diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5d21596..e47f2a4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ go 1.17
 
 require github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 
-require golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211216021012-1d35b9e2eb4e // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211216021012-1d35b9e2eb4e // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bd72ff1..639fc6e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1 h1:dJKuHgqk1NNQlqoA6BTlM1Wf9DOH3NBjQyu0h9+AZZE=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1/go.mod h1:yWOB1SBYBC5VeMP7gHvWumXLIWorT60ONWic61uBYv0=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2 h1:bSDNvY7ZPG5RlJ8otE/7V6gMiyenm9RtJ7IUVIAoJ1w=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037 h1:YyJpGZS1sBuBCzLAR1VEpK193GlqGZbnPFnPV/5Rsb4=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8b9e8d9..a41c75a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import (
   "strings"
   "net/http"
   "net"
-  "flag"
 
   log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+  flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
+
 )
 
 var logstdout = log.New()
@@ -19,9 +20,9 @@ var usexforwardedfor bool
 
 func init() {
   var logfilepath string
-  flag.StringVar(&logfilepath, "logfilepath", "probehost2.log", "sets the output file for the log")
-  flag.IntVar(&listenport, "port", 8000, "sets the port to listen on")
-  flag.BoolVar(&usexforwardedfor, "use-x-forwarded-for", true, "specifies whether to show x-forwarded-for or the requesting IP")
+  flag.StringVarP(&logfilepath, "logfilepath", "o","probehost2.log", "sets the output file for the log")
+  flag.IntVarP(&listenport, "port", "p", 8000, "sets the port to listen on")
+  flag.BoolVarP(&usexforwardedfor, "use-x-forwarded-for", "x", true, "specifies whether to show x-forwarded-for or the requesting IP")
   flag.Parse()
 
   logstdout.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{