diff --git a/python/flatten b/python/flatten
index 3fd1b38..0230d02 100755
--- a/python/flatten
+++ b/python/flatten
@@ -1,32 +1,87 @@
-def flatten(data_object, key_name=None):
-    # print('-' * 10)
-    # print(f"data_object = {data_object}, key_name = {key_name}")
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import logging
+
+
+_level = logging.INFO
+_format = "%(asctime)-15s [%(levelname)-8s] %(lineno)d : %(funcName)s : %(message)s"
+logging.basicConfig(format=_format, level=_level)
+logger = logging.getLogger()
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    argp = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+
+    argp.add_argument(
+            '--debug',
+            action='store_true',
+            help="Run in debug mode"
+    )
+
+    argp.add_argument(
+            'json_filename',
+            help="JSON filename to flatten"
+    )
+
+    argp.add_argument(
+            '--output-file', '-o',
+            help="Output filename for results"
+    )
+
+    return argp.parse_args()
+
+
+def flatten(data_object, key_name=None, variable_list=[]):
+    """Will flatten a JSON file by listing the variables in
+    a dot notation.
+
+    Args:
+        data_object: Data as dict, list, string, etc. to parse recursively
+        key_name: String of the key name to pass into in the next call
+        variable_list: List of the generated variables
+
+    Returns:
+        The list of the variables in dot notation.
+    """
 
     if type(data_object) == list:
         for data_line in data_object:
-            # print(f"dl | data_line = {data_line}")
-            # print(f"dl | key_name = {key_name}")
-            # print(f":recursion")
-            flatten(data_line, key_name=key_name)
-            # print(":returned to the stack")
+            flatten(data_line, key_name=key_name, variable_list=variable_list)
     elif type(data_object) == dict:
         for k, v in data_object.items():
-            # print(f"dd | k, v = {k}, {v}")
-            # print(f"dd | key_name = {key_name}")
             key_name = f"{key_name}.{k}" if key_name else k
-            # print(f"dd | key_name.k = {key_name}")
-            # print(f":recursion")
-            flatten(v, key_name=key_name)
+            flatten(v, key_name=key_name, variable_list=variable_list)
 
-            # print(":returned to the stack")
-            # print(f"dd | key_name = {key_name}")
             key_name = ".".join(key_name.split('.')[:-1])
-            # print("...back tracking key_name one level")
     else:
-        print(f"--> {key_name}: {data_object}") if key_name else None
+        variable_list.append(f"{key_name}: {data_object}" if key_name else None)
 
-    # print("<< returning from this run")
-    # print('=' * 10)
+    return variable_list
 
-    return
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    if args.debug:
+        logger.info("Running in debug mode")
+        logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    with open(args.json_filename) as fp:
+        json_file = json.load(fp)
+
+    json_variables = flatten(json_file)
+
+    if args.output_file:
+        with open(args.output_file, 'w') as fp:
+            for variable in json_variables:
+                fp.write(f"{variable}\n")
+    else:
+        for variable in json_variables:
+            print(f"{variable}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()