diff --git a/src/_gr.js b/src/_gr.js
index 66f5893..143a063 100755
--- a/src/_gr.js
+++ b/src/_gr.js
@@ -3,24 +3,11 @@
 // src/_gr.js
 
 import program from './commanderProgram.js';
-import getFileContent from './file_functions/getFileContent.js';
-import promptAI from './ai.js';
-import defaultPrompt from './defaultPrompt.js';
-import dotenv from 'dotenv';
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import os from 'os';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
-import ora from 'ora';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
-// Define __dirname for ES Modules
-const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
-
-// Load .gimme_readme_config as environment variables
-const configFilePath = path.join(os.homedir(), '.gimme_readme_config');
-dotenv.config({ path: configFilePath });
+// Option handlers
+import handleConfigOption from './option_handlers/handleConfigOption.js';
+import handleHelpOption from './option_handlers/handleHelpOption.js';
+import handleFilesOption from './option_handlers/handleFilesOption.js';
 
 async function main() {
   const args = process.argv;
@@ -29,91 +16,17 @@ async function main() {
   const options = program.opts();
 
   if (args.length == 2) {
-    console.log(program.help());
-    process.exit(0);
+    handleHelpOption(program);
   }
 
-  // Handle the config option
   if (options.config) {
-    if (!fs.existsSync(configFilePath)) {
-      // Construct the path to env.sample within the gimme_readme project directory
-      const sampleFilePath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../env.sample'); // Adjust the path to point to gimme_readme/env.sample
-
-      let sampleContent;
-
-      try {
-        // Read the env.sample file from the gimme_readme directory
-        sampleContent = fs.readFileSync(sampleFilePath, 'utf-8');
-      } catch (err) {
-        console.error(`Could not find env.sample in the project directory: ${err.message}`);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-
-      // Create a new config file with the sample content
-      fs.writeFileSync(configFilePath, sampleContent);
-      console.log(`Configuration file created at: ${chalk.blue(configFilePath)}`);
-    } else {
-      console.log(`Configuration file located at: ${chalk.blue(configFilePath)}`);
-    }
-
-    console.log(
-      `Please refer to the ${chalk.blue('gimme_readme')} repository for examples on how to configure this file: ${chalk.blue('https://github.com/peterdanwan/gimme_readme')}`
-    );
-
-    process.exit(0);
+    handleConfigOption();
   }
 
-  if (options.file) {
-    const files = options['file'];
-
-    // Let the user specify their own prompt, or use the prompt that we have engineered
-    let prompt = options.prompt || process.env.CUSTOM_PROMPT || defaultPrompt;
-    const model = options.model || process.env.MODEL || 'gemini-1.5-flash';
-    const outputFile = options.outputFile || process.env.OUTPUT_FILE || null; // if no options are being specified, the option woudl be null, which means it will go out to terminal in the console
-    const temperature = options.temperature || process.env.TEMPERATURE || 0.5;
-    const needToken = options.token || false;
-
-    const validFiles = [];
-
-    // Check if files is an array and has at least one entry
-    if (!Array.isArray(files)) {
-      console.log("error: option '-f, --file [files...]' argument missing ");
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
-
-    for (const file of files) {
-      try {
-        const content = getFileContent(file);
-        prompt += content + '\n\n';
-        validFiles.push(file);
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error(error);
-        process.exit(1);
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (validFiles.length > 1) {
-      console.log(chalk.blue('Sending files:'));
-      for (const validFile of validFiles) {
-        console.log(`- ${validFile}`);
-      }
-    } else {
-      console.log(`${chalk.blue('Sending file')}: ${validFiles[0]}`);
-    }
-
-    const spinner = ora(` Waiting for a response from the ${chalk.blue(model)} model...\n`).start();
-
-    try {
-      await promptAI(prompt, model, temperature, outputFile, needToken);
-      spinner.succeed(` Response received from ${chalk.blue(model)} model`);
-    } catch (error) {
-      spinner.fail(` Failed to receive response from ${chalk.red(model)} model`);
-      console.error(error);
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
+  if (options.files) {
+    const files = options['files'];
+    await handleFilesOption(files, options);
   }
-
-  setTimeout(() => process.exit(0), 100);
 }
 
 main();
diff --git a/src/option_handlers/handleConfigOption.js b/src/option_handlers/handleConfigOption.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..832fa1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/option_handlers/handleConfigOption.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// src/option_handlers/handleConfigOption.js
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import os from 'os';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+
+// Function to handle config option
+export default function handleConfigOption() {
+  const configFilePath = path.join(os.homedir(), '.gimme_readme_config');
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(configFilePath)) {
+    // Construct the path to env.sample within the gimme_readme project directory
+    const sampleFilePath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../env.sample');
+
+    let sampleContent;
+    try {
+      sampleContent = fs.readFileSync(sampleFilePath, 'utf-8');
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error(`Could not find env.sample in the project directory: ${err.message}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    // Create a new config file with the sample content
+    fs.writeFileSync(configFilePath, sampleContent);
+    console.log(`Configuration file created at: ${chalk.blue(configFilePath)}`);
+  } else {
+    console.log(`Configuration file located at: ${chalk.blue(configFilePath)}`);
+  }
+
+  console.log(
+    `Please refer to the ${chalk.blue('gimme_readme')} repository for examples on how to configure this file: ${chalk.blue('https://github.com/peterdanwan/gimme_readme')}`
+  );
+
+  process.exit(0);
+}
diff --git a/src/option_handlers/handleFilesOption.js b/src/option_handlers/handleFilesOption.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1bb63f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/option_handlers/handleFilesOption.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// src/option_handlers/handleFilesOption.js
+
+import path from 'path';
+import os from 'os';
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import ora from 'ora';
+
+import getFileContent from '../file_functions/getFileContent.js';
+import promptAI from '../ai.js';
+import defaultPrompt from '../defaultPrompt.js';
+
+// Attempt to load .gimme_readme_config's environment variables
+const configFilePath = path.join(os.homedir(), '.gimme_readme_config');
+dotenv.config({ path: configFilePath });
+
+export default async function handleFilesOption(files, options) {
+  // Let the user specify their own prompt, or use the prompt that we have engineered
+  let prompt = options.prompt || process.env.CUSTOM_PROMPT || defaultPrompt;
+  const model = options.model || process.env.MODEL || 'gemini-1.5-flash';
+  const outputFile = options.outputFile || process.env.OUTPUT_FILE || null; // if no options are being specified, the option would be null, which means it will go out to terminal in the console
+  const temperature = options.temperature || process.env.TEMPERATURE || 0.5;
+  const needToken = options.token || false;
+
+  const validFiles = [];
+
+  // Check if files is an array and has at least one entry
+  if (!Array.isArray(files)) {
+    console.log("error: option '-f, --files [files...]' argument missing ");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  for (const file of files) {
+    try {
+      const content = getFileContent(file);
+      prompt += content + '\n\n';
+      validFiles.push(file);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(error);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (validFiles.length > 1) {
+    console.log(chalk.blue('Sending files:'));
+    for (const validFile of validFiles) {
+      console.log(`- ${validFile}`);
+    }
+  } else {
+    console.log(`${chalk.blue('Sending file')}: ${validFiles[0]}`);
+  }
+
+  const spinner = ora(` Waiting for a response from the ${chalk.blue(model)} model...\n`).start();
+
+  try {
+    await promptAI(prompt, model, temperature, outputFile, needToken);
+    spinner.succeed(` Response received from ${chalk.blue(model)} model`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    spinner.fail(` Failed to receive response from ${chalk.red(model)} model`);
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  process.exit(0);
+}
diff --git a/src/option_handlers/handleHelpOption.js b/src/option_handlers/handleHelpOption.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9517b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/option_handlers/handleHelpOption.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// src/option_handlers/handleHelpOption.js
+
+export default function handleHelpOption(program) {
+  // Implicit exit code of 0
+  program.help();
+}