diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6985cf1..196e176 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ Cargo.lock
 
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
+
+
+# Added by cargo
+
+/target
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa6e9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[package]
+name = "wnotify"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+description = "Windows CLI tool for easy, customizable toast notifications."
+
+[dependencies]
+seahorse = "2.2"
+
+[dependencies.windows]
+version = "0.52.0"
+features = ["Win32_UI_Shell", "Data_Xml_Dom", "UI_Notifications"]
+
+[profile.release]
+strip = true
+opt-level = "z"
+lto = true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index faa7709..bb06bb7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 # windows-notify
 Windows CLI tool for easy, customizable toast notifications.
+
+## Usage
+
+```sh
+$ wnotify.exe hello world
+```
+
+![sample](./docs/sample_notify.png)
diff --git a/docs/sample_notify.png b/docs/sample_notify.png
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..331043e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+mod toast;
+
+use seahorse::{ActionError, ActionResult, App, Context, Flag, FlagType};
+
+use std::env;
+use std::process::exit;
+
+fn main() {
+    let args = env::args().collect::<Vec<String>>();
+
+    let app = App::new(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
+        .version(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))
+        .usage(format!("{} <text> [<text>]", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME")))
+        .flag(
+            Flag::new("app-id", FlagType::String)
+                .description("The App ID to use for the notification")
+                .alias("a"),
+        )
+        .action_with_result(do_action);
+
+    match app.run_with_result(args) {
+        Ok(_) => {}
+        Err(ActionError { message }) => {
+            eprintln!("Error: {}", message);
+            exit(1)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn do_action(c: &Context) -> ActionResult {
+    if c.args.is_empty() {
+        return Err(ActionError {
+            message: "No arguments provided".to_string(),
+        });
+    }
+
+    let app_id = if let Ok(app_id) = c.string_flag("app-id") {
+        app_id
+    } else {
+        "wnotify".to_string()
+    };
+
+    let text1 = &c.args[0];
+    let text2 = c.args.get(1).map(|s| s.as_str());
+
+    let toast = toast::Toast::new(&app_id, text1, text2);
+    toast.notify();
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/toast.rs b/src/toast.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6519cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/toast.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use windows::{
+    core::HSTRING,
+    Data::Xml::Dom::XmlDocument,
+    UI::Notifications::{ToastNotification, ToastNotificationManager},
+};
+
+pub struct Toast {
+    app_id: String,
+    text1: String,
+    text2: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Toast {
+    pub fn new(app_id: &str, text1: &str, text2: Option<&str>) -> Toast {
+        Toast {
+            app_id: app_id.to_string(),
+            text1: text1.to_string(),
+            text2: text2.map(|s| s.to_string()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn notify(&self) {
+        let toast_xml = format!(
+            r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+        <toast activationType="protocol" launch="{}">
+            <visual>
+                <binding template="ToastGeneric">
+                    <text>{}</text>
+                </binding>
+            </visual>
+        </toast>"#,
+            self.app_id, self.text1
+        );
+
+        let xml = XmlDocument::new().unwrap();
+        xml.LoadXml(&HSTRING::from(toast_xml)).unwrap();
+
+        if let Some(text2) = &self.text2 {
+            let text = xml.CreateElement(&HSTRING::from("text")).unwrap();
+            text.SetInnerText(&HSTRING::from(text2)).unwrap();
+            xml.SelectSingleNode(&HSTRING::from("/toast/visual/binding"))
+                .unwrap()
+                .AppendChild(&text)
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+        let template = ToastNotification::CreateToastNotification(&xml).unwrap();
+
+        let notifier =
+            ToastNotificationManager::CreateToastNotifierWithId(&HSTRING::from(&self.app_id))
+                .unwrap();
+        notifier.Show(&template).unwrap();
+    }
+}