diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c37cf05..254a4e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 mkinitramfs.pkg
-mkinitramfs.pkg.gz
\ No newline at end of file
+mkinitramfs.pkg.gz
+initramfs.img
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/mkinitramfs.sh b/src/mkinitramfs.sh
index 7c004cf..2d5d7f1 100755
--- a/src/mkinitramfs.sh
+++ b/src/mkinitramfs.sh
@@ -2,23 +2,110 @@
 
 export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
 initdir=$(pwd)/initramfs
+INITIN="/usr/share/mkinitramfs/init.in"
+CONFIG="/etc/mkinitramfs.conf"
 
 create_dirs() {
   mkdir -pv $initdir/{bin,dev,mnt,proc,root,sys,run}
 }
 
+print_version() {
+  echo "mkinitramfs - 0.0.1"
+}
+
+usage() {
+  print_version
+  cat << EOF
+Usage: $(basename $0) [options] [arguments]
+
+Options:
+  -c, --config <config>   use custom config (default: $CONFIG)
+  -i, --init <init> - custom init file (default: $INITIN)
+  -C, --compression <compression (gzip|xz|zstd|lz4|none|cat defaults to $INITRAMFSCOMP)>
+  -v, --version - print mkinitramfs version
+  -h, --help - print this help message
+EOF
+}
+
+needarg() {
+	if [ ! "$1" ]; then
+		echo "ERROR: argument is needed for this option!"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+add_compression() {
+complevel_gzip="${complevel_gzip:--9}"
+complevel_xz="${complevel_xz:--9}"
+complevel_zstd="${complevel_zstd:--19}"
+complevel_lz4="${complevel_lz4:--12}"
+
+case "$INITRAMFSCOMP" in
+	gzip) comp="$(command -v gzip 2>/dev/null || echo gzip) $complevel_gzip" ;;
+	xz) cmd_exists xz; comp="xz -C crc32 -T0 $complevel_xz" ;;
+	zstd) cmd_exists zstd; comp="zstd -T0 $complevel_zstd" ;;
+	lz4) cmd_exists lz4; comp="lz4 --favor-decSpeed -lz $complevel_lz4" ;;
+	none|cat) comp="cat";;
+	*) comp="gzip" ;;
+esac
+}
+
+parse_opt() {
+  while [ $1 ]; do
+    case $1 in
+      -c|--config)      needarg $2
+                        CONFIG=$2
+                        shift 1;;
+      -i|--init)        needarg $2
+                        INITIN=$2
+                        shift 1;;
+      -C|--compression) needarg $2
+                        INITRAMFSCOMP=$2
+                        shift 1;;
+      -v|--version)     print_version; exit 0;;
+      -h|--help)        usage; exit 0;;
+      *)                echo "ERROR: invalid option '$1'"
+				                exit 1 ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+  done
+}
+
+msgerr() {
+	[ $QUIET ] && return
+	echo "ERROR: $*"
+}
+
 main() {
-  CPIO=$(command -v cpio)
+  parse_opt "$@"
+  if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+		msgerr "need root access!"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+  CPIO=$(command -v bsdcpio) || CPIO=$(command -v cpio)
+	if [ ! "$CPIO" ]; then
+		msgerr "neither 'bsdcpio' or 'cpio' found, exiting..."
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+  if [ -f "$CONFIG" ]; then
+		. "$CONFIG"
+	else
+		msgerr "config file '$CONFIG' not exist."
+		exit 1
+	fi
   create_dirs
-  cp -v /usr/share/mkinitramfs/init.in $initdir/init
+  cp -v $INITIN $initdir/init
   chmod 755 $initdir/init
   cp -v /usr/share/mkinitramfs/busybox $initdir/bin/busybox
   cd $initdir/bin
   for i in $(cat /usr/share/mkinitramfs/busybox_list);do ln -sv busybox $i;done
   cd $initdir
-  find . | $CPIO -H newc -o | gzip > ../initramfs.img
+  add_compression
+  find . | $CPIO -H newc -o | $comp > ../initramfs.img
   cd ..
   rm -rv $initdir
 }
 
-main
+main "$@"