diff --git a/ble-spaceauth-manager.py b/ble-spaceauth-manager.py
index 7bfd8e3..d15b677 100644
--- a/ble-spaceauth-manager.py
+++ b/ble-spaceauth-manager.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import serial.serialutil
 import fcntl
 from enum import IntEnum
+from paho.mqtt.publish import single as mqtt_pub
+import argparse
 
 # 7-bit C1 ANSI sequences
 ansi_escape = re.compile(r'''
@@ -17,12 +19,21 @@
     [@-~]   # Final byte
 ''', re.VERBOSE)
 
-do_sanity_checks = True
-verbose = False
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='BLE Space Authentication Helper script.')
+parser.add_argument('--skip-sanity-checks', action='store_true', default=False,
+                    help='skip matching with local coin list')
+parser.add_argument('--verbose', action='store_true', default=False, help='print more output')
+parser.add_argument('--topic', default='Netz39/Things/Door/Command', help='MQTT Topic to publish to')
+parser.add_argument('--host', default='localhost', help='MQTT Host to publish to')
+parser.add_argument('--port', default=1883, type=int, help='MQTT Host Port to publish to')
+parser.add_argument('--qos', default=2, type=int, help='QOS of MQTT message')
+parser.add_argument('--msg', default=b"door open", type=bytes, help='MQTT Message payload')
+args = parser.parse_args()
 
 
 def confirm_authentication(address, battery):
     print("\t[%s] successfully authenticated. Remaining Battery: %s%%" % (address, battery))
+    mqtt_pub(topic=args.topic, payload=args.msg, qos=args.qos, hostname=args.host)
 
 
 # read coins and central ids from pseudo-database
@@ -111,7 +122,7 @@ def parse_status(l):
     for k in regs:
         m = re.search(pattern=regs[k], string=l)
         if m:
-            if verbose:
+            if args.verbose:
                 print('\t', k, m.groups())
             return k, m.groups()
     return None, None
@@ -128,12 +139,10 @@ async def serial_fetch_line(s):
 async def manage_serial(s: aioserial.AioSerial):
     s.write(b'ble_start\r\n')
 
-    config_identity, coin_list = read_db()
-
-    bonds = await request_bonds(s)
-    spacekeys = await request_spacekeys(s)
-
-    if do_sanity_checks:
+    if not args.skip_sanity_checks:
+        config_identity, coin_list = read_db()
+        bonds = await request_bonds(s)
+        spacekeys = await request_spacekeys(s)
         assert len(bonds) == len(spacekeys) == len(coin_list), "number of coins does not match"
         for i in zip(bonds, spacekeys, coin_list):
             assert i[0][0] == i[1][0], "addresses must match"
@@ -147,7 +156,7 @@ async def manage_serial(s: aioserial.AioSerial):
         line = await serial_fetch_line(s)
         print(line, end='', flush=True)
         k, v = parse_status(line)
-        if do_sanity_checks:
+        if not args.skip_sanity_checks:
             if k == StatusType.IDENTITY:
                 assert v[0].upper() == config_identity[0], v
         if k == StatusType.AUTHENTICATED: