diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a332bd0..9c7e74e
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -2,47 +2,57 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { Command } from 'commander';
-import betterAjvErrors from 'better-ajv-errors';
 import Ckron from '../lib/ckron.js';
+import CkronError from '../lib/error.js';
 
 const { version } = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url)));
 const program = new Command();
 
+function handleError(err) {
+  if (err instanceof CkronError) {
+    program.error(err.message, { exit: err.exitCode });
+  }
+  throw err;
+}
+
+program
+  .name('ckron')
+  .option('--config [path]', 'configuration file', '/etc/ckron/config.yml')
+  .description('Cron-like job scheduler for docker')
+  .version(version);
+
 program
-  .version(version)
   .command('daemon')
-  .option('--config <path>', 'configuration file', '/etc/ckron/config.yml')
-  .action(async (cmd) => {
+  .description('Run the scheduler daemon')
+  .action(async (_, cmd) => {
+    const { config } = cmd.optsWithGlobals();
     try {
       const scheduler = new Ckron();
-      await scheduler.loadConfig(cmd.config);
+      await scheduler.loadConfig(config);
       scheduler.start();
     } catch (err) {
-      if (err.code === 'CONFIG_SYNTAX') {
-        const output = betterAjvErrors(
-          err.validationSchema,
-          err.validationData,
-          [err.validationErrors[0]],
-          { indent: 2 }
-        );
-        process.stderr.write(output, () => {
-          process.exit(1);
-        });
-      } else {
-        process.stderr.write(`${err.message || err.toString()}\n`, () => {
-          process.exit(1);
-        });
-      }
+      handleError(err);
     }
   });
 
-program.parse(process.argv);
-
-process.on('SIGINT', () => {
-  process.stdout.write('Interrupted\n', () => {
-    process.exit(0);
+program
+  .command('run <job>')
+  .description('Run a job')
+  .option('--notify', 'send notification on error', false)
+  .action(async (_, cmd) => {
+    const { config, job, notify } = cmd.optsWithGlobals();
+    try {
+      const scheduler = new Ckron();
+      await scheduler.loadConfig(config);
+      await scheduler.runJob(job, notify);
+    } catch (err) {
+      handleError(err);
+    }
   });
-});
+
+
+program.parse();
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/lib/ckron.js b/lib/ckron.js
index c2b3497..2301cf3 100644
--- a/lib/ckron.js
+++ b/lib/ckron.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
-import yaml from 'js-yaml';
+import betterAjvErrors from 'better-ajv-errors';
 import taskTypes from './tasks/index.js';
 import notifierTypes from './notifiers/index.js';
 import Job from './job.js';
 import loadValidator from './load-validator.js';
+import CkronError from './error.js';
+import { readConfigFile, parseYaml } from './util.js';
+
 
 class Ckron {
 
@@ -30,12 +32,19 @@ class Ckron {
     this.jobs = {};
     this.notifiers = {};
 
-    const config = yaml.load(await fs.readFile(configFile));
+    const content = await readConfigFile(configFile);
+    const config = parseYaml(content);
 
-    if (!this.configValidator(config)){
+    if (!this.configValidator(config)) {
       const { errors } = this.configValidator;
-      const err = new Error(`Config errors:\n${errors.map(e => `${e.dataPath} ${e.message}`).join('\n')}`);
-      err.code = 'CONFIG_SYNTAX';
+      const message = betterAjvErrors(
+        this.configValidator.schema,
+        config,
+        [errors[0]],
+        { indent: 2 }
+      );
+
+      const err = new CkronError(message, 'SYNTAX_CONFIG');
       err.validationErrors = errors;
       err.validationSchema = this.configValidator.schema;
       err.validationData = config;
@@ -64,7 +73,7 @@ class Ckron {
   static _validateName(name) {
     const valid = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$/.test(name);
     if (!valid) {
-      throw new Error(`Invalid name ${name}`);
+      throw new CkronError(`Invalid name ${name}`, 'INVALID_CONF_NAME');
     }
   }
 
@@ -73,7 +82,7 @@ class Ckron {
     Ckron._validateName(name);
     if (!this.taskValidator(task)) {
       const [err] = this.taskValidator.errors;
-      throw new Error(`Task error: ${err.dataPath} ${err.message}`);
+      throw new CkronError(`Task error: ${err.dataPath} ${err.message}`, 'SYNTAX_TASK');
     }
   }
 
@@ -82,7 +91,7 @@ class Ckron {
     Ckron._validateName(name);
     if (!this.jobValidator(job)) {
       const [err] = this.jobValidator.errors;
-      throw new Error(`Job error: ${err.dataPath} ${err.message}`);
+      throw new CkronError(`Job error: ${err.dataPath} ${err.message}`, 'SYNTAX_JOB');
     }
   }
 
@@ -91,8 +100,17 @@ class Ckron {
     Ckron._validateName(name);
     if (!this.notifierValidator(notifier)) {
       const [err] = this.notifierValidator.errors;
-      throw new Error(`Notifier error: ${err.dataPath} ${err.message}`);
+      throw new CkronError(`Notifier error: ${err.dataPath} ${err.message}`, 'SYNTAX_NOTIFIER');
+    }
+  }
+
+  async runJob(name, notifyError = false) {
+    await this.init();
+    const job = this.jobs[name];
+    if (!job) {
+      throw new CkronError(`Job ${name} not found`, 'JOB_NOT_FOUND');
     }
+    return job.run(notifyError);
   }
 
   start() {
diff --git a/lib/error.js b/lib/error.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb3b8e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+class CkronError extends Error {
+  constructor(message, code, exitCode = 1) {
+    super(message);
+    this.code = code;
+    this.exitCode = exitCode;
+  }
+}
+
+export default CkronError;
diff --git a/lib/job.js b/lib/job.js
index a613523..9d6741e 100644
--- a/lib/job.js
+++ b/lib/job.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Job {
     this.job = new CronJob(opt);
   }
 
-  async run() {
+  async run(notifyError = true) {
     const log = new Log();
     log.pushNamespace(`${this.name} ${hashids.encode(Date.now())}`);
 
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class Job {
       return true;
     } catch (err) {
       log.error('Job failed', err);
+      if (!notifyError) return false;
       await this.notifyError(formatError(err));
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index d75dca4..e3d6fc4 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { split } from 'shlex';
 import { parseRepositoryTag as _parseRepositoryTag } from 'dockerode/lib/util.js';
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import { Writable } from 'stream';
 import { StringDecoder } from 'string_decoder';
+import CkronError from './error.js';
 
 export const MAX_OUTPUT_BUFFER_SIZE = 200000; // 200KB
 
@@ -78,3 +80,26 @@ export function formatError(err) {
   }
   return err.toString();
 }
+
+export async function readConfigFile(configFile) {
+  try {
+    return await fs.readFile(configFile, 'utf8');
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      throw new CkronError(`Config file not found: ${configFile}`, 'CONFIG_ENOENT');
+    } else if (err.code === 'EACCES') {
+      throw new CkronError(`Config file not readable: ${configFile}`, 'CONFIG_EACCES');
+    } else if (err.code === 'EISDIR') {
+      throw new CkronError(`Config file is a directory: ${configFile}`, 'CONFIG_EISDIR');
+    }
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function parseYaml(content) {
+  try {
+    return yaml.safeLoad(content);
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new CkronError(`Invalid YAML: ${err.message}`, 'CONFIG_SYNTAX');
+  }
+}