diff --git a/abcddb2vcard.py b/abcddb2vcard.py
index db3b164..81c8467 100755
--- a/abcddb2vcard.py
+++ b/abcddb2vcard.py
@@ -1,21 +1,43 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+'''
+Extract data from AddressBook database (.abcddb) to Contacts VCards file (.vcf)
+'''
+import os
 import sys
 from ABCDDB import ABCDDB
 from pathlib import Path
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
 
-if len(sys.argv) != 2:
-    print('  Usage:', Path(__file__).name, 'outfile.vcf')
-    exit(0)
 
-outfile = Path(sys.argv[1])
-if not outfile.parent.exists():
-    print('Output directory does not exist.', file=sys.stderr)
+DB_FILE = str(Path.home().joinpath(
+    'Library', 'Application Support', 'AddressBook', 'AddressBook-v22.abcddb'))
+
+cli = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+cli.add_argument('output', type=str, metavar='outfile.vcf',
+                 help='VCard output file.')
+cli.add_argument('-f', '--force', action='store_true',
+                 help='Overwrite existing output file.')
+cli.add_argument('-i', '--input', type=str, metavar='AddressBook.abcddb',
+                 default=DB_FILE, help='Specify another abcddb input file.'
+                 ' Default: ' + DB_FILE)
+args = cli.parse_args()
+
+# check input args
+if not os.path.isfile(args.input):
+    print('AddressBook "{}" does not exist.'.format(args.input),
+          file=sys.stderr)
+    exit(1)
+elif not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(args.output) or os.curdir):
+    print('Output parent directory does not exist.', file=sys.stderr)
+    exit(1)
+elif os.path.isfile(args.output) and not args.force:
+    print('Output file already exist. Use -f to force overwrite.',
+          file=sys.stderr)
     exit(1)
 
-contacts = ABCDDB.load(Path.home().joinpath(
-    'Library/Application Support/AddressBook/AddressBook-v22.abcddb'))
-# contacts = [list(contacts)[-1]]  # test on last imported contact
-with open(outfile, 'w') as f:
+# perform export
+contacts = ABCDDB.load(args.input)
+with open(args.output, 'w') as f:
     for rec in contacts:
         f.write(rec.makeVCard())
     print(len(contacts), 'contacts.')
diff --git a/vcard2image.py b/vcard2image.py
index 79a8b1b..16c9685 100755
--- a/vcard2image.py
+++ b/vcard2image.py
@@ -1,53 +1,53 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+'''
+Extract all profile pictures from a Contacts VCards file (.vcf)
+'''
 import os
 import sys
 from base64 import b64decode
-from pathlib import Path
+from argparse import ArgumentParser, FileType
 
-if len(sys.argv) != 3:
-    print('  Usage:', Path(__file__).name, 'infile.vcf', 'outdir/')
-    exit(0)
+cli = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+cli.add_argument('input', type=FileType('r'), metavar='infile.vcf',
+                 help='VCard input file.')
+cli.add_argument('outdir', type=str, help='Output directory.')
+args = cli.parse_args()
 
-infile = Path(sys.argv[1])
-outdir = Path(sys.argv[2])
-if not infile.exists():
-    print('Does not exist: ', infile, file=sys.stderr)
+# check input args
+if not os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(args.outdir) or os.curdir):
+    print('Output parent directory does not exist.', file=sys.stderr)
     exit(1)
-elif not outdir.exists():
-    if not outdir.parent.exists():
-        print('Output directory does not exist.', file=sys.stderr)
-        exit(1)
-    else:
-        os.mkdir(outdir)
 
-with open(infile, 'r') as f:
-    c1 = 0
-    c2 = 0
-    name = ''
-    img = ''
-    collect = False
-    for line in f.readlines():
-        line = line.rstrip()
-        if line == 'BEGIN:VCARD':
-            c1 += 1
-            name = ''
-            img = ''
+os.makedirs(args.outdir, exist_ok=True)
+
+# perform export
+c1 = 0
+c2 = 0
+name = ''
+img = ''
+collect = False
+for line in args.input.readlines():
+    line = line.rstrip()
+    if line == 'BEGIN:VCARD':
+        c1 += 1
+        name = ''
+        img = ''
+        collect = False
+    elif line.startswith('FN:'):
+        name = line.split(':', 1)[1]
+    elif line.startswith('PHOTO;'):
+        img = line.split(':', 1)[1]
+        collect = True
+    elif collect:
+        if line[0] == ' ':
+            img += line[1:]
+        else:
             collect = False
-        elif line.startswith('FN:'):
-            name = line.split(':', 1)[1]
-        elif line.startswith('PHOTO;'):
-            img = line.split(':', 1)[1]
-            collect = True
-        elif collect:
-            if line[0] == ' ':
-                img += line[1:]
-            else:
-                collect = False
-        if line == 'END:VCARD' and img:
-            c2 += 1
-            name = name.replace('\\,', ',').replace('\\;', ';').replace(
-                '/', '-')
-            with open(outdir.joinpath(name + '.jpg'), 'wb') as fw:
-                fw.write(b64decode(img))
+    if line == 'END:VCARD' and img:
+        c2 += 1
+        name = name.replace('\\,', ',').replace('\\;', ';').replace(
+            '/', '-')
+        with open(os.path.join(args.outdir, name + '.jpg'), 'wb') as fw:
+            fw.write(b64decode(img))
 
-    print(c1, 'contacts.', c2, 'images.')
+print(c1, 'contacts.', c2, 'images.')