diff --git a/commandline.js b/commandline.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6e41526..a3c20c4
--- a/commandline.js
+++ b/commandline.js
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 var fs = require('fs');
+var gather = require('gather-stream');
 var convert = require('./');
 
 var fileName = process.argv[2];
 
-if (!fileName) {
-    throw new Error('supply input HTML file as first argument');
-}
+var stream = fileName ?
+  fs.createReadStream(fileName) :
+  process.stdin;
 
-process.stdout.write(convert(fs.readFileSync(fileName)));
-process.stdout.write("\n");
+stream.pipe( gather(function(err, buffer) {
+  if (err) console.error(error);
+  else if (!buffer.length) {
+    console.log('supply input HTML as first argument or stdin');
+  }
+  else {
+    process.stdout.write( convert(buffer) );
+    process.stdout.write('\n');
+  }
+}));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95ac353..648897e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   "author": "Nick Matantsev <nick.m@myplanet.io>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
+    "gather-stream": "^1.0.0",
     "htmlparser2": "~3.8.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {