diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9ac52f9..fcb86c4
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -10,13 +10,20 @@ const program = require('commander');
 
 const encrypt = () => {
   co(function *() {
-    let data = yield prompt(chalk.yellow('Enter data: '));
-    let password = yield prompt.password(chalk.yellow('Enter password: '));
-    let confirmPassword = yield prompt.password(chalk.yellow('Confirm password: '));
+    let data = program.data
+    if (!data) {
+        data = yield prompt(chalk.yellow('Enter data: '));
+    }
 
-    if (password !== confirmPassword) {
-      console.error(chalk.red('\nPasswords do not match. Please try again.'));
-      process.exit(1);
+    let password = program.password
+    if (!password) {
+      password = yield prompt.password(chalk.yellow('Enter password: '));
+      let confirmPassword = yield prompt.password(chalk.yellow('Confirm password: '));
+
+      if (password !== confirmPassword) {
+        console.error(chalk.red('\nPasswords do not match. Please try again.'));
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
     }
 
     const encryptedData = sjcl.encrypt(password, data);
@@ -26,14 +33,26 @@ const encrypt = () => {
       console.error(chalk.red('\nThere we an error encrypting the data. Please try again'));
       process.exit(1);
     }
-    console.log(chalk.green('Encrypted data:\n\t\t %s'), encryptedData);
+
+    if (program.quite) {
+      console.log(encryptedData);
+    } else {
+      console.log(chalk.green('Encrypted data:\n\t\t %s'), encryptedData);
+    }
   })
 }
 
 const decrypt = () => {
   co(function *() {
-    let encryptedData = yield prompt(chalk.yellow('Enter encrypted data: '));
-    let password = yield prompt.password(chalk.yellow('Enter password: '));
+    let encryptedData = program.data
+    if (!encryptedData) {
+      encryptedData =  yield prompt(chalk.yellow('Enter encrypted data: '));
+    }
+
+    let password = program.password
+    if (!password) {
+      password = yield prompt.password(chalk.yellow('Enter password: '));
+    }
     
     let decryptedData;
 
@@ -44,10 +63,18 @@ const decrypt = () => {
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
-    console.log(chalk.green('Decrypted data:\n\t\t %s'), decryptedData);
+    if (program.quite) {
+      console.log(decryptedData)
+    } else {
+      console.log(chalk.green('Decrypted data:\n\t\t %s'), decryptedData);
+    }
   })
 }
 
+program.option('-q, --quite', 'quiet (non-verbose) output')
+program.option('-d, --data <data>', 'data to encrypt/decrypt')
+program.option('-p, --password <password>', 'password to use for encryption/decryption')
+
 program.command('encrypt')
        .description('encrypt raw data')