diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 83ae85e..27b372b 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,41 +1,34 @@
-import sys
-import os
-import argparse
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2011, GEM Foundation.
+#
+# OpenQuake is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# OpenQuake is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
+# (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# version 3 along with OpenQuake. If not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt> for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
 
-from mtoolkit.workflow import Context, PipeLineBuilder
-
-
-def build_cmd_parser():
-    """Create a simple parser for cmdline"""
 
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='MToolkit')
-    parser.add_argument('-i', '--input-file',
-                        dest='input_file',
-                        nargs=1,
-                        metavar='input file',
-                        help="""Specify the configuration
-                        file (i.e. config.yml)""")
-    parser.add_argument('-v', '--version',
-                        action='version',
-                        version="%(prog)s 0.0.1")
-    return parser
+from mtoolkit.console import cmd_line
+from mtoolkit.workflow import Context, PipeLineBuilder
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    PARSER = build_cmd_parser()
-    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
-        PARSER.print_help()
-    else:
-        ARGS = PARSER.parse_args()
-        if ARGS.input_file != None:
-            if os.path.exists(ARGS.input_file[0]):
-                CONTEXT = Context("config.yml")
-                PIPELINE = PipeLineBuilder("test pipeline").build(
-                            CONTEXT.config)
-                PIPELINE.run(CONTEXT)
-                print CONTEXT.vcl
-                print CONTEXT.vmain_shock
-                print CONTEXT.flag_vector
-            else:
-                print 'Error: non existent input file\n'
-                PARSER.print_help()
+    INPUT_CONFIG_FILENAME = cmd_line()
+    if INPUT_CONFIG_FILENAME != None:
+        CONTEXT = Context(INPUT_CONFIG_FILENAME)
+        PIPELINE = PipeLineBuilder("test pipeline").build(
+                CONTEXT.config)
+        PIPELINE.run(CONTEXT)
+
+        print CONTEXT.vcl
+        print CONTEXT.vmain_shock
+        print CONTEXT.flag_vector
diff --git a/mtoolkit/console.py b/mtoolkit/console.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6be9bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mtoolkit/console.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2011, GEM Foundation.
+#
+# OpenQuake is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# OpenQuake is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
+# (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# version 3 along with OpenQuake. If not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt> for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+
+"""
+A set of utility functions for cmdline
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import argparse
+
+
+def build_cmd_parser():
+    """
+    Create a simple parser for cmdline
+    """
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='MToolkit')
+    parser.add_argument('-i', '--input-file',
+                        dest='input_file',
+                        nargs=1,
+                        metavar='input file',
+                        help="""Specify the configuration
+                        file (i.e. config.yml)""")
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--version',
+                        action='version',
+                        version="%(prog)s 0.0.1")
+    return parser
+
+
+def cmd_line():
+    """
+    Return cmdline input argument
+    after checking the proper input
+    has been given.
+    """
+
+    parser = build_cmd_parser()
+    input_filename = None
+    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+        parser.print_help()
+    else:
+        args = parser.parse_args()
+        if os.path.exists(args.input_file[0]):
+            input_filename = args.input_file[0]
+        else:
+            print 'Error: non existent input file\n'
+            parser.print_help()
+
+    return input_filename