diff --git a/coub-dl.py b/coub-dl.py
index 2494552..486903c 100644
--- a/coub-dl.py
+++ b/coub-dl.py
@@ -2,13 +2,22 @@ from subprocess import call, Popen, PIPE, check_output, DEVNULL
 from os import listdir, remove
 from os.path import splitext, exists
 from re import match
-from sys import argv
 from enum import Enum
 from datetime import timedelta
 from math import ceil
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
 
 
 
+# parse arguments
+parser = ArgumentParser(description='Download player-looped videos with youtube-dl & ffmpeg.')
+parser.add_argument('-nv', '--nonverbose', help='Turn off non-critical messages to user.')
+parser.add_argument('url', type=str, help='The URL of the site containing the video to download.')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+VERBOSE = False if args.nonverbose else True
+
+
 class Stream(Enum):
     AUDIO = 1
     VIDEO = 2
@@ -18,7 +27,6 @@ class File(Enum):
     LOOP = 2
     OUTPUT = 3
 
-VERBOSE = True
 def print_opt(*args, **kwargs):
     if VERBOSE:
         print(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -81,11 +89,11 @@ def yes_no_question(question, default):
 FILES = {Stream.AUDIO: 'audio', Stream.VIDEO: 'video',
          File.LIST: 'list.txt', File.LOOP: 'loop', File.OUTPUT: 'output.mp4'}
 OUTPUT_KEYS = [File.OUTPUT]
-URL = argv[1] if len(argv) > 0 else ''  # youtube-dl error message will be shown if ''
+URL = args.url
 
 
 # fetch video title
-FILES[File.OUTPUT] = check_output(('/usr/bin/env', 'youtube-dl', '--get-title', argv[1])).decode('utf-8').strip() + '.mp4'
+FILES[File.OUTPUT] = check_output(('/usr/bin/env', 'youtube-dl', '--get-title', args.url)).decode('utf-8').strip() + '.mp4'
 
 # ask what to do if output exists
 if exists(FILES[File.OUTPUT]):