diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 67182ae..da59f49 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@ input_data(istream& stream, bool prompt)
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     if (argc > 1) {
-        cout << "argc = " << argc << "\n";
-        for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
-            cout << "argv[" << i << "]" << argv[i] << "\n";
+        CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
+        if (curl) {
+            CURLcode res;
+            curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, argv[1]);
+            res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+            if (res != CURLE_OK) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
         return 0;
     }