diff --git a/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/build.gradle.kts b/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/build.gradle.kts
index 8226bc2..209280f 100644
--- a/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    implementation("commons-cli:commons-cli:1.9.0")
     implementation("io.vertx:vertx-core:4.5.9")
     implementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.6")
     implementation("org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.9.0")
diff --git a/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerApp.java b/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerApp.java
index d118f23..18febac 100644
--- a/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerApp.java
+++ b/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerApp.java
@@ -1,32 +1,69 @@
 package ch.polgrabia.demos.server;
 
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 public class WebsocketServerApp {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WebsocketServerApp.class);
+
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        Properties props = new Properties();
-        props.put("bootstrap.servers", "localhost:9092");
-        props.put("linger.ms", 1);
-        props.put("key.serializer", "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer");
-        props.put("value.serializer", "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.ByteArraySerializer");
-
-        Producer<String, byte[]> kafkaProducer = new KafkaProducer<>(props);
-
-
         var vertx = Vertx.vertx();
-        WebsocketServerChatVerticle websocketServerChatVerticle = new WebsocketServerChatVerticle(
-                8080,
-                "localhost",
-                null); // kafka producer
-        vertx.deployVerticle(websocketServerChatVerticle);
-        websocketServerChatVerticle
-                .waitUntilFinished()
-                .join();
-        vertx.close();
-        kafkaProducer.close();
+        Producer<String, byte[]> kafkaProducer = null;
+        try {
+            CommandLineParser parser = new DefaultParser();
+            var options = new Options()
+                    .addOption("h", "host", true, "Host")
+                    .addOption("p", "port", true, "Port")
+                    .addOption("ke", "kafka-enabled", true, "Enable Kafka server")
+                    .addOption("bs", "bootstrap-servers", true, "Bootstrap server address");
+            CommandLine result = parser.parse(options, args);
+            logger.info("Got options: {}", result);
+            boolean isKafkaEnabled = "true".equals(result.getOptionValue("kafka-enabled"));
+            String bootstrapServers = result.getOptionValue("bootstrap-servers");
+            logger.info("Got options kafka.enabled: {}", isKafkaEnabled);
+            if (isKafkaEnabled) {
+                logger.info("Bootstrap servers {}", bootstrapServers);
+                Properties props = new Properties();
+                props.put("bootstrap.servers", bootstrapServers);
+                props.put("linger.ms", 1);
+                props.put("key.serializer", "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer");
+                props.put("value.serializer", "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.ByteArraySerializer");
+
+                kafkaProducer = new KafkaProducer<>(props);
+            }
+
+            var config = new WebsocketServerConfig(
+                    result.getOptionValue("host"),
+                    result.getOptionValue("port"),
+                    isKafkaEnabled,
+                    bootstrapServers,
+                    kafkaProducer);
+
+            logger.info("Configuration {}", config);
+
+            WebsocketServerChatVerticle websocketServerChatVerticle = new WebsocketServerChatVerticle(config); // kafka producer
+            vertx.deployVerticle(websocketServerChatVerticle);
+            websocketServerChatVerticle
+                    .waitUntilFinished()
+                    .join();
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            logger.error("Invalid use of configuration", e);
+        } finally {
+            vertx.close();
+            if (kafkaProducer != null) {
+                kafkaProducer.close();
+            }
+        }
+
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerChatVerticle.java b/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerChatVerticle.java
index 452c2ab..46d973a 100644
--- a/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerChatVerticle.java
+++ b/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerChatVerticle.java
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ public class WebsocketServerChatVerticle extends AbstractVerticle {
     private final Object runningMonitor = new Object();
     private boolean shutdownActivation = false;
 
-    public WebsocketServerChatVerticle(int port, String hostname, Producer<String, byte[]> kafkaProducer) {
-        this.port = port;
-        this.hostname = hostname;
-        this.kafkaProducer = kafkaProducer;
+    public WebsocketServerChatVerticle(WebsocketServerConfig websocketServerConfig) {
+        this.port = websocketServerConfig.port() == null ? 8080 : Integer.parseInt(websocketServerConfig.port());
+        this.hostname = websocketServerConfig.host() == null ? "localhost" : websocketServerConfig.host();
+        this.kafkaProducer = websocketServerConfig.kafkaProducer();
+        logger.info("Host: {}, port {}", hostname, port);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerConfig.java b/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ade6569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/08/chat_demo1/chat_demo1_web/src/main/java/ch/polgrabia/demos/server/WebsocketServerConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package ch.polgrabia.demos.server;
+
+public record WebsocketServerConfig(
+        String host,
+        String port,
+        boolean isKafkaEnabled,
+        String bootstrapServers,
+        org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer<String,byte[]> kafkaProducer) {
+}