diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7f48f63d..1671167a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3558,7 +3558,7 @@
     },
     "is-obj": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-obj/-/is-obj-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/is-obj/-/is-obj-1.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-PkcprB9f3gJc19g6iW2rn09n2w8=",
       "dev": true
     },
@@ -5787,7 +5787,7 @@
     },
     "through": {
       "version": "2.3.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/through/-/through-2.3.8.tgz",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/through/-/through-2.3.8.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-DdTJ/6q8NXlgsbckEV1+Doai4fU=",
       "dev": true
     },
diff --git a/packages/alsatian/cli/alsatian-cli-options.ts b/packages/alsatian/cli/alsatian-cli-options.ts
index c6933e61..2cc93b38 100644
--- a/packages/alsatian/cli/alsatian-cli-options.ts
+++ b/packages/alsatian/cli/alsatian-cli-options.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { InvalidArgumentNamesError } from "./errors/invalid-argument-names-error
 import { InvalidTimeoutValueError } from "./errors/invalid-timeout-value-error";
 import { MissingArgumentValueError } from "./errors/missing-argument-value-error";
 import { Unused } from "../core/unused";
-import { removeItemByIndex } from "../core/utils/remove-item-by-index";
 
 export class AlsatianCliOptions {
 	public readonly fileGlobs: Array<string>;
@@ -32,8 +31,11 @@ export class AlsatianCliOptions {
 		const f = this.extractHideProgress(e.args);
 		this.hideProgress = f.value;
 
-		if (f.args.length > 0) {
-			throw new InvalidArgumentNamesError(f.args);
+		const t = this.extractTranspileOnly(f.args);
+		const p = this.extractProject(t.args);
+
+		if (p.args.length > 0) {
+			throw new InvalidArgumentNamesError(p.args);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -129,10 +131,31 @@ export class AlsatianCliOptions {
 		);
 	}
 
+	private extractTranspileOnly(args) {
+		const transpileOnly = this.extractArgumentFromList(args, "transpile-only", "t");
+
+		if (transpileOnly.value) {
+			process.env.TS_NODE_TRANSPILE_ONLY = "true";
+		}
+
+		return transpileOnly;
+	}
+
+	private extractProject(args) {
+		const project = this.extractArgumentFromList(args, "project", "p", true);
+
+		if (project.value) {
+			process.env.TS_NODE_PROJECT = project.value;
+		}
+
+		return project;
+	}
+
 	private extractArgumentFromList(
 		args: Array<string>,
 		argumentName: string,
-		argumentShorthand?: string
+		argumentShorthand?: string,
+		hasValue: boolean = false
 	) {
 		const argumentIndex = this.getArgumentIndexFromArgumentList(
 			args,
@@ -140,14 +163,20 @@ export class AlsatianCliOptions {
 			argumentShorthand
 		);
 
+		let value: any = argumentIndex !== -1;
+
+		if (hasValue && value) {
+			value = args[argumentIndex + 1];
+		}
+
 		// filter out the tap argument and return the other args
-		args = args.filter((value, index) => {
-			Unused(value);
+		args = args.filter((_, index) => {
+			Unused(_);
 			return index !== argumentIndex;
 		});
 
 		return {
-			value: argumentIndex !== -1,
+			value,
 			args
 		};
 	}
diff --git a/packages/alsatian/cli/alsatian-cli.ts b/packages/alsatian/cli/alsatian-cli.ts
index 1878320b..44a646d9 100644
--- a/packages/alsatian/cli/alsatian-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/alsatian/cli/alsatian-cli.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env node
-import "ts-node/register/transpile-only";
 
 import { AlsatianCliOptions } from "./alsatian-cli-options";
 import { CliTestRunner } from "./cli-test-runner";
@@ -7,6 +6,9 @@ import { CliTestRunner } from "./cli-test-runner";
 // get all arguments from the user
 const userArguments = new AlsatianCliOptions(process.argv.slice(2));
 
+// import ts-node/register after retrieving arguments in case --project specified
+import "ts-node/register";
+
 // run the test set
 const cliTestRunner = CliTestRunner.create();
 cliTestRunner.run(userArguments);
diff --git a/packages/alsatian/test/integration-tests/cli/runner.ts b/packages/alsatian/test/integration-tests/cli/runner.ts
index 9b937df5..8b0c35cc 100644
--- a/packages/alsatian/test/integration-tests/cli/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/alsatian/test/integration-tests/cli/runner.ts
@@ -69,4 +69,30 @@ export class CliIntegrationTests {
 			});
 		});
 	}
+
+	public shouldWorkWithSpecifiedTsConfig() {
+		const result = child.exec(
+			`alsatian` +
+				`./dist/test/integration-tests/test-sets/expectations/to-be.spec.js` +
+				` --tap` +
+				` --project ./dist/test/tsconfig.json`
+		);
+
+		let consoleOutput = "";
+
+		result.stdout.on("data", (data: string) => (consoleOutput += data));
+		result.stderr.on("data", (data: string) => (consoleOutput += data));
+
+		const expectedOutput = FileSystem.readFileSync(
+			`./test/integration-tests/expected-output/` +
+				`expectations/to-be.txt`
+		).toString();
+
+		return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+			result.on("close", (code: number) => {
+				Expect(consoleOutput).toBe(expectedOutput.replace(/\r/g, ""));
+				resolve();
+			});
+		});
+	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/tap-bark/src/tap-bark.tsx b/packages/tap-bark/src/tap-bark.tsx
index bfae8006..334c212a 100644
--- a/packages/tap-bark/src/tap-bark.tsx
+++ b/packages/tap-bark/src/tap-bark.tsx
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@ import { render } from "ink";
 import { TapBarkRoot } from "./components/tap-bark-root";
 
 export class TapBark {
-    
-    public static readonly tapParser = new Parser();
+	public static readonly tapParser = new Parser();
 
-    public static create(showProgress: boolean = true) {
-        const tapBarkOutput = <TapBarkRoot showProgress={showProgress} />;
-        render(tapBarkOutput);
-        
-        return {
-            getPipeable: () => duplexer(TapBark.tapParser, through())
-        };
-    }
+	public static create(showProgress: boolean = true) {
+		const tapBarkOutput = <TapBarkRoot showProgress={showProgress} />;
+		render(tapBarkOutput);
+
+		return {
+			getPipeable: () => duplexer(TapBark.tapParser, through())
+		};
+	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/tap-bark/test/unit-tests/index.test.ts b/packages/tap-bark/test/unit-tests/index.test.ts
index e51684f5..ba8ac7df 100644
--- a/packages/tap-bark/test/unit-tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tap-bark/test/unit-tests/index.test.ts
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@ export default class IndexTests {
 
 		Expect(chainedPipe.pipe).toHaveBeenCalledWith(process.stdout);
 	}
+
+	@Teardown
+	private _restoreTapBarkCreate() {
+		(TapBark.create as any).restore();
+	}
 }