diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd2a79e..67852b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ To download and install this package run:
 
 *NOTE: if you need to grab as much info from a page as possible consider using [dyatlov/go-htmlinfo](https://github.com/dyatlov/go-htmlinfo)*
 
+The package supports the whole set of OpenGraph properties from [The Open Graph protocol](https://ogp.me/).
+
 ## Command line tool
 
 You can also use `opengraph` from CLI.
@@ -20,17 +22,17 @@ Example usages:
 
 ```bash
 # download and parse html page
-./opengraph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhoI42bdwU4
+./opengraph https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=yhoI42bdwU4
 ```
 
 ```bash
 # parse piped html
-curl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhoI42bdwU4 | ./opengraph
+curl https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=yhoI42bdwU4 | ./opengraph
 ```
 
 ```bash
 # get video image
-./opengraph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhoI42bdwU4 | jq '.images[0].url'
+./opengraph https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=yhoI42bdwU4 | jq '.images[0].url'
 ```
 
 ## Package Methods
diff --git a/cmd/opengraph/main.go b/cmd/opengraph/main.go
index a5c2e3b..3c26214 100644
--- a/cmd/opengraph/main.go
+++ b/cmd/opengraph/main.go
@@ -16,43 +16,65 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	_url "net/url"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/dyatlov/go-opengraph/opengraph"
 )
 
-func printHelp() {
-	fmt.Printf("Usage: %s <url>\n", os.Args[0])
-	os.Exit(0)
-}
+const appVersion = "1.0.1"
 
 func main() {
+	version := flag.Bool("v", false, "prints current opengraph version")
+	url := flag.String("url", "", "fetch url and extract OpenGraph info from there")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *version {
+		fmt.Println(appVersion)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// allow url to be provided without flag too, by default
+	if *url == "" && flag.NArg() == 1 {
+		*url = flag.Arg(0)
+	}
+
+	if *url != "" {
+		u, err := _url.ParseRequestURI(*url)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Error parsing url: %s\n", err)
+		} else if !strings.HasPrefix(u.Scheme, "http") {
+			log.Fatal(u.Scheme)
+			log.Fatalf("URL should have http(s) protocol: %s\n", *url)
+		}
+	}
+
 	var reader io.Reader
 
-	if len(os.Args) == 2 {
-		url := os.Args[1]
-		resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	if *url != "" {
+		resp, err := http.Get(*url)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("Error while fetching url %s: %s", url, err)
+			log.Fatalf("Error while fetching url %s: %s", *url, err)
 		}
 
 		reader = resp.Body
 
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
-	} else if len(os.Args) == 1 {
+	} else {
 		fi, _ := os.Stdin.Stat()
 		if (fi.Mode() & os.ModeCharDevice) == 0 {
 			// pipe
 			reader = bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
 		} else {
-			printHelp()
+			flag.Usage()
+			return
 		}
-	} else {
-		printHelp()
 	}
 
 	og := opengraph.NewOpenGraph()
diff --git a/cmd/opengraph/opengraph b/cmd/opengraph/opengraph
index 08f0ea7..2ec020c 100755
Binary files a/cmd/opengraph/opengraph and b/cmd/opengraph/opengraph differ