diff --git a/apps/plasp-app/main.cpp b/apps/plasp-app/main.cpp
index 5143f63..fdebffa 100644
--- a/apps/plasp-app/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/plasp-app/main.cpp
@@ -11,30 +11,56 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	po::options_description description("Allowed options");
 	description.add_options()
-		("help,h", "display this help message")
-		("input,i", po::value<std::string>(), "SAS input file");
+		("help,h", "Display this help message.")
+		("version,v", "Display version information.")
+		("input,i", po::value<std::string>(), "Specify the SAS input file.");
 
 	po::positional_options_description positionalOptionsDescription;
 	positionalOptionsDescription.add("input", -1);
 
 	po::variables_map variablesMap;
-	po::store(po::command_line_parser(argc, argv)
-		.options(description)
-		.positional(positionalOptionsDescription)
-		.run(),
-		variablesMap);
-	po::notify(variablesMap);
+
+	const auto printHelp =
+		[&]()
+		{
+			std::cout << "Usage: plasp file [options]" << std::endl;
+			std::cout << "Translate PDDL instances to ASP facts." << std::endl << std::endl;
+
+			std::cout << description;
+		};
+
+	try
+	{
+		po::store(po::command_line_parser(argc, argv)
+			.options(description)
+			.positional(positionalOptionsDescription)
+			.run(),
+			variablesMap);
+		po::notify(variablesMap);
+	}
+	catch (const po::error &e)
+	{
+		std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl << std::endl;
+		printHelp();
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
 
 	if (variablesMap.count("help"))
 	{
-		std::cout << description;
+		printHelp();
+		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	}
+
+	if (variablesMap.count("version"))
+	{
+		std::cout << "plasp version 3.0.0" << std::endl;
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	if (!variablesMap.count("input"))
 	{
-		std::cerr << "Error: No input file specified" << std::endl;
-		std::cout << description;
+		std::cerr << "Error: No input file specified" << std::endl << std::endl;
+		printHelp();
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
@@ -46,7 +72,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	catch (const std::exception &e)
 	{
-		std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+		std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl << std::endl;
+		printHelp();
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;