diff --git a/bin/html-purify.js b/bin/html-purify.js
index 22babea..caa6468 100755
--- a/bin/html-purify.js
+++ b/bin/html-purify.js
@@ -8,65 +8,65 @@ See the accompanying LICENSE file for terms.
 /*
 This utility prints out sanitized html content
 */
-var Debug = require("debug"),
-    progname = 'HTML-Purifier';
-var Purifier = require('../src/html-purify');
-
-Debug.enable(progname);
+var Purifier = require('../src/html-purify'),
+    Benchmark = require('benchmark');
 
 (function() {
     var fs = require('fs'),
-    file,
-    lineByLine = 0,
-    noofargs = 0;
+        file,
+        benchmark = false,
+        argv = process.argv;
+
+    // pick up the parameters
+    switch (argv.length) {
+        case 4:
+            benchmark = argv[3] === '--benchmark';
+        case 3: 
+            file = argv[2];
+        break;
+        default:
+            console.log("Usage: html-purifier <html_filepath> [--benchmark]");
+            process.exit(1);
+            return;
+    }
 
-    process.argv.forEach(function(val, index) {
-        ++noofargs;
-        if (index === 2) {
-            file = val;
+    // read the given file path for processing
+    fs.readFile(file, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
+        if (err) {
+            throw err;
         }
-	if (index === 3) {
-            if (val === "-l") {
-	        lineByLine = 1;
-	    }
-	}
-    });
 
-    if (noofargs >= 3) {
-        if (fs.existsSync(file)) {
-            var data = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
-	    	var i;
-	    	var output = '';
-	    	if (lineByLine) {
-	        	// reading and processing line by line
-	        	var data2 = data.split(/\n/);
-	        	for (i = 0; i < data2.length; i++) {
-		    		if (data2[i].length !== 0) {
-	                	output = (new Purifier()).purify(data2[i]);
-		        		console.log("*****");
-	                	console.log("input  ==> " + data2[i]);
-	                	console.log("output ==> " + output);
-		    		}
-				}
+        // print the processed file
+        if (!benchmark) {
+            console.log((new Purifier()).purify(data));
+            return;
+        }
 
-	    	} else {
-				var start = +new Date();
-				output = (new Purifier()).purify(data);
-	    		/*for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
-	        		output = (new Purifier()).purify(data);
-	    		}*/	
-				var end = +new Date();
-	    		console.log(output);
-				//console.log("html-purify runs at a speed of " + 10/((end - start)/1000) + " MB per seconds [" + (end-start)/10/1000 + " second per MB].");
-	    	}
-	    process.exit(0);
-	} else {
-		console.log("[ERROR] "+file+" not exist");
-		process.exit(1);
-	}
-    } else {
-	    console.log("Usage: html-purify <any html file>");
-	    process.exit(1);
-    }
+        // benchmarking
+        console.log('Benchmarking...');
+        var suite = new Benchmark.Suite;
+        var purifier1a = new Purifier();
+        // var purifier1b = new Purifier({enableTagBalancing:false});
+
+        suite.add('default', function() {
+            purifier1a.purify(data);
+        })
+        // .add('disabled tag balancing', function() {
+        //     purifier1b.purify(data);
+        // })
+        .on('cycle', function(event) {
+            console.log(String(event.target));
+        })
+        .on('complete', function() {
+            console.log('Fastest is     ', this.filter('fastest').pluck('name'));
+
+            var t = this.filter('fastest')[0].stats.mean;
+            console.log('Speed/Time is  ', data.length/1000000/t + 'MB/s', t + 's');
+        })
+        .run({
+            // 'minSamples': 10,
+            'async': true
+        });
+    });
 
 }).call(this);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3cc9b65..ad56027 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "css-js": "1.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "benchmark": "^1.0.0",
     "expect.js": "^0.3.1",
     "grunt": "^0.4.5",
     "grunt-browserify": "^3.8.0",