diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index d3dd979..7374701 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,15 +5,25 @@ from time import time
 from generators import x86_64
 from os import system, remove
 from error import traceback
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
 
 
 def main():
-	in_path = "test2.grnd"
-	out_path = "out"
-	arch = "x86_64"
+	arg_parser = ArgumentParser(prog="GroundPY", description="A compiler for the Ground Programming Language.")
+	arg_parser.add_argument("input", help="ground source file path")
+	arg_parser.add_argument("--output", "-o", default="out", help="output file name")
+	arg_parser.add_argument("--arch", "-a", default="x86_64", choices=["x86_64"], help="the architecture to compile for")
+	arg_parser.add_argument("-S", "--save-asm", help="only generate an asm file, don't actually assemble it", action="store_true")
+	args = arg_parser.parse_args()
+	in_path = args.input
+	out_path = args.output
+	arch = args.arch
 
 	start = time()
-	file = open(in_path, "r")
+	try:
+		file = open(in_path, "r")
+	except FileNotFoundError:
+		traceback("", "fatal", f"no such file or directory \"{in_path}\"")
 	code = file.read()
 	file.close()
 
@@ -23,15 +33,14 @@ def main():
 
 	if arch == "x86_64":
 		generator = x86_64.X86_64Generator(ast, code, out_path)
-	else:
-		traceback(code, "fatal error", f"unkown architecture \"{arch}\"")
 
 	generator.init()
 
-	system(f"nasm -felf64 {out_path}.asm")
-	system(f"ld -m elf_{arch} -o {out_path} {out_path}.o")
-	remove(out_path + ".o")
-	#remove(out_path + ".asm")
+	if not args.save_asm:
+		system(f"nasm -felf64 {out_path}.asm")
+		system(f"ld -m elf_{arch} -o {out_path} {out_path}.o")
+		remove(out_path + ".o")
+		remove(out_path + ".asm")
 
 	compile_time = time()-start
 	print(f"Compiled in {round(compile_time, 3)} seconds.")
diff --git a/out b/out
index 4c6a48b..b73af82 100644
Binary files a/out and b/out differ
diff --git a/out.asm b/out.asm
deleted file mode 100644
index f101d66..0000000
--- a/out.asm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-; ~~~ Auto generated by the GroundPY compiler for Linux x86_64 targets. ~~~
-
-section .data
-LC0: db "yep!", 10, 0
-LC1: equ $ - LC0
-LC2: db "nope...", 10, 0
-LC3: equ $ - LC2
-section .text
-global _start
-_start: 
-mov rdi, 1
-mov rsi, 3
-call greater
-test eax, eax
-jnz .yes
-jmp .no
-.yes: 
-mov rsi, LC0
-mov rdx, LC1
-push rdi
-mov rax, 1
-mov rdi, 1
-syscall 
-pop rdi
-mov rdi, 0
-mov rax, 60
-syscall 
-.no: 
-mov rsi, LC2
-mov rdx, LC3
-push rdi
-mov rax, 1
-mov rdi, 1
-syscall 
-pop rdi
-mov rdi, 0
-mov rax, 60
-syscall 
-greater: 
-push rbp
-mov rbp, rsp
-mov rax, rdi
-cmp rax, rsi
-setg al
-movzx eax, al
-pop rbp
-ret 
diff --git a/test2.grnd b/test2.grnd
index 21ebe6d..af77f5a 100644
--- a/test2.grnd
+++ b/test2.grnd
@@ -1,17 +1,2 @@
-fun -bool !greater -int &x -int &y
-	greater $x $y &x
-	return $x
-endfun
-
-pusharg 1
-pusharg 3
-call !greater &bigger
-
-if $bigger %yes
-jump %no
-@yes
-stdout "yep!\n"
-end 0
-@no
-stdout "nope...\n"
+stdout "Hello, World!\n"
 end 0
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