diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/yahoo/bullet/spark/BulletSparkStreamingMain.scala b/src/main/scala/com/yahoo/bullet/spark/BulletSparkStreamingMain.scala
index 5e9fb14..daff3c1 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/yahoo/bullet/spark/BulletSparkStreamingMain.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/yahoo/bullet/spark/BulletSparkStreamingMain.scala
@@ -6,11 +6,28 @@
 package com.yahoo.bullet.spark
 
 import com.yahoo.bullet.spark.utils.BulletSparkConfig
+import joptsimple.OptionParser
 
 object BulletSparkStreamingMain {
+  val CONFIGURATION_ARG = "bullet-spark-conf"
+  val HELP_ARG = "help"
+  val PARSER: OptionParser = new OptionParser() {
+    {
+      accepts(CONFIGURATION_ARG, "An optional configuration YAML file for Bullet Spark")
+        .withOptionalArg()
+        .describedAs("Configuration file used to override Bullet Spark's default settings")
+      accepts(HELP_ARG, "Show this help message")
+        .withOptionalArg()
+        .describedAs("Print help message")
+      allowsUnrecognizedOptions()
+    }
+  }
+
   def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val options = PARSER.parse(args: _*)
+    val bulletSparkConfigPath = options.valueOf(CONFIGURATION_ARG).asInstanceOf[String]
     val job = new BulletSparkStreamingBaseJob()
-    val config = new BulletSparkConfig()
+    val config = new BulletSparkConfig(bulletSparkConfigPath)
     val ssc = job.getOrCreateContext(config)
     ssc.start()
     ssc.awaitTermination()