diff --git a/bin/now b/bin/now
index 4865503..1b9d449 100755
--- a/bin/now
+++ b/bin/now
@@ -1,27 +1,34 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import program from 'commander';
 import Progress from 'progress';
 import copy from '../lib/copy';
-import * as cfg from '../lib/cfg';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import login from '../lib/login';
+import * as cfg from '../lib/cfg';
+import { version } from '../../package';
 import checkUpdate from '../lib/check-update';
 import bytes from 'bytes';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
+import minimist from 'minimist';
 import Now from '../lib';
 import ms from 'ms';
 
-program
-.usage('[options]')
-.version(require('../../package').version)
-.option('-d, --debug', 'Debug mode [off]', false)
-.option('-f, --force', 'Force a new deployment even if nothing has changed', false)
-.option('-F, --forceSync', 'Force a new deployment even if nothing has changed and force syncing of all files', false)
-.option('-L, --login', 'Configure login')
-.option('-C, --no-clipboard', 'Do not attempt to copy URL to clipboard')
-.parse(process.argv);
+const argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2));
+const help = () => {
+  console.log(`
+𝚫 now [options] <path>
+
+Options:
 
-let path = program.args[program.args.length - 1];
+  -h, --help          output usage information
+  -v, --version       output the version number
+  -d, --debug         Debug mode [off]
+  -f, --force         Force a new deployment even if nothing has changed
+  -L, --login         Configure login
+  -C, --no-clipboard  Do not attempt to copy URL to clipboard
+`);
+};
+
+let path = argv._[0];
 
 if (path) {
   if ('/' !== path[0]) {
@@ -31,8 +38,14 @@ if (path) {
   path = process.cwd();
 }
 
-const debug = !!program.debug;
-const clipboard = !program.noClipboard;
+// options
+const debug = argv.debug || argv.d;
+const clipboard = !(argv.noClipboard || argv.C);
+const force = argv.f || argv.force;
+const forceSync = argv.F || argv.forceSync;
+const shouldLogin = argv.L || argv.login;
+
+// auto-update checking
 const config = cfg.read();
 const update = checkUpdate({ debug });
 const exit = (code) => {
@@ -42,10 +55,16 @@ const exit = (code) => {
   setTimeout(() => process.exit(code), 1000);
 };
 
-if (!config.token || program.login) {
+if (argv.h || argv.help) {
+  help();
+  exit(0);
+} else if (argv.v || argv.version) {
+  console.log(chalk.bold('𝚫 now'), version);
+  exit(0);
+} else if (!config.token || shouldLogin) {
   login()
   .then((token) => {
-    if (program.login) {
+    if (shouldLogin) {
       console.log('> Logged in successfully. Token saved in ~/.now.json');
       exit(0);
     } else {
@@ -74,7 +93,7 @@ async function sync (token) {
   const now = new Now(token, { debug });
 
   try {
-    await now.create(path, { forceNew: program.force, forceSync: program.forceSync });
+    await now.create(path, { forceNew: force, forceSync: forceSync });
   } catch (err) {
     handleError(err);
     return;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 441af28..6ed4ac2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     "babel-runtime": "6.6.1",
     "bytes": "2.3.0",
     "chalk": "1.1.1",
-    "commander": "2.9.0",
     "copy-paste": "1.1.4",
     "fs-promise": "0.4.1",
     "graceful-fs": "4.1.3",
@@ -26,7 +25,8 @@
     "resumer": "0.0.0",
     "retry": "0.9.0",
     "spdy": "3.2.3",
-    "split-array": "1.0.1"
+    "split-array": "1.0.1",
+    "minimist": "1.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "alpha-sort": "1.0.2",