diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 486cc17..8bb7b8a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "creddy",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
     "build": "vite build",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 5a2c599..5a6de83 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "creddy"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "auto-launch",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 5948385..88f3924 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "creddy"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 description = "A friendly AWS credentials manager"
 authors = ["Joseph Montanaro"]
 license = ""
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/bin/creddy_cli.rs b/src-tauri/src/bin/creddy_cli.rs
index 59e4c4f..04a0b5a 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/bin/creddy_cli.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/bin/creddy_cli.rs
@@ -11,13 +11,7 @@ use std::{
 
 
 fn main() {
-    let args = cli::parser().get_matches();
-    if let Some(true) = args.get_one::<bool>("help") {
-        cli::parser().print_help().unwrap(); // if we can't print help we can't print an error
-        process::exit(0);
-    }
-
-    let res = match args.subcommand() {
+    let res = match cli::parser().get_matches().subcommand() {
         None | Some(("run", _)) => launch_gui(),
         Some(("get", m)) => cli::get(m),
         Some(("exec", m)) => cli::exec(m),
@@ -35,7 +29,7 @@ fn main() {
 fn launch_gui() -> Result<(), CliError>  {
     let mut path = env::current_exe()?;
     path.pop(); // bin dir
-    
+
     // binaries are colocated in dev, but not in production
     #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
     path.pop(); // install dir
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/cli.rs b/src-tauri/src/cli.rs
index ce5cf60..aedd635 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::ffi::OsString;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command as ChildCommand;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ use clap::{
     ArgMatches,
     ArgAction,
     builder::PossibleValuesParser,
+    value_parser,
  };
 use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
 
@@ -37,6 +39,14 @@ pub fn parser() -> Command<'static> {
     Command::new("creddy")
         .version(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))
         .about("A friendly AWS credentials manager")
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("server_addr")
+                .short('a')
+                .long("server-addr")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .value_parser(value_parser!(PathBuf))
+                .help("Connect to the main Creddy process at this address")
+        )
         .subcommand(
             Command::new("run")
                 .about("Launch Creddy")
@@ -71,6 +81,7 @@ pub fn parser() -> Command<'static> {
                     Arg::new("name")
                         .short('n')
                         .long("name")
+                        .takes_value(true)
                         .help("If unspecified, use default credentials")
                 )
                 .arg(
@@ -94,8 +105,9 @@ pub fn parser() -> Command<'static> {
 pub fn get(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), CliError> {
     let name = args.get_one("name").cloned();
     let base = *args.get_one("base").unwrap_or(&false);
-    
-    let output = match make_request(&Request::GetAwsCredentials { name, base })? {
+    let addr = args.get_one("server_addr").cloned();
+
+    let output = match make_request(addr, &Request::GetAwsCredentials { name, base })? {
         Response::AwsBase(creds) => serde_json::to_string(&creds).unwrap(),
         Response::AwsSession(creds) => serde_json::to_string(&creds).unwrap(),
         r => return Err(RequestError::Unexpected(r).into()),
@@ -108,14 +120,15 @@ pub fn get(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), CliError> {
 pub fn exec(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), CliError> {
     let name = args.get_one("name").cloned();
     let base = *args.get_one("base").unwrap_or(&false);
+    let addr = args.get_one("server_addr").cloned();
     let mut cmd_line = args.get_many("command")
         .ok_or(ExecError::NoCommand)?;
 
     let cmd_name: &String = cmd_line.next().unwrap(); // Clap guarantees that there will be at least one
     let mut cmd = ChildCommand::new(cmd_name);
     cmd.args(cmd_line);
-    
-    match make_request(&Request::GetAwsCredentials { name, base })? {
+
+    match make_request(addr, &Request::GetAwsCredentials { name, base })? {
         Response::AwsBase(creds) => {
             cmd.env("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", creds.access_key_id);
             cmd.env("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", creds.secret_access_key);
@@ -160,6 +173,7 @@ pub fn exec(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), CliError> {
 
 
 pub fn invoke_shortcut(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), CliError> {
+    let addr = args.get_one("server_addr").cloned();
     let action = match args.get_one::<String>("action").map(|s| s.as_str()) {
         Some("show_window") => ShortcutAction::ShowWindow,
         Some("launch_terminal") => ShortcutAction::LaunchTerminal,
@@ -167,7 +181,7 @@ pub fn invoke_shortcut(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), CliError> {
     };
 
     let req = Request::InvokeShortcut(action);
-    match make_request(&req) {
+    match make_request(addr, &req) {
         Ok(Response::Empty) => Ok(()),
         Ok(r) => Err(RequestError::Unexpected(r).into()),
         Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
@@ -176,12 +190,12 @@ pub fn invoke_shortcut(args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), CliError> {
 
 
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn make_request(req: &Request) -> Result<Response, RequestError> {
+async fn make_request(addr: Option<PathBuf>, req: &Request) -> Result<Response, RequestError> {
     let mut data = serde_json::to_string(req).unwrap();
     // server expects newline marking end of request
     data.push('\n');
 
-    let mut stream = connect().await?;
+    let mut stream = connect(addr).await?;
     stream.write_all(&data.as_bytes()).await?;
 
     let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(1024);
@@ -192,10 +206,10 @@ async fn make_request(req: &Request) -> Result<Response, RequestError> {
 
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
-async fn connect() -> Result<NamedPipeClient, std::io::Error> {
+async fn connect(addr: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<NamedPipeClient, std::io::Error> {
     // apparently attempting to connect can fail if there's already a client connected
     loop {
-        let addr = srv::addr("creddy-server");
+        let addr = addr.unwrap_or_else(|| srv::addr("creddy-server"));
         match ClientOptions::new().open(&addr) {
             Ok(stream) => return Ok(stream),
             Err(e) if e.raw_os_error() == Some(ERROR_PIPE_BUSY.0 as i32) => (),
@@ -207,7 +221,7 @@ async fn connect() -> Result<NamedPipeClient, std::io::Error> {
 
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
-async fn connect() -> Result<UnixStream, std::io::Error> {
-    let path = srv::addr("creddy-server");
+async fn connect(addr: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<UnixStream, std::io::Error> {
+    let path = addr.unwrap_or_else(|| srv::addr("creddy-server"));
     UnixStream::connect(&path).await
 }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/srv/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/srv/mod.rs
index e5bdd40..83f3a61 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/srv/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/srv/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub use platform::addr;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum Request {
-    GetAwsCredentials { 
+    GetAwsCredentials {
         name: Option<String>,
         base: bool,
     },
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index caa8b94..c17a103 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     }
   },
   "productName": "creddy",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "identifier": "creddy",
   "plugins": {},
   "app": {
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}