diff --git a/agogosml_cli/cli/templates/apps/simple/{{cookiecutter.PROJECT_NAME_SLUG}}/main.py b/agogosml_cli/cli/templates/apps/simple/{{cookiecutter.PROJECT_NAME_SLUG}}/main.py
index 10eaf735..1c8b4e72 100644
--- a/agogosml_cli/cli/templates/apps/simple/{{cookiecutter.PROJECT_NAME_SLUG}}/main.py
+++ b/agogosml_cli/cli/templates/apps/simple/{{cookiecutter.PROJECT_NAME_SLUG}}/main.py
@@ -10,21 +10,13 @@
 
 import datahelper
 
-# HOST & PORT are the values used to run the current application
-HOST = os.getenv("HOST")
-PORT = os.getenv("PORT")
-
-# OUTPUT_URL is the url which receives all the output messages after they are processed by the app
-OUTPUT_URL = os.getenv("OUTPUT_URL")
-
-# Filepath for the JSON schema which represents
-# the schema for the expected input messages to the app
-SCHEMA_FILEPATH = os.getenv("SCHEMA_FILEPATH")
-
 
 class Socket(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     """Handles HTTP requests that come to the server."""
 
+    schema_filepath = ''
+    output_url = ''
+
     def _set_headers(self):
         """Sets common headers when returning an OK HTTPStatus. """
         self.send_response(200)
@@ -45,7 +37,7 @@ def do_POST(self):
         data = data.decode("utf-8")
 
         try:
-            datahelper.validate_schema(data, SCHEMA_FILEPATH)
+            datahelper.validate_schema(data, self.schema_filepath)
         except BaseException:
             self.send_error(
                 400, 'Incorrect data format. Please check JSON schema.')
@@ -54,7 +46,7 @@ def do_POST(self):
 
         try:
             transformed_data = datahelper.transform(data)
-            output_message(transformed_data)
+            self.__output_message(transformed_data)
             self._set_headers()
             self.wfile.write(bytes("Data successfully consumed", 'utf8'))
         except BaseException:
@@ -62,33 +54,54 @@ def do_POST(self):
             logging.error('Error when sending output message')
             raise
 
+    def __output_message(self, data: object):
+        """Outputs the transformed payload to the specified HTTP endpoint
 
-def output_message(data: object):
-    """Outputs the transformed payload to the specified HTTP endpoint
-
-    Args:
-      data: transformed json object to send to output writer
-    """
-    request = requests.post(OUTPUT_URL, data=json.dumps(data))
-    if request.status_code != 200:
+        Args:
+          data: transformed json object to send to output writer
+        """
+        request = requests.post(self.output_url, data=json.dumps(data))
+        if request.status_code != 200:
 
-        logging.error("Error with a request %s and message not sent was %s",
-                      request.status_code, data)
-    else:
-        logging.info("%s Response received from output writer",
-                     request.status_code)
+            logging.error("Error with a request %s and message not sent was %s",
+                          request.status_code, data)
+        else:
+            logging.info("%s Response received from output writer",
+                         request.status_code)
 
 
-def run(server_class=HTTPServer, handler_class=Socket):
+def run(args, server_class=HTTPServer, handler_class=Socket):
     """Run the server on specified host and port, using our
     custom Socket class to receive and process requests.
     """
-
-    server_address = (HOST, int(PORT))
+    server_address = (args.host, int(args.port))
+    handler_class.output_url = args.output_url
+    handler_class.schema_filepath = args.schema_filepath
     httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class)
     logging.info('Running server on host ${HOST} and port ${PORT}')
     httpd.serve_forever()
 
 
+def cli():
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+
+    # HOST & PORT are the values used to run the current application
+    parser.add_argument('--host', default=os.getenv('HOST'))
+    parser.add_argument('--port', default=os.getenv('PORT'))
+
+    # OUTPUT_URL is the url which receives all the output messages after they are processed by the app
+    parser.add_argument('--output_url', default=os.getenv('OUTPUT_URL'))
+
+    # Filepath for the JSON schema which represents
+    # the schema for the expected input messages to the app
+    parser.add_argument('--schema_filepath', default=os.getenv('SCHEMA_FILEPATH'))
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    run(args)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    run()
+    cli()