diff --git a/src/process.py b/src/process.py
index 7dc0906..a11fa6a 100755
--- a/src/process.py
+++ b/src/process.py
@@ -101,12 +101,16 @@ def process_config(config_val):
         oaipmh_convert(param_list)
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+def main(sys_argv):
+    """ MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN !!!
+
+    :param sys_argv: sys.argv from command line, can be overridden for testing purposes
+    """
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Metarecogen")
     parser.add_argument('-r', '--record', action='store', help="Specify a record group to generate")
 
     # Parse command line arguments
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args = parser.parse_args(sys_argv[1:])
 
     # Create output dir
     if not os.path.exists(OUTPUT_DIR):
@@ -127,3 +131,6 @@ def process_config(config_val):
         # Loop over config and process each one
         for k, v in CONFIG.items():
             process_config(v)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+        main(sys.argv)
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdf3654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import pytest
+
+# Add in path to source scripts
+src_path = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.pardir), 'src')
+sys.path.insert(0, src_path)
+
+from process import main
+
+# Basic command line parameter testing
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("cli_params, expected_out",
+         [(["--help"], "usage:"),
+             (["-r", "dfdfdfdfd"], "ERROR: Cannot find dfdfdfdfd in config"),
+         ])
+def test_eval(capsys, cli_params, expected_out):
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        main(["process.py"] + cli_params)
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert expected_out in captured.out