diff --git a/acatalepsie.nix b/acatalepsie.nix
index e3bc6b6..05151ff 100644
--- a/acatalepsie.nix
+++ b/acatalepsie.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { mkDerivation, achille, aeson, base, binary, bytestring
-, containers, data-default, feed, filepath, lucid, pandoc
-, pandoc-types, sort, stdenv, text, time, yaml
+, containers, data-default, directory, feed, filepath, lucid
+, optparse-applicative, pandoc, pandoc-types, process, sort, stdenv
+, text, time, yaml
 }:
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "site";
@@ -9,8 +10,9 @@ mkDerivation {
   isLibrary = false;
   isExecutable = true;
   executableHaskellDepends = [
-    achille aeson base binary bytestring containers data-default feed
-    filepath lucid pandoc pandoc-types sort text time yaml
+    achille aeson base binary bytestring containers data-default
+    directory feed filepath lucid optparse-applicative pandoc
+    pandoc-types process sort text time yaml
   ];
   license = "unknown";
   hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.none;
diff --git a/site.cabal b/site.cabal
index 266552d..8183e3d 100644
--- a/site.cabal
+++ b/site.cabal
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ executable site
                      , feed
                      , time
                      , lucid
+                     , optparse-applicative
+                     , process
+                     , directory
   extensions:          BlockArguments
                      , TupleSections
                      , OverloadedStrings
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index 6789c03..30ce4b1 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+
 module Main where
 
+import qualified System.Process as Process
+import System.Directory        (removePathForcibly)
+import Control.Monad           (void, mapM_)
+import Options.Applicative
 import Lucid
 
 import Common
@@ -11,9 +17,38 @@ import qualified Projects
 import qualified Visual
 import qualified Readings
 
+type ShowDrafts = Bool
+
+data Cmd
+    = Build ShowDrafts -- ^ Build the site
+    | Deploy          -- ^ Deploy to the server
+    | Clean           -- ^ Delete all artefacts
+    deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+
+cli :: Parser Cmd
+cli = subparser $
+      command "build"  (info (Build <$> switch (long "draft" <> short 'D' <> help "Display drafts"))
+                             (progDesc "Build the site once" ))
+   <> command "deploy" (info (pure Deploy) (progDesc "Server go brrr"      ))
+   <> command "clean"  (info (pure Clean)  (progDesc "Delete all artefacts"))
+
 
 main :: IO ()
-main = achilleWith config do
+main = customExecParser p opts >>= \case
+    Deploy -> mapM_ Process.callCommand (deployCmd config)
+    Clean  -> removePathForcibly        (outputDir config)
+           >> removePathForcibly        (cacheFile config)
+    Build showDrafts ->
+        void $ runTask [] config (build showDrafts)
+    where
+        opts = info (cli <**> helper) $ fullDesc <> header desc
+        p    = prefs showHelpOnEmpty
+        desc = "acatalepsie & co"
+
+
+build :: ShowDrafts -> Task IO String
+build showDrafts = do
     -- static assets
     match_ "assets/*" copyFile
 
@@ -26,5 +61,6 @@ main = achilleWith config do
 
     Visual.build
     Projects.build
-    Posts.build
+    Posts.build showDrafts
     Readings.build
+
diff --git a/src/Posts.hs b/src/Posts.hs
index d88abcb..f94fd02 100644
--- a/src/Posts.hs
+++ b/src/Posts.hs
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ buildPost = do
 toDate :: UTCTime -> String
 toDate = formatTime defaultTimeLocale rfc822DateFormat
 
-build :: Task IO ()
-build = do
+build :: Bool -> Task IO ()
+build showDrafts = do
     posts <- match "posts/*" buildPost
-             <&> filter (not . postDraft)
+             <&> filter (\p -> not (postDraft p) || showDrafts)
              <&> recentFirst
 
     watch posts $ match_ "index.rst" do