diff --git a/Gemini.hs b/Gemini.hs
index c9489c5..9f455b5 100644
--- a/Gemini.hs
+++ b/Gemini.hs
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ parse_to_gemini tab =
     , mime = get_mime (tab!!0!!3)
     }
 
-get_reply :: String -> Int -> String
-get_reply mime 20 =
-    "20 " ++ mime ++ "; \r\n"
+get_reply :: String -> Int -> String -> String
+get_reply mime return lang
+    | lang /= "" = "20 " ++ mime ++ "; lang=" ++ lang ++ " \r\n"
+    | lang == "" = "20 " ++ mime ++ "; \r\n"
+    | otherwise  = "50\r\n"
diff --git a/Vger.hs b/Vger.hs
index c16b193..efce4f2 100644
--- a/Vger.hs
+++ b/Vger.hs
@@ -1,9 +1,33 @@
 import Gemini
+import Options.Applicative
+
+data Sample = Sample
+  { baseDir :: String
+  , language  :: String
+  }
+
+sample :: Parser Sample
+sample = Sample
+      <$> strOption
+          ( long "baseDir"
+         <> short 'd'
+         <> help "base directory to serve files from"
+         <> value "/var/gemini/")
+      <*> strOption
+          ( long "language"
+         <> short 'l'
+         <> help "language to use in the response for gemini files"
+         <> value "")
+
+opts :: ParserInfo Sample
+opts = info (sample <**> helper)
+  ( fullDesc)
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
+    options <- execParser opts
     url <- get_request
     let request = parse_to_gemini (parse_url url)
-    content <- read_file (file request)
-    putStr (get_reply (mime request) 20)
+    content <- read_file pathname
+    putStr (get_reply (mime request) 20 (language options))
     putStr content
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 3608a63..fd98f71 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ mkShell {
             haskellPackages.mime-types
             haskellPackages.HUnit
             haskellPackages.utf8-string
+            haskellPackages.optparse-applicative
           ]
         ))
     ];