diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index 64ff1dd..a580744 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -92,6 +92,54 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e2e1ebcb11de5c03c67de28a7df593d32191b44939c482e97702baaaa6ab6a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2faccea4cc4ab4a667ce676a30e8ec13922a692c99bb8f5b11f1502c72e04220"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c75ac65da39e5fe5ab759307499ddad880d724eed2f6ce5b5e8a26f4f387928c"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e28923312444cdd728e4738b3f9c9cac739500909bb3d3c94b43551b16517648"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cd54b81ec8d6180e24654d0b371ad22fc3dd083b6ff8ba325b72e00c87660a7"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-recursion"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -280,6 +328,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "libloading",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.4.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e578d6ec4194633722ccf9544794b71b1385c3c027efe0c55db226fc880865c"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.4.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4df4df40ec50c46000231c914968278b1eb05098cf8f1b3a518a95030e71d1c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf9804afaaf59a91e75b022a30fb7229a7901f60c755489cc61c9b423b836442"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cmake"
 version = "0.1.50"
@@ -289,6 +377,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "community_settings_core"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -624,6 +718,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -1072,6 +1172,7 @@ name = "powertools"
 version = "1.5.0-ng1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
+ "clap",
  "community_settings_core",
  "libc",
  "libryzenadj",
@@ -1364,6 +1465,12 @@ version = "0.9.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
 version = "2.4.1"
@@ -1691,6 +1798,12 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 8a8e2b0..302a2f9 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ libryzenadj = { version = "0.13" }
 # ureq's tls feature does not like musl targets
 ureq = { version = "2", features = ["json", "gzip", "brotli", "charset"], default-features = false, optional = true }
 
+clap = { version = "4.4", features = [ "derive" ] }
+
 [features]
 default = ["online", "decky"]
 decky = ["usdpl-back/decky"]
diff --git a/backend/src/cli/args.rs b/backend/src/cli/args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9edebad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/cli/args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
+pub struct Args {
+    /// TCP port for front-end client connection
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub port: Option<u16>,
+
+    /// Override log file location
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub log: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
+
+    /// Force verbose logging
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    pub verbose: bool,
+
+    /// Specail operation to perform
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    pub op: Option<Operation>,
+}
+
+impl Args {
+    pub fn load() -> Self {
+        Self::parse()
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_default(&self) -> bool {
+        self.port.is_none()
+        && self.log.is_none()
+        && !self.verbose
+        && self.op.is_none()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Subcommand, Debug)]
+pub enum Operation {
+    /// Dump useful system information for adding new device support
+    DumpSys,
+    /// Remove all files created by PowerTools, not including $HOME/homebrew/plugins/PowerTools/
+    Clean,
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/cli/clean.rs b/backend/src/cli/clean.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7afe215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/cli/clean.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+pub fn clean_up() -> Result<(), ()> {
+    let dirs = vec![
+        crate::utility::settings_dir_old(),
+        crate::utility::settings_dir(),
+    ];
+
+    if let Err(e) = clean_up_io(dirs.iter()) {
+        log::error!("Error removing directories: {}", e);
+        Err(())
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn clean_up_io(directories: impl Iterator<Item=impl AsRef<std::path::Path>>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let results = directories.map(|dir| std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir));
+    for res in results {
+        res?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/cli/dump_sys.rs b/backend/src/cli/dump_sys.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03e4c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/cli/dump_sys.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process::Command;
+use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
+use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Sender};
+use std::io::Write;
+
+pub fn dump_sys_info() -> Result<(), ()> {
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
+    let mut join_handles = Vec::new();
+    let useful_files = vec![
+        PathBuf::from("/proc/ioports"),
+        PathBuf::from("/proc/cpuinfo"),
+        PathBuf::from("/etc/os-release"),
+    ];
+    for file in useful_files {
+        join_handles.push(read_file(file, tx.clone()));
+    }
+
+    let useful_commands = vec![
+        "dmidecode",
+    ];
+    for cmd in useful_commands.into_iter() {
+        join_handles.push(execute_command(cmd, tx.clone()));
+    }
+
+    for join_handle in join_handles.into_iter() {
+        if let Err(e) = join_handle.join() {
+            log::error!("Thread failed to complete: {:?}", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut dump_file = std::fs::File::create("powertools_sys_dump.txt").expect("Failed to create dump file");
+    for response in rx.into_iter() {
+        dump_file.write(
+            &format!("{} v{} ###### {} ######\n{}\n",
+                crate::consts::PACKAGE_NAME,
+                crate::consts::PACKAGE_VERSION,
+                response.0,
+                response.1.unwrap_or("[None]".to_owned())
+            ).into_bytes()
+        ).expect("Failed to write to dump file");
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn read_file(file: impl AsRef<Path> + Send + 'static, tx: Sender<(String, Option<String>)>) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+    thread::spawn(move || {
+        let file = file.as_ref();
+        tx.send(
+            (file.display().to_string(),
+             std::fs::read_to_string(file).ok())
+        ).expect("Failed to send file contents");
+    })
+}
+
+fn execute_command(command: &'static str, tx: Sender<(String, Option<String>)>) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+    thread::spawn(move || {
+            tx.send(
+            (command.to_owned(), Command::new(command)
+                .output()
+                .map(|out| String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).into_owned())
+                .ok()
+            )).expect("Failed to send command output");
+        }
+    )
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/cli/mod.rs b/backend/src/cli/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..720332d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+mod args;
+mod clean;
+mod dump_sys;
+
+pub use args::{Args, Operation};
+
+pub fn do_op(op: &Operation) -> Result<(), ()> {
+    match op {
+        Operation::DumpSys => dump_sys::dump_sys_info(),
+        Operation::Clean => clean::clean_up(),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index 0a245ca..f9116c7 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mod api;
+mod cli;
 mod persist;
 mod settings;
 mod state;
@@ -19,13 +20,18 @@ use usdpl_back::core::serdes::Primitive;
 use usdpl_back::Instance;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), ()> {
+    let args = cli::Args::load();
     #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
     let log_filepath = usdpl_back::api::dirs::home()
         .unwrap_or_else(|| "/tmp/".into())
         .join(PACKAGE_NAME.to_owned() + ".log");
     #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
     let log_filepath = std::path::Path::new("/tmp").join(format!("{}.log", PACKAGE_NAME));
+    let log_filepath = args.log.clone().unwrap_or(log_filepath);
     println!("Logging to: {:?}", log_filepath);
+    if !args.is_default() {
+        println!("CLI arguments, as parsed: {:?}", &args);
+    }
     #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
     let old_log_filepath = usdpl_back::api::dirs::home()
         .unwrap_or_else(|| "/tmp/".into())
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), ()> {
         },
         #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
         {
-            LevelFilter::Info
+            if args.verbose { LevelFilter::Debug } else { LevelFilter::Info }
         },
         Default::default(),
         std::fs::File::create(&log_filepath).expect("Failed to create log file"),
@@ -52,6 +58,15 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), ()> {
     )
     .unwrap();
     log::debug!("Logging to: {:?}.", log_filepath);
+    log::info!("CLI arguments, as parsed: {:?}", &args);
+
+    // sepcial operation start-up
+    if let Some(op) = &args.op {
+        return cli::do_op(op);
+        // do not continue with regular startup
+    }
+
+    // regular start-up
     log::info!("Starting back-end ({} v{})", PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_VERSION);
     println!("Starting back-end ({} v{})", PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_VERSION);
     log::info!(
@@ -125,7 +140,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), ()> {
 
     let (message_getter, message_dismisser) = api::message::MessageHandler::new().to_callables();
 
-    let instance = Instance::new(PORT)
+    let instance = Instance::new(args.port.unwrap_or(PORT))
         .register("V_INFO", |_: Vec<Primitive>| {
             #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
             {