diff --git a/gitistics.sh b/gitistics.sh
index 261334d..e030b51 100755
--- a/gitistics.sh
+++ b/gitistics.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Specify a directory with all Git repositories
-REPODIR=~/Git
+REPODIR=$(pwd)
 
 # Regex or fixed name (brackets need to be escaped with a backslash)
 REPOUSER="\(structix\|Janek\)"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ REPOUSER="\(structix\|Janek\)"
 STARTDATE="01 Jan 2018"
 
 # Verbose flag
-VERBOSE=true
+VERBOSE=false
 
 # --------------------
 # --- functions
@@ -107,5 +107,29 @@ function main() {
         echo "Total deletions: $totaldeletions"
 }
 
+
+
+
+
+# process the arguments
+print_usage() {
+  echo "$0 - git statistics over multiple directories"
+  echo ""
+  echo "options:"
+  echo "-h                  show this help page"
+  echo "-r <directory>      set a directory with your repositories"
+  echo "-v                  show verbose output"
+}
+
+while getopts 'r:vh' flag; do
+  case "${flag}" in
+    r) REPODIR="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    v) VERBOSE=true ;;
+    h) print_usage; exit 0 ;;
+    *) print_usage
+       exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
 # Start the main function
 main