diff --git a/archive_updater.py b/archive_updater.py
index e879f04..8839c00 100644
--- a/archive_updater.py
+++ b/archive_updater.py
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ def parser():
         ,default=argparse.SUPPRESS)
     parser.add_argument("-md", help="format",action='store_true'
         ,default=argparse.SUPPRESS)   
+    parser.add_argument("-i", help="for a command line download input",
+        type=str, default=argparse.SUPPRESS)  
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     print(args)
@@ -107,8 +109,12 @@ def parser():
             regex=args.r
 
         if(args.mode==downloadInput):
-            print("downloading")
-            download(keep_text_format)
+            if hasattr(args, 'i'):
+                print(args.i)
+                download_cli(args.i)
+            else: 
+                print("downloading")
+                download(keep_text_format)
             
         elif(args.mode==updateInput):
             archiveUpdate(findNovel(regex),keep_text_format)
diff --git a/src/main_functions.py b/src/main_functions.py
index 9df074b..34a3240 100644
--- a/src/main_functions.py
+++ b/src/main_functions.py
@@ -172,6 +172,48 @@ def download(keep_text_format=False):
         novel.processNovel()
 
 
+def download_cli(userInput:str):
+    novel_info = userInput.strip().split(';')
+    if(len(novel_info)<2):
+        novel_info.append('')
+    
+    novel=Novel(novel_info[0],novel_info[1])
+    novel=novel.updateObject()
+    if(novel==0):
+        return
+    #detect if the novel has already been downloaded
+    match=findNovel(novel.code)
+    if (len(match)>0):
+        print(match[0][:25]+'... \t folder already exists')
+        return
+
+    dir=''
+    if (name==''):
+        name=novel.getNovelTitle()
+    
+    name=checkFileName(name)
+    print(name)
+    dir='./novel_list/'+novel.code+' '+name
+    dir = checkFilePathLength(dir)
+    
+    if novel.code+' '+name not in match:
+        try :
+            os.mkdir('%s'%dir)
+        except FileExistsError:
+            print("the folder already exists")
+            return
+    else:
+        print(novel.code+' '+name+' folder already imported, update to fetch updates')
+        return
+
+    print("dir=  "+dir)
+    
+    #dir='./novel_list/'+code+' '+name
+    novel.setDir(dir)
+    novel.setLastChapter(0)
+    novel.processNovel()
+
+
 def getFolderStatus():
     """register as csv every folder name and the number of chapter"""
     dir='./novel_list'
diff --git a/src/tests/tests.py b/src/tests/tests.py
index e75e37a..8374e01 100644
--- a/src/tests/tests.py
+++ b/src/tests/tests.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 
 class TestMainFunctions(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def init(self):
+        os.mkdir('novel_list')
+
     def test_find(self):
         self.assertTrue(len(findNovel("")) ==
                         len(os.listdir('novel_list')))