diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2cd18a9..1201638 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Varken
 Dutch for PIG. PIG is an Acronym for Plex/InfluxDB/Grafana
 
-Varken is a standalone commmand-line utility that will aggregate date
-from the plex ecosystem into influxdb to be displayed in grafana
+Varken is a standalone command-line utility to aggregate data
+from the plex ecosystem into InfluxDB. Examples use Grafana for a
+frontend
 
 Requirements /w install links: [Grafana](http://docs.grafana.org/installation/), [Python3](https://www.python.org/downloads/), [InfluxDB](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.5/introduction/installation/)
 
diff --git a/Varken/iniparser.py b/Varken/iniparser.py
index be390e4..dad64e5 100644
--- a/Varken/iniparser.py
+++ b/Varken/iniparser.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import sys
 import configparser
-from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
+from sys import exit
+from os.path import join, exists
 from Varken.helpers import OmbiServer, TautulliServer, SonarrServer, InfluxServer, RadarrServer
 
 
 class INIParser(object):
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, data_folder):
         self.config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        self.data_folder = data_folder
 
         self.influx_server = InfluxServer()
 
@@ -28,9 +30,12 @@ class INIParser(object):
         self.parse_opts()
 
     def read_file(self):
-        file_path = abspath(join(dirname(__file__), '..', 'data', 'varken.ini'))
-        with open(file_path) as config_ini:
-            self.config.read_file(config_ini)
+        file_path = join(self.data_folder, 'varken.ini')
+        if exists(file_path):
+            with open(file_path) as config_ini:
+                self.config.read_file(config_ini)
+        else:
+            exit("You do not have a varken.ini file in {}".format(self.data_folder))
 
     def parse_opts(self):
         self.read_file()
diff --git a/varken.py b/varken.py
index db95e0f..d0d7c8c 100644
--- a/varken.py
+++ b/varken.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import schedule
 import threading
+from sys import exit
 from time import sleep
+from os import access, R_OK
+from os.path import isdir, abspath, dirname, join
+from argparse import ArgumentParser, RawTextHelpFormatter
 
 from Varken.iniparser import INIParser
 from Varken.sonarr import SonarrAPI
@@ -15,7 +19,29 @@ def threaded(job):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    CONFIG = INIParser()
+    parser = ArgumentParser(prog='Varken',
+                            description='Command-line utility to aggregate data from the plex ecosystem into InfluxDB',
+                            formatter_class=RawTextHelpFormatter)
+
+    parser.add_argument("-d", "--data-folder", help='Define an alternate data folder location')
+    parser.add_argument("-l", "--log-level", choices=['info', 'error', 'debug'], help='Not yet implemented')
+
+    opts = parser.parse_args()
+
+    DATA_FOLDER = abspath(join(dirname(__file__), 'data'))
+
+    if opts.data_folder:
+        ARG_FOLDER = opts.data_folder
+
+        if isdir(ARG_FOLDER):
+            DATA_FOLDER = ARG_FOLDER
+            if not access(ARG_FOLDER, R_OK):
+                exit("Read permission error for {}".format(ARG_FOLDER))
+        else:
+            exit("{} does not exist".format(ARG_FOLDER))
+
+
+    CONFIG = INIParser(DATA_FOLDER)
     DBMANAGER = DBManager(CONFIG.influx_server)
 
     if CONFIG.sonarr_enabled: