diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
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+// Copyright © 2016 Jip J. Dekker <jip@dekker.li>
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// This represents the base command when called without any subcommands
+var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "ponder",
+	Short: "A brief description of your application",
+	Long: `A longer description that spans multiple lines and likely contains
+examples and usage of using your application. For example:
+
+Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
+This application is a tool to generate the needed files
+to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
+	// Uncomment the following line if your bare application
+	// has an action associated with it:
+	//	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { },
+}
+
+// Execute adds all child commands to the root command sets flags appropriately.
+// This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
+func Execute() {
+	if err := RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		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/.ponder.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/main.go b/main.go
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+// Copyright © 2016 Jip J. Dekker <jip@dekker.li>
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package main
+
+import "github.com/jjdekker/ponder/cmd"
+
+func main() {
+	cmd.Execute()
+}