diff --git a/nimble.lock b/nimble.lock
index 9a28c05..6c07fc3 100644
--- a/nimble.lock
+++ b/nimble.lock
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   "packages": {
     "hwylterm": {
       "version": "0.1.0",
-      "vcsRevision": "7385a93110f95e1d67d803780efa014fdc960779",
+      "vcsRevision": "713c98c13f2ddea1de4004b988948ea016db163b",
       "url": "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm",
       "downloadMethod": "git",
       "dependencies": [],
       "checksums": {
-        "sha1": "bf170216cff989ea17abfb97946b9f0804c0e50b"
+        "sha1": "f928dbf7538b3fe8aeeb70fd47ea2641cfddeaf5"
       }
     },
     "yaml": {
diff --git a/src/typstgen.nim b/src/typstgen.nim
index 3e8b818..f1cb660 100644
--- a/src/typstgen.nim
+++ b/src/typstgen.nim
@@ -87,41 +87,28 @@ proc typstGen(c: Config): string =
     result &= c.applyTemplate(component)
 
 when isMainModule:
-  import hwylterm/[cli, parseopt3]
-  proc writeHelp() =
-    echo newHwylCli(
-      "[bold]typstgen[/] [[[faint]-h[/]]",
-      """
-  typstgen --config typstgen.yml""",
-      [
-        ("h", "help", "show this help"),
-        ("c","config", "path to config file"),
-        ("","check", "load config and exit"),
-      ]
-    )
-  var
-    p = initOptParser(longNoVal= @["check"])
-    configPath = "typstgen.yml"
-    check: bool
-  for kind, key, val in p.getopt():
-    case kind
-    of cmdError: quit($bb"[red]cli error[/]: " & p.message)
-    of cmdEnd: assert false
-    of cmdArgument: quit($bb"[red] unexpected argument[/]: " & key)
-    of cmdShortOption, cmdLongOption:
-      case key
-      of "help", "h":
-        writeHelp(); quit 0
-      of "config", "c":
-        configPath = val
-      of "check":
-        check = true
+  import hwylterm/hwylcli
+  hwylCli:
+    name "typstgen"
+    flags:
+      config:
+        T seq[string]
+        ? "path to config file"
+        - c
+        * @["typstgen.yml"]
+      check:
+        T bool
+        ? "load config and exit"
+    run:
+      for f in config:
+        if not fileExists(f):
+          quit($bbfmt("[red]error[/] file: [b]{f}[/] does not exist"))
 
-  if not fileExists(configPath):
-    quit($bbfmt("file: [b]{configPath}[/] does not exist"))
-
-  let config = loadConfig(configPath)
-  if check: quit 0
-  echo typstGen(config)
+      if config.len > 1:
+        echo "currently only one config file is considered"
 
+      let tgConfig = loadConfig(config[0])
+      if check:
+        quit 0
 
+      echo typstGen(tgConfig)
diff --git a/typstgen.nimble b/typstgen.nimble
index a9ef3b7..c9e439e 100644
--- a/typstgen.nimble
+++ b/typstgen.nimble
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ bin           = @["typstgen"]
 
 requires "nim >= 2.2.0"
 requires "yaml >= 2.1.1"
-requires "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm#HEAD"
+requires "https://github.com/daylinmorgan/hwylterm#713c98c"