diff --git a/gopher.c b/gopher.c
index 36b2659..a89fbe6 100644
--- a/gopher.c
+++ b/gopher.c
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 #include "url.h"
 #include "connection.h"
 #include "readline2.h"
-#include "prototypes.h"
-#include "flags.h"
-
+#include "options.h"
 #include "s16debug.h"
 
+#include "prototypes.h"
+
 static FileInfoRecGS FileInfo;
 static Word FileAttr;
 
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 2096743..4becaa7 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@
  
 #include "url.h"
 #include "connection.h"
-#include "prototypes.h"
 #include "dictionary.h"
-#include "flags.h"
+#include "options.h"
 #include "readline2.h"
 #include "http.utils.h"
 #include "s16debug.h"
 
+#include "prototypes.h"
+
 
 static FileInfoRecGS FileInfo;
 static Word FileAttr;
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index c983e39..78f0816 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 
 #include "url.h"
 #include "connection.h"
+#include "options.h"
+
 #include "prototypes.h"
-#include "flags.h"
 
 // startup/shutdown flags.
 enum {
@@ -171,6 +172,30 @@ char *get_url_filename(const char *cp, URLComponents *components)
     return out;
 }
 
+#define GOPHER_VERSION "0.3"
+void version(void)
+{
+  puts("gopher version " GOPHER_VERSION);
+}
+
+void help(void)
+{
+  puts("gopher version " GOPHER_VERSION);
+  puts("usage: gopher [options] url");
+  puts("");
+  puts("-h       show help");
+  puts("-V       show version");
+  puts("-o file  write output to file");
+  puts("-O       write output to file based on URL");
+  puts("");
+  puts("HTTP options:");
+  puts("-9       use HTTP version 0.9");
+  puts("-0       use HTTP version 1.0");
+  puts("-1       use HTTP version 1.1");
+  puts("-i       print headers");
+  puts("-I       print only headers (HEAD)");
+}
+
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -180,14 +205,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   int x;
 
 
-  x = ParseFlags(argc, argv);
-  if (x < 0) return 1;
-  
-  argv += x;
-  argc -= x;
+  memset(&flags, 0, sizeof(flags));
+  argc = GetOptions(argc, argv, &flags);
 
 
-  if (argc != 1)
+  if (argc != 2)
   {
     help();
     return 1;
@@ -216,12 +238,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 
 
-  if (argc == 1)
+  if (argc == 2)
   {
     const char *url;
     URLComponents components;
 
-    url = *argv;
+    url = argv[1];
     
     if (!ParseURL(url, strlen(url), &components))
     {
diff --git a/makefile.mk b/makefile.mk
index 428909a..03f1b90 100644
--- a/makefile.mk
+++ b/makefile.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CFLAGS += $(DEFINES) -v -w 
 OBJS = main.o gopher.o url.o connection.o readline2.o scheme.o ftype.o \
        mime.o setftype.o s16debug.o common.o http.o http.utils.o \
-       dictionary.o flags.o time.o
+       dictionary.o  options.o time.o
 
 gopher: $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ connection.o: connection.c connection.h
 readline2.o: readline2.c readline2.h
 common.o: common.c
 
-flags.o: flags.c flags.h
+options.o: options.c options.h
 
-gopher.o: gopher.c url.h connection.h flags.h
-http.o: http.c url.h connection.h flags.h
+
+gopher.o: gopher.c url.h connection.h options.h
+http.o: http.c url.h connection.h options.h
 http.utils.o: http.utils.c
 
 data.o: data.c data.h
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index a202258..8440890 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #include "options.h"
 
   extern void help(void);
+  extern void version(void);
+  /* global */
+  struct Options flags;
 
 int GetOptions(int argc, char **argv, 
   struct Options *options)
@@ -53,10 +56,17 @@ int GetOptions(int argc, char **argv,
         case '0':
           options->_0 = 1;
             options->_1 = 0;
+            options->_9 = 0;
           break;
         case '1':
           options->_1 = 1;
             options->_0 = 0;
+            options->_9 = 0;
+          break;
+        case '9':
+          options->_9 = 1;
+            options->_0 = 0;
+            options->_1 = 0;
           break;
         case 'I':
           options->_I = 1;
@@ -64,6 +74,10 @@ int GetOptions(int argc, char **argv,
         case 'O':
           options->_O = 1;
           break;
+        case 'V':
+            version();
+            exit(0);
+          break;
         case 'h':
             help();
             exit(0);
diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index 18fd5c4..a103a9c 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ typedef struct Options
 {
   unsigned _0:1;
   unsigned _1:1;
+  unsigned _9:1;
   unsigned _I:1;
   unsigned _O:1;
   unsigned _i:1;
diff --git a/options.text b/options.text
index 8420541..b02c6d1 100644
--- a/options.text
+++ b/options.text
@@ -4,15 +4,25 @@
 
 %extra_includes ->
   extern void help(void);
+  extern void version(void);
+  /* global */
+  struct Options flags;
+
+
 
 -h [virtual] ->
   help();
   exit(0);
 
+-V [virtual] ->
+  version();
+  exit(0);
+
 # -o specifies the output name
 # -O gets the name from the URL.
 -o: ->
   options->_O = 0;
+
 -O
 
 -i
@@ -20,8 +30,15 @@
 -v
 
 # -[0|1] -- set HTTP version.
+
 -0 ->
   options->_1 = 0;
+  options->_9 = 0;
 
 -1 ->
-  options->_0 = 0;
\ No newline at end of file
+  options->_0 = 0;
+  options->_9 = 0;
+
+-9 ->
+  options->_0 = 0;
+  options->_1 = 0;
diff --git a/prototypes.h b/prototypes.h
index 78eb3c2..1edc9af 100644
--- a/prototypes.h
+++ b/prototypes.h
@@ -59,5 +59,8 @@ void tiTimeRec2ISO8601(const TimeRecPtr t, char *str);
 void tiTimeRec2GMTString(const TimeRecPtr t, char *str);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __Options__
+extern struct Options flags;
+#endif
 
 #endif