diff --git a/app/include/plasp-app/Command.h b/app/include/plasp-app/Command.h
index a9b02b1..57de926 100644
--- a/app/include/plasp-app/Command.h
+++ b/app/include/plasp-app/Command.h
@@ -17,25 +17,28 @@ template<class... OptionGroups>
 class Command
 {
 	protected:
-		void addOptionGroupsTo(cxxopts::Options &options)
+		Command(cxxopts::Options &&options)
+		:	m_options{options}
 		{
 			forEach(m_optionGroups,
 				[&](auto &optionGroup)
 		        {
-					optionGroup.addTo(options);
+					optionGroup.addTo(m_options);
 				});
 		}
 
-		void parseOptionGroups(cxxopts::Options &options)
+		void parseOptions(int argc, char **argv)
 		{
+			m_options.parse(argc, argv);
+
 			forEach(m_optionGroups,
 				[&](auto &optionGroup)
 		        {
-					optionGroup.parse(options);
+					optionGroup.parse(m_options);
 				});
 		}
 
-		void printHelp(cxxopts::Options &options)
+		void printHelp()
 		{
 			const auto numberOfOptionGroups = std::tuple_size<std::decay_t<decltype(m_optionGroups)>>();
 
@@ -49,9 +52,10 @@ class Command
 					optionGroupNames.emplace_back(optionGroup.Name);
 				});
 
-			std::cout << options.help(optionGroupNames) << std::endl;
+			std::cout << m_options.help(optionGroupNames) << std::endl;
 		}
 
+		cxxopts::Options m_options;
 		std::tuple<OptionGroups...> m_optionGroups;
 };
 
diff --git a/app/include/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.h b/app/include/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.h
index b791785..a4066e3 100644
--- a/app/include/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.h
+++ b/app/include/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 class CommandTranslate : public Command<OptionGroupBasic, OptionGroupOutput, OptionGroupParser>
 {
 	public:
+		CommandTranslate();
+
 		int run(int argc, char **argv);
 };
 
diff --git a/app/src/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.cpp b/app/src/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.cpp
index e631fed..ec3b1c7 100644
--- a/app/src/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.cpp
+++ b/app/src/plasp-app/commands/CommandTranslate.cpp
@@ -32,13 +32,16 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+CommandTranslate::CommandTranslate()
+:	Command(cxxopts::Options("plasp translate", "Translate PDDL to ASP."))
+{
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 int CommandTranslate::run(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	cxxopts::Options options("plasp translate", "Translate PDDL to ASP.");
-
-	addOptionGroupsTo(options);
-	options.parse(argc, argv);
-	parseOptionGroups(options);
+	parseOptions(argc, argv);
 
 	const auto &basicOptions = std::get<OptionGroupBasic>(m_optionGroups);
 	const auto &outputOptions = std::get<OptionGroupOutput>(m_optionGroups);
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ int CommandTranslate::run(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (basicOptions.help)
 	{
-		printHelp(options);
+		printHelp();
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ int CommandTranslate::run(int argc, char **argv)
 		{
 			logger.log(colorlog::Priority::Error, "unknown input language");
 			std::cout << std::endl;
-			printHelp(options);
+			printHelp();
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}