diff --git a/getmentions.py b/getmentions.py
index cade951..306363b 100755
--- a/getmentions.py
+++ b/getmentions.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import dbtools
-
-import operator, re, sys
+import argparse, operator, re, sys
 
 def getTweets(mode = "@", db = dbtools.dbObject()):
  handles = dict()
@@ -24,20 +23,18 @@ def getTweets(mode = "@", db = dbtools.dbObject()):
  return handles
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
- mode = "@"
- if len(sys.argv) > 1: 
-  if len(sys.argv) > 3 or (len(sys.argv) == 3 and "-h" not in sys.argv):
-   raise ValueError("Invalid arguments passed.")
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+ g = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+ g.add_argument("-t", "--hashtags", help="count only #hashtags", action="store_true")
+ g.add_argument("-w", "--words", help="count all words", action="store_true")
+ g.add_argument("-m", "--mentions", help="count only @mentions (default)", action="store_true")
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+ if args.hashtags:
+  mode = "#"
+ elif args.words:
+  mode = ""
+ else:
+  mode = "@"
 
- path = None
-
-  for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
-   if arg == "-h":
-    mode = "#"
-   if arg == "-w":
-    mode = ""
-   else:
-    path = arg
-
- for handle, tweets in sorted(list(getTweets(mode,dbtools.dbObject(path=path)).items()), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True):
+ for handle, tweets in sorted(list(getTweets(mode,dbtools.dbObject()).items()), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True):
   print(handle + "," + str(tweets))