diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de995e0ec..59d75f8de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ logs/**
 .vscode/**
 tmp/**
 scratch/**
+main
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/LICENSE b/cmd/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e72937ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+const AppVersion = "0.0.1"
+
+// rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
+var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "ente-cli",
+	Short: "CLI tool for exporting your photos from ente.io",
+	Long:  `Start by creating a config file in your home directory:`,
+	// Uncomment the following line if your bare application
+	// has an action associated with it:
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Sprintf("Hello World")
+	},
+}
+
+// Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
+// This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
+func Execute() {
+	err := rootCmd.Execute()
+	if err != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	// Here you will define your flags and configuration settings.
+	// Cobra supports persistent flags, which, if defined here,
+	// will be global for your application.
+
+	// rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is $HOME/.cli-go.yaml)")
+
+	// Cobra also supports local flags, which will only run
+	// when this action is called directly.
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("toggle", "t", false, "Help message for toggle")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb4d1cf47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// versionCmd represents the version command
+var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "version",
+	Short: "Prints the current version",
+	Long:  ``,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Printf("ente-cli version %s\n", AppVersion)
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8cfc95608..e37c5975a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kong/go-srp v0.0.0-20191210190804-cde1efa3c083 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.10.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0f5517533..2163115f1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.7.0 h1:me+K9p3uhSmXtrBZ4k9jcEAfJmuC8IivWHwaLZwPrFY=
 github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:9PWDzw47qPphMRFfhsyk0NnSgvluHcljSMVIq3w7q0I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1 h1:KjJaJ9iWZ3jOFZIf1Lqf4laDRCasjl0BCmnEGxkdLb4=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jamesruan/sodium v1.0.14 h1:JfOHobip/lUWouxHV3PwYwu3gsLewPrDrZXO3HuBzUU=
 github.com/jamesruan/sodium v1.0.14/go.mod h1:GK2+LACf7kuVQ9k7Irk0MB2B65j5rVqkz+9ylGIggZk=
 github.com/kong/go-srp v0.0.0-20191210190804-cde1efa3c083 h1:Y7nibF/3Ivmk+S4Q+KzVv98lFlSdrBhYzG44d5il85E=
 github.com/kong/go-srp v0.0.0-20191210190804-cde1efa3c083/go.mod h1:Zde5RRLiH8/2zEXQDHX5W0dOOTxkemzrXMhHVfxTtTA=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0 h1:hyqWnYt1ZQShIddO5kBpj3vu05/++x6tJ6dg8EC572I=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0/go.mod h1:uLxZILRyS/50WlhOIKD7W6V5bgeIt+4sICxh6uRMrb0=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0 h1:6Ewdq3tDic1mg5xRO4milcWCfMVQhI4NkqWWvqejpuA=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0/go.mod h1:xgJhtzW8F9jGdVFWZESrid1U1bjeNy4zgy5cRr/CIio=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211029224645-99673261e6eb/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
@@ -18,3 +26,5 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e00cfbc3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2023 NAME HERE <EMAIL ADDRESS>
+*/
+package main
+
+import "cli-go/cmd"
+
+func main() {
+	cmd.Execute()
+}