups/app/specs/specs.py b/backups/app/specs/specs.py
index 3f64283..bca52fc 100644
--- a/backups/app/specs/specs.py
+++ b/backups/app/specs/specs.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Spec:
         self.destination = Path(destination)
         self.limit       = limit
         self.title       = title
-        self.events      = ["success"] if events is None else events
+        self.events      = [] if events is None else events
 
     def to_dict(self):
         return {
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ class Spec:
     def backup(self):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
+    def remove_redundant(self):
+        tarballs = self.destination.glob('*.tar.gz')
+
+        if len(tarballs) >= self.limit:
+            for path in tarballs[self.limit - 1:]:
+                path.unlink()
+
     def notify(status_code):
         if status_code:
             if "failure" not in self.events:
@@ -79,7 +86,6 @@ class Spec:
                 for name, info in data["specs"].items()]
 
 
-
 class DirSpec(Spec):
     def __init__(self, name, source, destination, limit, title, events=None):
         super().__init__(name, destination, limit, title, events)
@@ -87,14 +93,8 @@ class DirSpec(Spec):
         self.source = Path(source)
 
     def backup(self):
-        tarballs = self.destination.glob('*.tar.gz')
+        self.remove_redundant()
 
-        # Remove redundant tarballs
-        if len(tarballs) >= self.limit:
-            for path in tarballs[self.limit - 1:]:
-                path.unlink()
-
-        # Create new tarball
         status_code = os.system(
             "tar -C '{}' -czf '{}' -- .".format(
                 self.source,
@@ -116,4 +116,28 @@ class DirSpec(Spec):
         )
 
 class VolumeSpec(Spec):
-    pass
+    def __init__(self, name, volume, destination, limit, title, events=None):
+        super().__init__(name, destination, limit, title, events)
+
+        self.volume = volume
+
+    def backup(self):
+        status_code = os.system(
+            "docker run --rm -v '{}:/from' -v '{}:/to' alpine:latest "
+            "tar -C /from -czf '/to/{}' -- .".format(
+                self.volume,
+                self.destination,
+                self.get_filename()
+            )
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_dict(name, data):
+        return VolumeSpec(
+            name,
+            data["source"],
+            data["destination"],
+            data["limit"],
+            data["notify"]["title"],
+            data["notify"]["events"]
+        )
diff --git a/backups/backups.yaml.example b/backups/backups.yaml.example
index 812608e..68a203b 100644
--- a/backups/backups.yaml.example
+++ b/backups/backups.yaml.example
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+notify:
+    title: "title"
+    events:
+        - 'random'
+
 specs:
     test-spec:
         source: '/some/path'
         destination: '/some/other/path'
         limit: 7
-        notify:
-            events:
-                - 'failure'
 
     test-2:
         source: '/path/to'