diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c6d0be..0377e3d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 **/*~
 /.idea
 /run.sh
+/dist
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 32160dc..5240159 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1,126 +1,69 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
-
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"strings"
 )
 
-// Environment variable names.
-const (
-	EnvLogLevel               = "LOG_LEVEL"
-	EnvResponseTimeout        = "RESPONSE_TIMEOUT"
-	EnvPanicOnUnexpectedError = "PANIC_ON_UNEXPECTED_ERROR"
-	EnvRootPath               = "ROOT_PATH"
-	EnvDirIndexingEnabled     = "DIR_INDEXING_ENABLED"
-)
-
-// Config holds the application configuration loaded from environment variables.
+// Config holds the application configuration loaded from CLI flags.
 type Config struct {
-	LogLevel               zerolog.Level // Logging level (debug, info, warn, error)
-	ResponseTimeout        int           // Timeout for responses in seconds
-	PanicOnUnexpectedError bool          // Panic on unexpected errors when visiting a URL
-	RootPath               string        // Path to serve files from
-	DirIndexingEnabled     bool          // Allow client to browse directories or not
+	LogLevel           slog.Level // Logging level (debug, info, warn, error)
+	ResponseTimeout    int        // Timeout for responses in seconds
+	RootPath           string     // Path to serve files from
+	DirIndexingEnabled bool       // Allow client to browse directories or not
+	Listen             string     // Address to listen on
 }
 
 var CONFIG Config //nolint:gochecknoglobals
 
-// parsePositiveInt parses and validates positive integer values.
-func parsePositiveInt(param, value string) (int, error) {
-	val, err := strconv.Atoi(value)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, ValidationError{
-			Param:  param,
-			Value:  value,
-			Reason: "must be a valid integer",
-		}
+// parseLogLevel parses a log level string into slog.Level
+func parseLogLevel(level string) (slog.Level, error) {
+	switch strings.ToLower(level) {
+	case "debug":
+		return slog.LevelDebug, nil
+	case "info":
+		return slog.LevelInfo, nil
+	case "warn", "warning":
+		return slog.LevelWarn, nil
+	case "error":
+		return slog.LevelError, nil
+	default:
+		return slog.LevelInfo, fmt.Errorf("invalid log level: %s", level)
 	}
-	if val <= 0 {
-		return 0, ValidationError{
-			Param:  param,
-			Value:  value,
-			Reason: "must be positive",
-		}
-	}
-	return val, nil
 }
 
-func parseBool(param, value string) (bool, error) {
-	val, err := strconv.ParseBool(value)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, ValidationError{
-			Param:  param,
-			Value:  value,
-			Reason: "cannot be converted to boolean",
-		}
-	}
-	return val, nil
-}
-
-// GetConfig loads and validates configuration from environment variables
+// GetConfig loads and validates configuration from CLI flags
 func GetConfig() *Config {
-	config := &Config{}
+	// Define CLI flags with defaults
+	logLevel := flag.String("log-level", "info", "Logging level (debug, info, warn, error)")
+	responseTimeout := flag.Int("response-timeout", 30, "Timeout for responses in seconds")
+	rootPath := flag.String("root-path", "", "Path to serve files from")
+	dirIndexing := flag.Bool("dir-indexing", false, "Allow client to browse directories")
+	listen := flag.String("listen", "localhost:1965", "Address to listen on")
 
-	// Map of environment variables to their parsing functions
-	parsers := map[string]func(string) error{
-		EnvLogLevel: func(v string) error {
-			level, err := zerolog.ParseLevel(v)
-			if err != nil {
-				return ValidationError{
-					Param:  EnvLogLevel,
-					Value:  v,
-					Reason: "must be one of: debug, info, warn, error",
-				}
-			}
-			config.LogLevel = level
-			return nil
-		},
-		EnvResponseTimeout: func(v string) error {
-			val, err := parsePositiveInt(EnvResponseTimeout, v)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			config.ResponseTimeout = val
-			return nil
-		},
-		EnvPanicOnUnexpectedError: func(v string) error {
-			val, err := parseBool(EnvPanicOnUnexpectedError, v)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			config.PanicOnUnexpectedError = val
-			return nil
-		},
-		EnvRootPath: func(v string) error {
-			config.RootPath = v
-			return nil
-		},
-		EnvDirIndexingEnabled: func(v string) error {
-			val, err := parseBool(EnvDirIndexingEnabled, v)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			config.DirIndexingEnabled = val
-			return nil
-		},
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	// Parse and validate log level
+	level, err := parseLogLevel(*logLevel)
+	if err != nil {
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Invalid log level '%s': must be one of: debug, info, warn, error\n", *logLevel)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	// Process each environment variable
-	for envVar, parser := range parsers {
-		value, ok := os.LookupEnv(envVar)
-		if !ok {
-			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Missing required environment variable: %s\n", envVar)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-
-		if err := parser(value); err != nil {
-			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Configuration error: %v\n", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
+	// Validate response timeout
+	if *responseTimeout <= 0 {
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Invalid response timeout '%d': must be positive\n", *responseTimeout)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	return config
+	return &Config{
+		LogLevel:           level,
+		ResponseTimeout:    *responseTimeout,
+		RootPath:           *rootPath,
+		DirIndexingEnabled: *dirIndexing,
+		Listen:             *listen,
+	}
 }
diff --git a/config/errors.go b/config/errors.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 60482d7..0000000
--- a/config/errors.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-import "fmt"
-
-// ValidationError represents a config validation error
-type ValidationError struct {
-	Param  string
-	Value  string
-	Reason string
-}
-
-func (e ValidationError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("invalid value '%s' for %s: %s", e.Value, e.Param, e.Reason)
-}