diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 32d29aa..bdbdf18 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,37 @@ use tokio::prelude::*;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use structopt::StructOpt;
+
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+
 type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error>;
 
+
+/// This application recieves logfiles in ubiquitis weird logfile format from the network,
+/// splits each line into its fields and writes them to a sql database for further analysis.
+///
+/// The main required argument is an postgres connection string, passed in the environment
+/// variable LOG2DB_PSQL
+#[derive(StructOpt)]
+struct Options {
+    /// ip and (TCP) port to bind to
+    #[structopt(short, long, default_value="[::]:514")]
+    addr : String,
+    /// space separated list of daemon/service names to not write to the db
+    #[structopt(default_value="dnsmasq-dhcp")]
+    blacklist: Vec<String>
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    //todo: read config from args/env/file
+    let options = Options::from_args();
 
-    let mut cfg = Config::from_str("postgres://log:log@localhost")?;
+    let postgresurl = std::env::var("LOG2DB_PSQL")
+        .map_err(|_| "please supply the LOG2DB_PSQL environment variable, containting a postgress connection string")?;
+
+
+    let mut cfg = Config::from_str(&postgresurl)?;
     cfg.application_name("log2db");
     let (client, connection) = cfg.connect(NoTls).await?;
 
@@ -39,14 +63,18 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let insert_statement = client
         .prepare("insert into log(rcv_ip, rcv_date, date, daemon, message) values ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)").await?;
 
-    let addr = "[::]:8080";
-    let mut listener = TcpListener::bind(&addr).await?;
+    let mut listener = TcpListener::bind(&options.addr).await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("could not bind to {} with error {:?}", &options.addr, e))?;
+
+    let blacklist: HashSet<_> = options.blacklist.into_iter().collect();
+    let blacklist = Arc::new(blacklist);
+
 
     loop {
         match listener.accept().await  {
             Ok((socket, peer)) => {
                 tokio::spawn(
-                    handle_peer_and_error(socket, peer, client.clone(), insert_statement.clone())
+                    handle_peer_and_error(socket, peer, client.clone(), insert_statement.clone(), blacklist.clone())
                     );
             },
             Err(e) => eprintln!("{:?}", e),
@@ -56,13 +84,13 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 use chrono::{Local, DateTime, FixedOffset};
 
-async fn handle_peer_and_error(stream: TcpStream, peer: SocketAddr, db: Arc<Client>, insert_statement: Statement) {
-    if let Err(e) = handle_peer(stream, peer, db, insert_statement).await {
+async fn handle_peer_and_error(stream: TcpStream, peer: SocketAddr, db: Arc<Client>, insert_statement: Statement, blacklist: Arc<HashSet<String>>) {
+    if let Err(e) = handle_peer(stream, peer, db, insert_statement, blacklist).await {
         eprintln!("{}", e);
     }
 }
 
-async fn handle_peer(stream: TcpStream, peer: SocketAddr, db: Arc<Client>, insert_statement: Statement) 
+async fn handle_peer(stream: TcpStream, peer: SocketAddr, db: Arc<Client>, insert_statement: Statement, blacklist: Arc<HashSet<String>>) 
 -> Result<(), Error> {
     use tokio::codec::{FramedRead, LinesCodec};
 
@@ -73,8 +101,9 @@ async fn handle_peer(stream: TcpStream, peer: SocketAddr, db: Arc<Client>, inser
         match lines.next().await.transpose()? {
             Some(line) => {
                 let (now, date, service, log) = parse_line(&line)?;
-                // filter out some services
-                db.execute(&insert_statement, &[&ip, &now, &date, &service, &log]).await?;
+                if !blacklist.contains(service) {
+                    db.execute(&insert_statement, &[&ip, &now, &date, &service, &log]).await?;
+                }
             },
             None => break,
         }
@@ -100,7 +129,11 @@ fn parse_line(line: &'_ str) -> Result<(DateTime<Local>, DateTime<FixedOffset>,
     let date = DateTime::parse_from_str(&base, "%Y %z %b %e %H:%M:%S ")?;
 
     let mut parts = line.splitn(2, ':');
-    let service = parts.next().ok_or("could not parse service")?;
+
+    let service_and_pid = parts.next().ok_or("could not parse service")?;
+    let mut service_parts = service_and_pid.splitn(2, '[');
+    let service = service_parts.next().ok_or("could not split pid from service")?.trim();
+
     let log = parts.next().ok_or("could not parse logfile")?.trim();
     Ok((now, date, service, log))
 }