diff --git a/laconia b/laconia
index 09e8d18..6b91eba 100755
--- a/laconia
+++ b/laconia
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 PROGNAME=${0##*/}
 VERSION="0.0.1"
-
-proto="$(echo $1 | grep :// | sed -e's,^\(.*://\).*,\1,g')"
-url=$(echo $1 | sed -e 's,$proto,,g')
-host=$(echo "$url" | sed -e 's|^[^/]*//||' -e 's|/.*$||')
-path="$(echo $url | grep / | cut -d/ -f2-)"
-port=300
-
 error_exit() {
 	printf "%s: %s\n" "$PROGNAME" "${1:-"Unknown Error"}" >&2
 	exit 1
@@ -19,15 +12,36 @@ usage() {
 	printf "Simple client for spartan protocol\n"
 }
 
-case $1 in
-	-h | --help)
-		usage; exit ;;
-	-p | --port)
-		export PORT=$3 ;;
-	-* | --*)
-		usage; error_exit "unknown option $1" ;;
-	*)
-		echo $proto $host $path $port
-		printf "$host /$path 0\r\n" | nc $host $port
-		;;
-esac
+request(){
+	printf "$host /$path $( $post | wc -c )\r\n$post" | nc $host $port
+}
+
+while getopts ":h:p:i:u:" arg; do
+	case $arg in
+		h | --help)
+			usage; exit ;;
+		p | --port)
+			export port=$OPTARG
+			;;
+		i | --input) 
+			export post=$OPTARG
+			;; 
+		u | --url)
+			url_unparsed=$OPTARG
+			#pattern=^((spartan)://)?([^/:]+)(:([0-9]+))?/(.*)$
+			#echo $url_unparsed	
+			if [[ "$url_unparsed" =~ ^((spartan)://)?([^/:]+)(:([0-9]+))?/(.*)$ ]]; then	
+				url=$(echo $url_unparsed | sed -e 's,spartan://,,g')
+				host=$(echo "$url" | sed -e 's|^[^/]*//||' -e 's|/.*$||')
+				path="$(echo $url | grep / | cut -d/ -f2-)"
+				port=${port:-300}
+				echo $port $post $host $path
+				request
+			else 
+				echo $url_unparsed is not a Spartan URL
+			fi
+			;;
+		* | -* | --*)
+			usage; error_exit "unknown option $1" ;;
+	esac
+done