diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 9a679cf..ca8d05a 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 /* quark configuration */
 
-static const char servername[] = "192.168.1.66";
-static const char serverport[] = "80";
-static const char docroot[]    = ".";
-static const char docindex[]   = "index.html";
-static const char user[]       = "nobody";
-static const char group[]      = "nobody";
-static const char cgi_dir[]    = "/var/www/werc-dev/bin";
-static const char cgi_script[] = "./werc.rc";
-static const int  cgi_mode     = 0;
+static char *servername  = "127.0.0.1";
+static char *serverport  = "80";
+static char *docroot     = ".";
+static char *docindex    = "index.html";
+static char *user        = "nobody";
+static char *group       = "nobody";
+static char *cgi_dir     = "/var/www/werc-dev/bin";
+static char *cgi_script  = "./werc.rc";
+static int   cgi_mode    = 0;
 
 static const MimeType servermimes[] = {
 	{ "html", "text/html; charset=UTF-8" },
diff --git a/quark.c b/quark.c
index 94e37eb..bb5d836 100644
--- a/quark.c
+++ b/quark.c
@@ -459,10 +459,42 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 	/* arguments */
 	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-		if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-v"))
+		if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-n")) {
+			if(++i < argc) servername = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-p")) {
+			if(++i < argc) serverport = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-r")) {
+			if(++i < argc) docroot = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-i")) {
+			if(++i < argc) docindex = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-u")) {
+			if(++i < argc) user = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-g")) {
+			if(++i < argc) group = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-c")) {
+			if(++i < argc) cgi_dir = argv[i];
+			if(++i < argc) {
+				cgi_script = argv[i];
+				cgi_mode = 1;
+			}
+		}
+		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-v"))
 			die("quark-"VERSION", © 2009-2010 Anselm R Garbe\n");
 		else
-			die("usage: quark [-v]\n");
+			die("usage: quark [-n <server-name>]\n"
+			    "             [-p <port>]\n"
+			    "             [-r <doc root>]\n"
+			    "             [-i <doc index>]\n"
+			    "             [-u <user>]\n"
+			    "             [-g <group>]\n"
+			    "             [-c <cgi dir> <cgi script>]\n"
+			    "             [-v]\n");
 
 	/* sanity checks */
 	if(!(upwd = getpwnam(user)))