diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 69fa8fe..d61cde9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <variant>
 #include <chrono>
 
+#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
+
 #include "game_state.h"
 #include "download.h"
 #include "cli_interface.h"
@@ -53,37 +55,41 @@ namespace Hanabi {
 
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  if(argc == 3 or argc == 4) {
-      std::string game_str(argv[1]);
-      std::string turn_str (argv[2]);
+  int turn;
+  std::optional<int> score;
 
-      int turn = 0;
-      try {
-          turn = std::stoi(turn_str);
-      } catch(std::invalid_argument&) {
-          std::cout << "Could not parse turn number " << turn << std::endl;
-          return EXIT_FAILURE;
-      }
+  boost::program_options::options_description desc("Allowed options");
+  desc.add_options()
+        ("help", "print this help message")
+        ("id,g", boost::program_options::value<int>(), "Game ID from hanab.live")
+        ("file,f", boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "Input file containing game in hanab.live json format")
+        ("turn,t", boost::program_options::value<int>(&turn)->default_value(1), "Turn number of state to analyze. Turn 1 means no actions have been taken.")
+        ("score,s", boost::program_options::value<int>(), "Score that counts as a win, i.e. is optimized for achieving.")
+        ("interactive,i", "Drop into interactive shell to explore game")
+  ;
+  boost::program_options::variables_map vm;
+  boost::program_options::store(boost::program_options::parse_command_line(argc, argv, desc), vm);
+  boost::program_options::notify(vm);
 
-      std::optional<uint8_t> score_goal = std::nullopt;
-      if (argc == 4) {
-          std::string score_goal_str(argv[3]);
-          try {
-              score_goal = std::stoi(score_goal_str);
-          } catch(std::invalid_argument&) {
-              std::cout << "Could not parse score goal number " << score_goal_str;
-              return EXIT_FAILURE;
-          }
-      }
-
-      try {
-          Hanabi::analyze_game_and_start_cli(std::stoi(game_str), turn, score_goal);
-      } catch(std::invalid_argument&) {
-          Hanabi::analyze_game_and_start_cli(game_str.c_str(), turn, score_goal);
-      }
+  if (vm.count("help")) {
+    std::cout << desc << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
   }
-  else {
-      Hanabi::print_usage(argv[0]);
+
+  if (vm.count("file") + vm.count("id") != 1) {
+    std::cout << "Exactly one option of 'file' and 'id' has to be given." << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Use '--help' to print a help message." << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
   }
-  return 0;
+
+  if (vm.count("score")) {
+    score = vm["score"].as<int>();
+  }
+
+  if (vm.count("file")) {
+    Hanabi::analyze_game_and_start_cli(vm["file"].as<std::string>().c_str(), turn, score);
+  } else {
+      Hanabi::analyze_game_and_start_cli(vm["id"].as<int>(), turn, score);
+  }
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }