diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5de52f3..6ad2c11 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,23 @@ version = "1.0.57"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "08f9b8508dccb7687a1d6c4ce66b2b0ecef467c94667de27d8d7fe1f8d2a9cdc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base_patch_generator"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -40,11 +57,51 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "3.1.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2dbdf4bdacb33466e854ce889eee8dfd5729abf7ccd7664d0a2d60cd384440b"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "bitflags",
+ "clap_derive",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "indexmap",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
+ "textwrap",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "3.1.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25320346e922cffe59c0bbc5410c8d8784509efb321488971081313cb1e1a33c"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a37c35f1112dad5e6e0b1adaff798507497a18fceeb30cceb3bae7d1427b9213"
+dependencies = [
+ "os_str_bytes",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enemize"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "clap",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
@@ -59,6 +116,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "instant",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.11.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab5ef0d4909ef3724cc8cce6ccc8572c5c817592e9285f5464f8e86f8bd3726e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2540771e65fc8cb83cd6e8a237f70c319bd5c29f78ed1084ba5d50eeac86f7f9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "1.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6012d540c5baa3589337a98ce73408de9b5a25ec9fc2c6fd6be8f0d39e0ca5a"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "instant"
 version = "0.1.12"
@@ -74,6 +162,12 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "112c678d4050afce233f4f2852bb2eb519230b3cf12f33585275537d7e41578d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.126"
@@ -86,6 +180,36 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "490cc448043f947bae3cbee9c203358d62dbee0db12107a74be5c30ccfd09771"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_str_bytes"
+version = "6.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "21326818e99cfe6ce1e524c2a805c189a99b5ae555a35d19f9a284b427d86afa"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da25490ff9892aab3fcf7c36f08cfb902dd3e71ca0f9f9517bea02a73a5ce38c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error-attr",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error-attr"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.39"
@@ -159,6 +283,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.95"
@@ -184,6 +314,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bab24d30b911b2376f3a13cc2cd443142f0c81dda04c118693e35b3835757755"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1141d4d61095b28419e22cb0bbf02755f5e54e0526f97f1e3d1d160e60885fb"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.31"
@@ -210,6 +355,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d22af068fba1eb5edcb4aea19d382b2a3deb4c8f9d475c589b6ada9e0fd493ee"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -226,6 +377,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/enemize/Cargo.toml b/enemize/Cargo.toml
index a612509..8becd9b 100644
--- a/enemize/Cargo.toml
+++ b/enemize/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
+clap = { version = "3.1.18", features = ["derive"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1"
diff --git a/enemize/src/main.rs b/enemize/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..f032483 100644
--- a/enemize/src/main.rs
+++ b/enemize/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use clap::Parser;
+
+/// Randomizes enemy placements in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the Super Nintendo
+/// Entertainment System
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+#[clap(author, version, about)]
+struct Args {
+    /// path to the base rom file
+    rom: PathBuf,
+    /// seed number
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    seed: Option<u32>,
+    /// path to the base2patched.json (not used in binary mode)
+    #[clap(short, long, required_unless_present = "binary")]
+    base: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// path to the randomizerPatch.json (not used in binary mode)
+    #[clap(short, long, required_unless_present = "binary")]
+    randomizer: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// path to the enemizerOptions.json
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    enemizer: PathBuf,
+    /// path to the intended output file
+    output: PathBuf,
+    /// operate in binary mode (takes already randomized SFC and applies enemizer directly to ROM)
+    #[clap(long)]
+    binary: bool,
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let args = Args::parse();
 }