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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3936eba..7dc6149 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ rust-version = "1.81.0"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
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diff --git a/bin/ream/Cargo.toml b/bin/ream/Cargo.toml
index fd065cc..06cc1bb 100644
--- a/bin/ream/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/ream/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 version.workspace = true
 
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-name = "reth"
+name = "ream"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
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+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
diff --git a/bin/ream/src/cli/mod.rs b/bin/ream/src/cli/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93a4d50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ream/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+#[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
+pub struct Cli {
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    pub command: Commands,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
+pub enum Commands {
+    /// Start the node
+    #[command(name = "node")]
+    Node(NodeCommand),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+pub struct NodeCommand {
+    /// Verbosity level
+    #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = 3)]
+    pub verbosity: u8,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_cli_node_command() {
+        let cli = Cli::parse_from(["program", "node", "--verbosity", "2"]);
+
+        match cli.command {
+            Commands::Node(cmd) => {
+                assert_eq!(cmd.verbosity, 2);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bin/ream/src/lib.rs b/bin/ream/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f77372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ream/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod cli;
diff --git a/bin/ream/src/main.rs b/bin/ream/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..04f2c0d 100644
--- a/bin/ream/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/ream/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+
+use ream::cli::{Cli, Commands};
+
 fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+    let cli = Cli::parse();
+
+    match cli.command {
+        Commands::Node(cmd) => {
+            println!("Starting node with verbosity {}", cmd.verbosity);
+        }
+    }
 }