diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 7f4d72e..541feb7 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
         "stack": "cpp",
         "numeric": "cpp",
         "array": "cpp",
-        "map": "cpp"
+        "map": "cpp",
+        "list": "cpp",
+        "sstream": "cpp"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bfd8e8..faccaab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@ execute_process(COMMAND bash ./scripts/setup-include.sh)
 make_directory(bin)
 include_directories(include/)
 
+# fetch latest argparse
+include(FetchContent)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+    argparse
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/p-ranav/argparse.git
+)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(argparse)
+
 add_executable(pop-simple pop-simple.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(pop-simple argparse)
 # add_executable(./bin/fixed-simple fixed-simple.cpp)
 # add_executable(./bin/wealth-flow wealth-flow.cpp)
 
diff --git a/pop-simple.cpp b/pop-simple.cpp
index de05068..41dc08e 100644
--- a/pop-simple.cpp
+++ b/pop-simple.cpp
@@ -7,17 +7,21 @@
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <algorithm>
+
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
 #include "econ.hpp"
 #include "io.hpp"
 #include "util.hpp"
 
-std::map<std::string, std::string> config;
+// std::map<std::string, std::string> config;
+argparse::ArgumentParser program("pop-simple");
 
-#define c(a) config[a]
-#define ci(a) std::stoi(config[a])
-#define cf(a) std::stof(config[a])
+#define arg(a) program[a]
+#define iarg(a) std::stoi(program[a])
+#define farg(a) std::stof(program[a])
 
-#define csets(k, v) config[k] = v
+#define cset(k, v) config[k] = v
 #define csetn(k, v) config[k] = std::to_string(v);
 
 std::vector<int> ages;
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ void kill_inheritance(int id) {
 void age_all(estate_mode mode) {
     for (int i = 0; i < ages.size(); i++) {
         ages.at(i) += 1;
-        if (ages.at(i) > ci("MAX_AGE")) {
+        if (ages.at(i) > iarg("MAX_AGE")) {
             switch (mode) {
                 case INHERITANCE:
                     kill_inheritance(i);
@@ -86,8 +90,8 @@ void age_all(estate_mode mode) {
 
 int logistic_population_func(int year) {
     // https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Logistic_function
-    return ci("N_o") + (ci("N_f") - ci("N_o")) / 
-        (1 + exp(-cf("GROWTH_RATE") * (year - ci("DURATION")/2)));
+    return iarg("N_o") + (iarg("N_f") - iarg("N_o")) / 
+        (1 + exp(-farg("GROWTH_RATE") * (year - ci("DURATION")/2)));
 }
 
 void adjust_population(int year) {
@@ -95,16 +99,31 @@ void adjust_population(int year) {
     if (diff > 0) {
         for (int i = 0; i < diff; i++) {
             ages.push_back(1);
-            balances.push_back(ci("STARTING_BALANCE_NEW"));
+            balances.push_back(iarg("STARTING_BALANCE_NEW"));
         }
     }
 }
 
-int main() {
-    // set config - make configurable with params later
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    // set config via cli args
+    program.add_argument("estate", "-e")
+        .help("Estate distribution mode (redistribute, inheritance)")
+        .default_value(INHERITANCE);
+
+    program.add_argument("time", "-t")
+        .help("Duration in years of simulation.")
+        .default_value(1000);
+
+    try {
+        program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+    }
+    catch (const std::runtime_error& err) {
+        std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << program;
+        std::exit(1);
+    }
 
     // model params
-    csetn("DURATION", 1000);
     csetn("MAX_AGE", 81);
     csetn("INIT_BALANCE_EACH", 5000);
     csetn("STARTING_BALANCE_NEW", 1000); // effectively inflation rate
@@ -158,7 +177,16 @@ int main() {
     }
 
     // std::sort(balances.begin(), balances.end(), std::greater<int>());
-    dump_balances_and_ages_csv(balances, ages, "pop-balances-out");
+    std::string ext;
+    switch (emode) {
+        case EVEN_REDIST:
+            ext = "even";
+            break;
+        case INHERITANCE:
+            ext = "inheritance";
+            break;
+    }
+    dump_balances_and_ages_csv(balances, ages, "pop-simple-results-"+ext);
     std::cout << "Finished with " << balances.size() << " balances\n";
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/scripts/setup-include.sh b/scripts/setup-include.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index a30f9b9..0000000
--- a/scripts/setup-include.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ ! -f include/argparse/argparse.hpp ]; then
-mkdir -p include/argparse
-curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/p-ranav/argparse/997da9255618311d1fcb0135ce86022729d1f1cb/include/argparse/argparse.hpp \
-    -o include/argparse/argparse.hpp
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/visualize-pop-results.py b/scripts/visualize-pop-results.py
index 0c7f60b..5bd0143 100644
--- a/scripts/visualize-pop-results.py
+++ b/scripts/visualize-pop-results.py
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 import pandas as pd
 
-with open("../pop-balances-out.csv", "r") as file:
-    results = pd.read_csv(file)
+with open("../pop-balances-out-inheritance.csv", "r") as file:
+    pop_inheritance_results = pd.read_csv(file)
 
-# balance avg
-plt.hist(results.loc[:,"Balance"].sort_values(), bins=30)
+plt.hist(pop_inheritance_results.loc[:,"Balance"].sort_values(), bins=30)
+plt.title("Wealth distribution (Inheritance)")
+plt.xlabel("dollarydoos")
+plt.ylabel("participants")
+plt.show()
+
+with open("../pop-balances-out-redist.csv", "r") as file:
+    pop_redist_results = pd.read_csv(file)
+
+plt.hist(pop_redist_results.loc[:,"Balance"].sort_values(), bins=30)
+plt.title("Wealth distribution (")
+plt.xlabel("dollarydoos")
+plt.ylabel("participants")
 plt.show()