diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87c18f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
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+# It is not intended for manual editing.
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f3511ce..4e42093 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "voxelmap"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["raffitz <raf.a.m.c.gon@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+description = "Converts mathematical descriptions of objects to voxel maps"
 
 [dependencies]
+clap = "2.33"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..e58dcd8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+use clap::{crate_authors, crate_description, crate_name, crate_version, App, Arg};
+
+macro_rules! scale_message {
+    ($n:ident) => {
+        Err(format!("<{}> is not a positive integer", $n))
+    };
+}
+
 fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+    let matches = App::new(crate_name!())
+        .version(crate_version!())
+        .author(crate_authors!())
+        .about(crate_description!())
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("scale")
+                .short("s")
+                .long("scale")
+                .help("The scale parameter for the object")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .multiple(false)
+                .value_name("N")
+                .validator(|n: String| -> Result<(), String> {
+                    match n.parse::<i32>() {
+                        Ok(x) => {
+                            if x > 0 {
+                                Ok(())
+                            } else {
+                                scale_message!(n)
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Err(_) => scale_message!(n),
+                    }
+                }),
+        )
+        .get_matches();
+
+    let scale = matches.value_of("scale").map(|s| s.parse::<i32>().unwrap());
+
+    println!("Scale was read and is <{}>", scale.unwrap_or(1));
 }