diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52a0a8f..a7ed9a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 A cli util for creating nostr events
 
-    TODO: support for adding tags from the cli
-
 ## Dependenices
 
 `libsecp256k1` is the only dependency
diff --git a/nostril.c b/nostril.c
index 8db058a..e4ef41a 100644
--- a/nostril.c
+++ b/nostril.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static void make_event_from_args(struct nostr_event *ev, struct args *args)
 {
 	ev->created_at = args->flags & HAS_CREATED_AT? args->created_at : time(NULL);
 	ev->content = args->content;
-	ev->kind = 1;
+	ev->kind = args->flags & HAS_KIND ? args->kind : 1;
 }
 
 static int parse_num(const char *arg, uint64_t *t)
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ static int parse_args(int argc, const char *argv[], struct args *args, struct no
 				args->flags |= HAS_CREATED_AT;
 			}
 		} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--kind")) {
+			arg = *argv++; argc--;
 			if (!parse_num(arg, &n)) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "kind should be a number, got '%s'\n", arg);
 				return 0;