diff --git a/bin/periodicity b/bin/periodicity
index 1bf1b67..2c591de 100755
--- a/bin/periodicity
+++ b/bin/periodicity
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-require 'rails'
-require File.expand_path("config/environment.rb")
-::Rails.application.eager_load!
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path("../../lib", __FILE__)
 
-logger.info "Running in #{RUBY_DESCRIPTION}"
+require "periodicity/cli"
+
+begin
+  cli = Periodicity::CLI.instance
+  cli.run
+rescue => e
+  raise e if $DEBUG
+  STDERR.puts e.message
+  STDERR.puts e.backtrace.join("\n")
+  exit 1
+end
diff --git a/lib/periodicity.rb b/lib/periodicity.rb
index 0351704..dd8e7a9 100644
--- a/lib/periodicity.rb
+++ b/lib/periodicity.rb
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ require "periodicity/period.rb"
 require "periodicity/config.rb"
 require 'periodicity/extensions/active_job'
 require "periodicity/rails.rb" if defined?(::Rails::Engine)
-require "periodicity/cli.rb"
diff --git a/lib/periodicity/cli.rb b/lib/periodicity/cli.rb
index be6bd86..2a61d28 100644
--- a/lib/periodicity/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/periodicity/cli.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
+require 'periodicity'
+
 module Periodicity
-  class Cli
-    
+  class CLI
+    include Singleton
+
+    def run
+      load_rails
+      print_banner
+    end
+
+    def print_banner
+      puts "Loading Periodicity #{Periodicity::VERSION}"
+      puts "Running in #{RUBY_DESCRIPTION}"
+    end
+
+    def load_rails
+      require 'rails'
+      require File.expand_path("config/environment.rb")
+      ::Rails.application.eager_load!
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/cli_spec.rb b/spec/cli_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af2505d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/cli_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+require 'periodicity/cli'
+
+describe Periodicity::CLI do
+  let(:cli) { Periodicity::CLI.instance }
+
+  describe "#run" do
+    it "should try to initialize rails with #load_rails" do
+      expect(cli).to receive(:load_rails)
+      cli.run
+    end
+  end
+end