diff --git a/pomodoroprompt.py b/pomodoroprompt.py
index 1cec777..ddb370b 100644
--- a/pomodoroprompt.py
+++ b/pomodoroprompt.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SHORT_MIN = 5  # Minutes for a short break
 LONG_MIN = 15  # Minutes for a long break (NOT YET IMPLEMENTED)
 INTERRUPTED_MIN = 1 # Minimum minutes to ask to record an interrupted Pomodoro
 QUIET = True
+GUI = True
 
 def pomodoro_prompt_plan(whatdid = ''):
     """ Ask about what task will be worked on (showing last thing worked on)
@@ -22,7 +23,11 @@ def pomodoro_prompt_plan(whatdid = ''):
     text = "What're you gonna do?"
     # NOTE: If we can do system notifications that when clicked will focus the terminal
     # running pomodoro prompt, that might be even better than the pop-up GUI text entry.
-    whatnext = prompt_window.prompt(prompt=text, task=whatdid)
+    if GUI:
+        whatnext = prompt_window.prompt(prompt=text, task=whatdid)
+    else:
+        print(f'\n{text}')
+        whatnext = (input(f'({whatdid}): ' if whatdid else '').strip() or whatdid)
     # Pressing cancel returns None, but we want to just treat it as an empty string.
     if whatnext is None:
         whatnext = ''
@@ -32,7 +37,11 @@ def pomodoro_prompt_report(whatnext):
     """ Ask what task was completed, showing the last task claimed to be being worked on
     """
     text = "What'd you do?"
-    whatdid = prompt_window.prompt(prompt=text, task=whatnext)
+    if GUI:
+        whatdid = prompt_window.prompt(prompt=text, task=whatnext)
+    else:
+        print(f'\n{text}')
+        whatdid  = (input(f'({whatnext}): ' if whatnext else '').strip() or whatnext)
     # Pressing cancel returns None, but we want to just treat it as an empty string.
     if whatdid is None:
         whatdid = ''
@@ -107,8 +116,22 @@ def prepare_file(utc_start, ext='csv', daily=False):
     timelog_path += '.' + ext
     return timelog_path
 
+def bing():
+    if GUI:
+        from playsound import playsound
+        playsound('res/timesup.aac')
+    else:
+        sys.stdout.write('\a')
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
 def main():
     whatdid = ''
+    global GUI, QUIET
+    if "--no-gui" in sys.argv:
+        GUI = False
+    if "--noisy" in sys.argv:
+        QUIET = False
+
     while True:
         whatnext = pomodoro_prompt_plan(whatdid)
 
@@ -119,8 +142,7 @@ def main():
             print('Working on: ' + whatnext)
             countdown_to(end)
             if not QUIET:
-                from playsound import playsound
-                playsound('res/timesup.aac')
+                bing()
             whatdid = pomodoro_prompt_report(whatnext)
             record_task(whatnext, whatdid, start)
             log_step('Completed pomodoro: ' + whatdid, start, True)
@@ -132,7 +154,7 @@ def main():
             end = datetime.now(pytz.utc) + timedelta(minutes=SHORT_MIN)
             countdown_to(end)
             if not QUIET:
-                playsound('res/timesup.aac')
+                bing()
             continue
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             if start is None: