diff --git a/bin/cfg b/bin/cfg
index d4ffaab..d266cfa 100755
--- a/bin/cfg
+++ b/bin/cfg
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ foreach ($autoloadFiles as $autoloadFile) {
 	}
 }
 
-$version = '0.1 beta';
+$version = '0.2';
 
 $actions = [ 'show', 'write', 'help' ];
 $settings = ['key' => '', 'value' => ''];
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ $collection = (new Input\InputCollection())
 		->description('Path to a json file to to write to')
 	) // }}}
 
+	->add( Input\InputTypeFactory::build('LongOption')->name('mode')->short('m') // {{{
+		->flags(AbstractInputType::FLAG_OPTIONAL | Input\AbstractInputType::FLAG_VALUE_REQUIRED)
+		->description('Set a mode')
+	) // }}}
+
 	->add( Input\InputTypeFactory::build('LongOption')->name('appPath')->short('a') // {{{
 		->flags(AbstractInputType::FLAG_OPTIONAL | Input\AbstractInputType::FLAG_VALUE_REQUIRED)
 		->description('Path where the config/ directory for the conf files is located, defaults to the working dir')
@@ -185,14 +190,20 @@ foreach(new RecursiveIteratorIterator($it) as $file)
 	}
 }
  */
-$cfg = (new Settings())->appPath($appPath)->prefix($prefix);
+$mode = ($argv->find('mode') == '') ? null : $argv->find('mode');
+$cfg = (new Settings([], $mode))->appPath($appPath)->prefix($prefix);
 if ($pkgPath = $argv->find('pkgPath')) $cfg->pkgPath($pkgPath);
 
-if (is_readable($cfg->buildFileName('default'))) {
-	$cfg->load();
-}
-elseif (is_readable($cfgFile = $cfg->buildFileName())) {
-	$cfg->load(require($cfgFile));
+try {
+	if (is_readable($cfg->buildFileName('default'))) {
+		$cfg->load();
+	}
+	elseif (is_readable($cfgFile = $cfg->buildFileName())) {
+		$cfg->load(require($cfgFile));
+	}
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+	echo "Error: ".$e->getMessage()."\n";
+	exit(1);
 }
 //var_dump($cfg);
 
diff --git a/src/Settings.php b/src/Settings.php
index be1c780..d248051 100644
--- a/src/Settings.php
+++ b/src/Settings.php
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ class Settings implements \Iterator
 
 	// addModes() {{{
 	/** {{{
+	 * Adds modes to the default modes programmatically.
+	 * Modes can and should be configured in the default configurration File
+	 * @param Array $modes an array with the modes to add. 'index' => 'prefix'
 	 *///}}}
 	public function addModes( array $modes )
 	{
@@ -143,6 +146,7 @@ class Settings implements \Iterator
 	//			throw new FileNotFoundException();
 			}
 			
+			// add modes from the drfault config file (no modes from other files are added)
 			if (isset($this->settings['modes'])) {
 				$this->addModes($this->settings['modes']);
 			}
@@ -152,12 +156,11 @@ class Settings implements \Iterator
 			$localConf = false;
 			if (file_exists($conf)) $localConf = require($conf);
 	
-			if (! isset($this->mode))
-			{	// if a localConf Mode is set use it, or take the default conf mode
+			// if a mode was set in the constructor do not overwrite it
+			if (! isset($this->mode)) {
+				// if a localConf Mode is set use it, or take the default conf mode
 				$this->mode = (isset($localConf['mode'])) ? $localConf['mode'] : $this->settings['mode'];
-			}
-			else
-			{
+			} else {
 				$this->settings['mode'] = $this->mode;
 			}
 	
@@ -340,7 +343,6 @@ class Settings implements \Iterator
 	}
 	// }}}
 	
-	
 }
 
 /* jEdit buffer local properties {{{