diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 00883b7..7a03c22 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,55 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
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+checksum = "418c75fa768af9c03be99d17643f93f79bbba589895012a80e3452a19ddda15b"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "038dfcf04a5feb68e9c60b21c9625a54c2c0616e79b72b0fd87075a056ae1d1b"
+
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+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c03a11a9034d92058ceb6ee011ce58af4a9bf61491aa7e1e59ecd24bd40d22d4"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a64c907d4e79225ac72e2a354c9ce84d50ebb4586dee56c82b3ee73004f537f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "61a38449feb7068f52bb06c12759005cf459ee52bb4adc1d5a7c4322d716fb19"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.12.2"
@@ -14,10 +63,57 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "90bc066a67923782aa8515dbaea16946c5bcc5addbd668bb80af688e53e548a0"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae129e2e766ae0ec03484e609954119f123cc1fe650337e155d03b022f24f7b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "528131438037fd55894f62d6e9f068b8f45ac57ffa77517819645d10aed04f64"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.16",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "98cc8fbded0c607b7ba9dd60cd98df59af97e84d24e49c8557331cfc26d301ce"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b6a852b24ab71dffc585bcb46eaf7959d175cb865a7152e35b348d1b2960422"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "compiler"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "clap",
  "expect-test",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -49,6 +145,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8478577c03552c21db0e2724ffb8986a5ce7af88107e6be5d2ee6e158c12800"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -81,9 +189,9 @@ checksum = "b7e5500299e16ebb147ae15a00a942af264cf3688f47923b8fc2cd5858f23ad3"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.56"
+version = "1.0.82"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b63bdb0cd06f1f4dedf69b254734f9b45af66e4a031e42a7480257d9898b435"
+checksum = "8ad3d49ab951a01fbaafe34f2ec74122942fe18a3f9814c3268f1bb72042131b"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -145,6 +253,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.107"
@@ -173,6 +287,12 @@ version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "84a22b9f218b40614adcb3f4ff08b703773ad44fa9423e4e0d346d5db86e4ebc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -237,3 +357,76 @@ name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
 version = "0.2.85"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a901d592cafaa4d711bc324edfaff879ac700b19c3dfd60058d2b445be2691eb"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f0713a46559409d202e70e28227288446bf7841d3211583a4b53e3f6d96e7eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm",
+ "windows_i686_msvc",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7088eed71e8b8dda258ecc8bac5fb1153c5cffaf2578fc8ff5d61e23578d3263"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9985fd1504e250c615ca5f281c3f7a6da76213ebd5ccc9561496568a2752afb6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "88ba073cf16d5372720ec942a8ccbf61626074c6d4dd2e745299726ce8b89670"
+
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+
+[[package]]
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+
+[[package]]
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+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
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+checksum = "852298e482cd67c356ddd9570386e2862b5673c85bd5f88df9ab6802b334c596"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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diff --git a/compiler/Cargo.toml b/compiler/Cargo.toml
index d0bd8e3..c83cb3d 100644
--- a/compiler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/main.rs b/compiler/src/main.rs
index f5d3e3f..6081fc0 100644
--- a/compiler/src/main.rs
+++ b/compiler/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use clap::{Arg, ArgMatches, Command};
 use compiler::ast::{Expr, FileId};
 use compiler::codegen::EmittedFile;
 use compiler::global_state::Module;
@@ -6,6 +7,33 @@ use compiler::{codegen, fs, infer, lexer, parser, prelude};
 
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
+fn main() {
+    let root_cmd: Command = Command::new("borgo")
+        .arg_required_else_help(true)
+        .subcommand_required(true)
+        .subcommand(Command::new("build").about("Compile all .brg files into .go files"))
+        .subcommand(Command::new("test").arg(Arg::new("input").required(true).index(1)));
+
+    let matches = root_cmd.get_matches();
+    match matches.subcommand() {
+        Some(("build", matches)) => run_build_cmd(matches),
+        Some(("test", matches)) => run_test_cmd(matches),
+        _ => unreachable!("unmatched command"),
+    };
+}
+
+fn run_build_cmd(_matches: &ArgMatches) {
+    build_project();
+    println!("done");
+}
+
+fn run_test_cmd(matches: &ArgMatches) {
+    match matches.get_one::<String>("input") {
+        Some(file) => run_tests(file),
+        None => unreachable!("unmatched input"), // since it's a required arg we should not get here
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
 enum Input {
     InferExpr(String),
@@ -95,17 +123,6 @@ fn parse_source(input: Input) {
     println!("{}\n---\n{}\n---\n{}", tokens_str, err, json.unwrap());
 }
 
-fn help() {
-    println!(
-        "
-Commands:
-
-  build         compile all .brg files into .go files
-
-"
-    );
-}
-
 fn run_tests(input: &str) {
     let input: Input = serde_json::from_str(input).unwrap();
 
@@ -182,29 +199,3 @@ fn run_tests(input: &str) {
         Input::ParseExpr(_) | Input::ParseFile(_) => parse_source(input),
     }
 }
-
-fn main() {
-    // TODO use a proper parsing lib
-    let cmd = std::env::args().nth(1);
-
-    if cmd.is_none() {
-        help();
-        return;
-    }
-
-    let cmd = cmd.unwrap();
-
-    if cmd == "build" {
-        build_project();
-        println!("done");
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if cmd == "test" {
-        let input = std::env::args().nth(2).unwrap();
-        run_tests(&input);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    help();
-}
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index 464d5d4..89705a9 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [toolchain]
 profile = "default"
-channel = "1.72.0"
+channel = "1.74.0"