diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 99378f6..2afd239 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 private/*
 tmp/*
+goback
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 05e7b4e..3515368 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
 )
 
-func connectToServer(user, password, host string) (*ssh.Client, error) {
+func ConnectToServer(user, password, host string) (*ssh.Client, error) {
 	sshConfig := &ssh.ClientConfig{
 		User:            user,
 		Auth:            []ssh.AuthMethod{ssh.Password(password)},
@@ -23,13 +23,7 @@ func connectToServer(user, password, host string) (*ssh.Client, error) {
 	return client, nil
 }
 
-func Upload(f string) {
-	client, err := connectToServer("demo", "password", "127.0.0.1:2022")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to connect to server: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer client.Close()
-
+func Upload(client *ssh.Client, f string) {
 	sftpClient, err := sftp.NewClient(client)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to create SFTP client: %v", err)
diff --git a/cmd/client.go b/cmd/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b28ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/bsach64/goback/client"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	clientCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "client -u [user] -p [password] -H [host_addr] -f [filepath]",
+		Short: "starts a client that connects to [host_addr] and sends [filepath]",
+		Long:  "starts a client that connects to [host_addr] and sends [filepath]",
+		Run:   StartClient,
+	}
+
+	clientArgs struct {
+		user     string
+		password string
+		host     string
+		f        string
+	}
+)
+
+func StartClient(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	c, err := client.ConnectToServer(clientArgs.user, clientArgs.password, clientArgs.host)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to connect to server: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer c.Close()
+	client.Upload(c, clientArgs.f)
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(clientCmd)
+	clientCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&clientArgs.user, "user", "u", "demo", "username")
+	clientCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&clientArgs.password, "password", "p", "password", "password")
+	clientCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&clientArgs.host, "host", "H", "127.0.0.1:2022", "host address")
+	clientCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&clientArgs.f, "filepath", "f", "", "file path")
+	clientCmd.MarkFlagRequired("filepath")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index acf7351..c0277d8 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -12,11 +11,6 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "goback",
 	Short: "A brief description of your application",
 	Long:  `A cli tool to facilitate local backups`,
-	// Uncomment the following line if your bare application
-	// has an action associated with it:
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("Hello")
-	},
 }
 
 func Execute() {
diff --git a/cmd/server.go b/cmd/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77f537b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/bsach64/goback/server"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var serverCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "server",
+	Short: "starts a server",
+	Long:  "starts a server",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		server.Listen()
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(serverCmd)
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index bd9fdb9..d0efb5c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,21 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	// "fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/bsach64/goback/client"
-	"github.com/bsach64/goback/server"
-	// "github.com/bsach64/goback/utils"
+	"github.com/bsach64/goback/cmd"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	// f, err := utils.ChunkFile("example.txt")
-
-	go server.Listen()
-	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-	client.Upload("example.txt")
-
+	cmd.Execute()
 }
-
-// Push this where