diff --git a/autoreload.py b/autoreload.py
index b789be08..bd1dcdd9 100755
--- a/autoreload.py
+++ b/autoreload.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Automatically rebuild and restart the application when source files change.
 CONFIG+=dev will be passed to qmake, see mirage.pro.
 The application will be launched with `-name dev`, which sets the first
 part of the WM_CLASS as returned by xprop on Linux.
+Any other arguments will be passed to the app, see `mirage --help`.
 
 Use `pip3 install --user -U requirements-dev.txt` before running this."""
 
diff --git a/src/gui/ArgumentParser.qml b/src/gui/ArgumentParser.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e596991f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/ArgumentParser.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Copyright Mirage authors & contributors <https://github.com/mirukana/mirage>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+pragma Singleton
+import QtQuick 2.12
+
+QtObject {
+
+    property bool startInTray: false
+    property string loadQml: ""
+
+    readonly property string help: `Usage: ${Qt.application.name} [options]
+
+    Options:
+        -t, --start-in-tray  Start in the system tray, without a visible window
+        -l, --load-qml PATH  Override the file to be loaded as src/gui/UI.qml
+        -V, --version        Show the application's version and exit
+        -h, --help           Show this help and exit
+
+    Environment variables:
+        MIRAGE_CONFIG_DIR  Override the default configuration folder
+        MIRAGE_DATA_DIR    Override the default application data folder
+        MIRAGE_CACHE_DIR   Override the default cache and downloads folder
+    `
+
+    readonly property bool ready: {
+        const passedArguments = Qt.application.arguments.slice(1)
+
+        while (passedArguments.length) {
+            switch (passedArguments.shift()) {
+                case "-h":
+                case "--help":
+                    print("\n\n" + help.replace(/^ {4}/gm, ""))
+                    Qt.quit()
+                    break
+
+                case "-v":
+                case "--version":
+                    print(Qt.application.version)
+                    Qt.quit()
+                    break
+
+                case "-t":
+                case "--start-in-tray":
+                    startInTray = true
+                    break
+
+                case "-l":
+                case "--load-qml":
+                    loadQml = passedArguments.shift()
+                    break
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/gui/Window.qml b/src/gui/Window.qml
index 9370d7b4..f96b47c4 100644
--- a/src/gui/Window.qml
+++ b/src/gui/Window.qml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import QtQuick 2.12
 import QtQuick.Controls 2.12
+import "."
 import "Base"
 import "PythonBridge"
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
     minimumHeight: theme ? theme.minimumSupportedHeight : 120
     width: Math.min(screen.width, 1152)
     height: Math.min(screen.height, 768)
-    visible: true
+    visible: ArgumentParser.ready && ! ArgumentParser.startInTray
     color: "transparent"
 
     onClosing: {
@@ -121,7 +122,10 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         anchors.fill: parent
         focus: true
         scale: py.ready ? 1 : 0.5
-        source: py.ready ? (Qt.application.arguments[1] || "UI.qml") : ""
+        source:
+            ArgumentParser.ready && py.ready ?
+            (ArgumentParser.loadQml || "UI.qml") :
+            ""
 
         Behavior on scale { HNumberAnimation { overshoot: 3; factor: 1.2 } }
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/qmldir b/src/gui/qmldir
index c46000b8..cfa35aef 100644
--- a/src/gui/qmldir
+++ b/src/gui/qmldir
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 singleton ModelStore 0.1 ModelStore.qml
+singleton ArgumentParser 0.1 ArgumentParser.qml
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index d9362b76..76360595 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     QQmlContext *objectContext = new QQmlContext(engine.rootContext());
 
     // To able to use Qt.quit() from QML side
-    QObject::connect(&engine, &QQmlEngine::quit, &QApplication::quit);
+    QObject::connect(
+        &engine, &QQmlEngine::quit, &app, &QApplication::quit, Qt::QueuedConnection
+    );
 
     // Set the debugMode properties depending of if we're running in debug mode
     // or not (`qmake CONFIG+=dev ...`, default in autoreload.py)