diff --git a/neuralprophet/__main__.py b/neuralprophet/__main__.py
index ed92af93e..74006113d 100644
--- a/neuralprophet/__main__.py
+++ b/neuralprophet/__main__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 """
 Invokes neuralprophet when module is run as a script.
 """
-
+import argparse
 from neuralprophet._version import __version__
 
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="NeuralProphet")
+parser.add_argument("-v", "--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s " + __version__)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    print(__version__)
+    parser.parse_args()