diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 507668c..ef5095a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ name = "ldk-server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
+ "clap",
  "hex-conservative",
  "http-body-util",
  "hyper 1.4.1",
diff --git a/ldk-server/Cargo.toml b/ldk-server/Cargo.toml
index ceebf1c..ac044d7 100644
--- a/ldk-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ldk-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ldk-server-protos = { path = "../ldk-server-protos" }
 bytes = "1.4.0"
 hex = { package = "hex-conservative", version = "0.2.1", default-features = false }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["bundled"] }
+clap = { version = "4.0.5", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "std", "error-context", "suggestions", "help"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/ldk-server/src/args.rs b/ldk-server/src/args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a1b2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldk-server/src/args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+pub struct Cli {
+	#[arg(short, long)]
+	pub config: Option<String>,
+}
diff --git a/ldk-server/src/main.rs b/ldk-server/src/main.rs
index 6d31341..26b3cd9 100644
--- a/ldk-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/ldk-server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 mod api;
+mod args;
 mod io;
 mod service;
 mod util;
 
 use crate::service::NodeService;
 
+use clap::Parser;
 use ldk_node::{Builder, Event, LogLevel};
 
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
@@ -18,16 +20,18 @@ use ldk_node::config::Config;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-fn main() {
-	let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
+use args::Cli;
 
-	if args.len() < 2 {
-		eprintln!("Usage: {} config_path", args[0]);
-		std::process::exit(-1);
-	}
+fn main() {
+	let args = Cli::parse();
 
+	#[allow(deprecated)]
+	let config_file = args.config.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+		// FIXME: change this with a better default path
+		std::env::home_dir().unwrap().join("ldk-server.config").to_str().unwrap().to_string()
+	});
 	let mut ldk_node_config = Config::default();
-	let config_file = load_config(Path::new(&args[1])).expect("Invalid configuration file.");
+	let config_file = load_config(Path::new(&config_file)).expect("Invalid configuration file.");
 
 	ldk_node_config.log_level = LogLevel::Trace;
 	ldk_node_config.storage_dir_path = config_file.storage_dir_path;