diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 814d3b0..b18124c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,3 +9,16 @@
 This is a university assignment for which I aim to create an LZW algorithm implementation to create a small tool similar to `gzip` and `gunzip` that can compress and uncompress files in a lossless fashion.
 
 This project is written is C++17, compiled with clang under a UNIX environment. Other compilers and environments will not be tested.
+
+## How to use it
+
+Currently, five different options are available to the user:
+- `-h` or `--help` will show how to use `projet_lzw`
+- `-c` or `--compress` tells `projet_lzw` to compress the input file
+- `-u` or `--uncompress` tells `projet_lzw` to uncompress the input file
+- `-i <file>` or `--input <file path>` specifies the input file to be compressed or uncompressed (**MANDATORY**)
+- `-o <file>` or `--output <file path>` specifies the name of the output file. If not used, the default output name for compression is `output.lzw`, and the default name for uncompressing is `<filename>_uncompressed`.
+
+By default, `projet_lzw` will uncompress the (mandatory) input file.
+
+It is planned to add in the future a sixth option, `-p` or `--passes` that will allow to compress multiple times the input file.
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 9c6d5db..35ae4a4 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void help() {
 }
 
 std::tuple<string, string, bool> process_args(int t_argc, char *t_argv[]) {
-  auto ret = std::make_tuple(string{}, string{}, false);
+  auto ret = std::make_tuple(string{}, string{}, true);
   while (true) {
     int option_index = 0;
     static struct option long_options[] = {