diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..537a60e78a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+import json
+import os
+import ansible
+
+DEFAULT_HOST_LIST      = '~/.ansible_hosts'
+DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH    = '~/ansible'
+DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME    = 'ping'
+DEFAULT_PATTERN        = '*'
+DEFAULT_FORKS          = 3
+DEFAULT_MODULE_ARGS    = ''
+
+class Cli(object):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    def runner(self):
+        parser = OptionParser()
+        parser.add_option("-H", "--host-list", dest="host_list",
+            help="path to hosts list", default=DEFAULT_HOST_LIST)
+        parser.add_option("-L", "--library", dest="module_path",
+            help="path to module library", default=DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH)
+        parser.add_option("-F", "--forks", dest="forks",
+            help="level of parallelism", default=DEFAULT_FORKS)
+        parser.add_option("-n", "--name", dest="module_name",
+            help="module name to execute", default=DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME)
+        parser.add_option("-a", "--args", dest="module_args",
+            help="module arguments", default=DEFAULT_MODULE_ARGS)
+        parser.add_option("-p", "--pattern", dest="pattern",
+            help="hostname pattern", default=DEFAULT_PATTERN)
+
+        options, args = parser.parse_args()
+        host_list      = self._host_list(options.host_list)
+
+        return ansible.Runner(
+            module_name=options.module_name,
+            module_path=options.module_path,
+            module_args=options.module_args,
+            host_list=host_list,
+            forks=options.forks,
+            pattern=options.pattern,
+        )
+
+    def _host_list(self, host_list):
+        host_list = os.path.expanduser(host_list)
+        return file(host_list).read().split("\n")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    result = Cli().runner().run()
+    print json.dumps(result, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+
+
diff --git a/lib/ansible/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/__init__.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d32d04cd1e3..26f3af508bc
--- a/lib/ansible/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# core
-from optparse import OptionParser
 import fnmatch
 from multiprocessing import Process, Pipe
 from itertools import izip
@@ -9,6 +7,9 @@ import json
 # non-core 
 import paramiko
 
+# TODO -- library should have defaults, not just CLI
+# update Runner constructor below to use
+
 DEFAULT_HOST_LIST      = '~/.ansible_hosts'
 DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH    = '~/ansible'
 DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME    = 'ping'
@@ -35,43 +36,6 @@ class Pooler(object):
         [p.join() for p in proc]
         return [p.recv() for (p,c) in pipe]
 
-class Cli(object):
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        pass
-
-    def runner(self):
-        parser = OptionParser()
-        parser.add_option("-H", "--host-list", dest="host_list",
-            help="path to hosts list", default=DEFAULT_HOST_LIST)
-        parser.add_option("-L", "--library", dest="module_path",
-            help="path to module library", default=DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH)
-        parser.add_option("-F", "--forks", dest="forks",
-            help="level of parallelism", default=DEFAULT_FORKS)
-        parser.add_option("-n", "--name", dest="module_name",
-            help="module name to execute", default=DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME)
-        parser.add_option("-a", "--args", dest="module_args",
-            help="module arguments", default=DEFAULT_MODULE_ARGS)
-        parser.add_option("-p", "--pattern", dest="pattern",
-            help="hostname pattern", default=DEFAULT_PATTERN)
-
-        options, args = parser.parse_args()
-        host_list      = self._host_list(options.host_list)
-
-        return Runner(
-            module_name=options.module_name,
-            module_path=options.module_path,
-            module_args=options.module_args,
-            host_list=host_list, 
-            forks=options.forks,
-            pattern=options.pattern,
-        )
-
-    def _host_list(self, host_list):
-        host_list = os.path.expanduser(host_list)
-        return file(host_list).read().split("\n")
-
-
 class Runner(object):
 
    def __init__(self, host_list=[], module_path=None,
@@ -144,22 +108,18 @@ class Runner(object):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
-    # comamnd line usage example: 
-    
-    result = Cli().runner().run()
-    print json.dumps(result, sort_keys=True, indent=4)   
 
-    # API usage example:
+    # TODO: if host list is string load from file
 
-    #r = Runner(
-    #   host_list = [ '127.0.0.1' ],
-    #   module_path='~/.ansible',
-    #   module_name='ping',
-    #   module_args='',
-    #   pattern='*',
-    #   forks=3
-    #)   
-    #print r.run()
+    r = Runner(
+       host_list = [ '127.0.0.1' ],
+       module_path='~/ansible',
+       module_name='ping',
+       module_args='',
+       pattern='*',
+       forks=3
+    )   
+    print r.run()