diff --git a/movie_list/index.py b/movie_list/index.py
index 040d8d9..166a3a2 100755
--- a/movie_list/index.py
+++ b/movie_list/index.py
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ class MovieList:
         # This collects rating, genres, official name and a hyperlink
         imdb = IMDb()
         save_stdout = sys.stdout
-        sys.stdout = open('trash', 'w')
-        while True:
-            try:
-                query = imdb.search_movie(arg)
-                break
-            except http.client.IncompleteRead:
-                pass
+        with open(os.devnull, 'wb') as sys.stdout:
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    query = imdb.search_movie(arg)
+                    break
+                except http.client.IncompleteRead:
+                    pass
         sys.stdout = save_stdout
 
         movie = query[0]
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ class MovieList:
             self.src = Path(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])) / 'movie_list'
         else:
             self.src = Path(self.src)
+            if not self.src.exists():
+                sys.stderr.write(f'error: input does not exist - {self.src}\n')
+                return False
 
         # Open the movie list & split the columns
         with open(self.src, 'r') as fp_handle:
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ class MovieList:
 
         for thread in self.threads:
             thread.join()
+        return True
 
     def write(self, dst=None):
         """ Write the HTML list to index.html """
@@ -136,9 +140,19 @@ class MovieList:
 
 def main():
     """ Default run """
-    mlist = MovieList()
-    mlist.gen()
-    mlist.write()
+    src = dst = None
+    if len(sys.argv) > 3:
+        sys.stderr.write(f'error: max 2 variables, {len(sys.argv)-1} given!\n')
+        exit(1)
+
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        src = sys.argv[1]
+    if len(sys.argv) == 3:
+        dst = sys.argv[2]
+
+    mlist = MovieList(src=src)
+    if mlist.gen():
+        mlist.write(dst=dst)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":