diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc277db..7c8b718 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,19 +23,20 @@ an easy to train html templating system
 ## cli
 
 ```
-usage: puppygirl build [-h] [-p] INPUT OUTPUT
+usage: puppygirl build [-h] [-p] [-r {client,server}] INPUT OUTPUT
 
 positional arguments:
   INPUT
   OUTPUT
 
 options:
-  -h, --help    show this help message and exit
+  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
   -p, --pretty
+  -r, --renderer {client,server}
 ```
 
 ```
-$ puppygirl build --pretty index.html dist/index.html
+$ puppygirl build --pretty --renderer server index.html dist/index.html
 ```
 
 ## programmatically
diff --git a/puppygirl/__main__.py b/puppygirl/__main__.py
index ec8690d..98d5b59 100644
--- a/puppygirl/__main__.py
+++ b/puppygirl/__main__.py
@@ -12,11 +12,18 @@ build = subparsers.add_parser("build", add_help=True)
 build.add_argument("input", metavar="INPUT")
 build.add_argument("output", metavar="OUTPUT")
 build.add_argument("-p", "--pretty", action="store_true")
+build.add_argument("-r", "--renderer", choices=["client", "server"], default="server")
 
 def main():
   args = parser.parse_args()
 
-  pg = Puppygirl(renderer=ClientSideRenderer(), elements=[PuppygirlDomme])
+  match args.renderer:
+    case "client":
+      renderer = ClientSideRenderer()
+    case _:
+      renderer = ServerSideRenderer()
+
+  pg = Puppygirl(renderer=renderer, elements=[PuppygirlDomme])
   html = pg.fetch(args.input)
 
   if args.pretty: