diff --git a/src/core.cpp b/src/core.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a7f302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include "pch.hpp"
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+
+    //cli arg flags
+    bool start = false,
+         stop = false,
+         d = false,
+         h = false,
+         gui = false;
+
+    int idx = 1;
+    
+    //find and handle cli args
+    if(strcmp(argv[idx], "start") == 0 || argc < idx) {
+        std::cout << "start daemon\n";
+        start = true;
+        idx++;
+    } else if(strcmp(argv[idx], "stop") == 0 && argc >= idx) {
+        std::cout << "stop daemon\n";
+        stop = true;
+        idx++;
+    } else {
+        std::cout << "Argument \"" << argv[idx] << "\" at index " << idx << " is unknown or duplicated.\n";
+    }
+
+    for(int& i = idx; i < argc; i++) {
+
+        if(!h && strcmp(argv[i], "-h") == 0) {
+            std::cout << "print help\n";
+            d = true;
+        } else if(!d && strcmp(argv[i], "-d") == 0) {
+            std::cout << "init daemon\n";
+            gui = true;
+        } else if(!gui && strcmp(argv[i], "-gui") == 0) {
+            std::cout << "init gui\n";
+            gui = true;
+        } else {
+            std::cout << "Argument \"" << argv[i] << "\" at index " << i << " is unknown or duplicated.\n";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e3d0ca..0000000
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.hpp"
-
-
-int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
-    
-    for(int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
-        std::cout << argv[i] << std::endl;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/pch.hpp b/src/pch.hpp
index 604782e..06be895 100644
--- a/src/pch.hpp
+++ b/src/pch.hpp
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef PCH_HPP
+#define PCH_HPP
+
 #include <iostream>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#endif