diff --git a/src/bin/id3-image-embed.rs b/src/bin/id3-image-embed.rs
index aefdab2..cfe0724 100644
--- a/src/bin/id3-image-embed.rs
+++ b/src/bin/id3-image-embed.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
-use std::env;
 use std::process;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+use structopt::StructOpt;
 use id3_image::embed_image;
 
+#[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
+#[structopt(name = "id3-image-embed")]
+struct Opt {
+    /// Verbose mode (-v, -vv, -vvv, etc.)
+    #[structopt(short = "v", long = "verbose", parse(from_occurrences))]
+    verbose: u8,
+
+    /// Music file to embed image into
+    #[structopt(name = "music-file.mp3", required = true, parse(from_os_str))]
+    music_filename: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Image file to embed
+    #[structopt(name = "image-file.jpg", required = true, parse(from_os_str))]
+    image_filename: PathBuf,
+}
+
 fn main() {
-    let args: Vec<_> = env::args().collect();
+    let opt = Opt::from_args();
 
-    if args.len() < 3 {
-        eprintln!("USAGE: id3-image-embed <mp3-file> <image-file>");
-        process::exit(1);
-    }
-
-    let music_filename = args[1].clone();
-    let image_filename = args[2].clone();
-
-    if let Err(e) = embed_image(&music_filename, &image_filename) {
+    if let Err(e) = embed_image(&opt.music_filename, &opt.image_filename) {
         eprintln!("{}", e);
         process::exit(1);
     }
+    if opt.verbose >= 1 {
+        println!("Embedded {:?} into {:?}", opt.image_filename, opt.music_filename);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/id3-image-extract.rs b/src/bin/id3-image-extract.rs
index 1a14fbf..6169f0d 100644
--- a/src/bin/id3-image-extract.rs
+++ b/src/bin/id3-image-extract.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,41 @@
-use std::env;
 use std::process;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+use structopt::StructOpt;
 use id3_image::extract_image;
 
+#[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
+#[structopt(name = "id3-image-embed")]
+struct Opt {
+    /// Verbose mode (-v, -vv, -vvv, etc.)
+    #[structopt(short = "v", long = "verbose", parse(from_occurrences))]
+    verbose: u8,
+
+    /// Music file to extract image from
+    #[structopt(name = "music-file.mp3", required = true, parse(from_os_str))]
+    music_filename: PathBuf,
+
+    /// (Optional) Output image: defaults to music filename with .jpg extension
+    #[structopt(name = "image-file.jpg", parse(from_os_str))]
+    image_filename: Option<PathBuf>,
+}
+
 fn main() {
-    let args: Vec<_> = env::args().collect();
+    let opt = Opt::from_args();
 
-    if args.len() < 2 {
-        eprintln!("USAGE: id3-image-extract <mp3-file> [image-file]");
-        process::exit(1);
-    }
+    let image_filename = opt.image_filename.clone().
+        unwrap_or_else(|| opt.music_filename.with_extension("jpg"));
 
-    let music_filename = args[1].clone();
-    let image_filename = args.get(2).cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| replace_extension(&music_filename, "jpg"));
-
-    if let Err(e) = extract_image(&music_filename, &image_filename) {
+    if let Err(e) = extract_image(&opt.music_filename, &image_filename) {
         eprintln!("{}", e);
         process::exit(1);
     }
-}
 
-fn replace_extension(path: &str, replacement: &str) -> String {
-    let mut path = PathBuf::from(&path);
-    path.set_extension(replacement);
-    path.to_string_lossy().to_string()
+    if opt.verbose == 1 {
+        // then just print the output filename for scripting purposes:
+        println!("{}", image_filename.display());
+    } else if opt.verbose >= 2 {
+        // show a longer status message:
+        println!("Extracted cover art from {:?} to {:?}", opt.music_filename, image_filename);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 059ffc1..3e37f4b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::error::Error;
 
-pub fn embed_image(music_filename: &str, image_filename: &str) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
+pub fn embed_image(music_filename: &Path, image_filename: &Path) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
     let mut tag = id3::Tag::read_from_path(&music_filename).
-        map_err(|e| format!("Error reading music file {}: {}", music_filename, e))?;
+        map_err(|e| format!("Error reading music file {:?}: {}", music_filename, e))?;
 
     let image = image::open(&image_filename).
-        map_err(|e| format!("Error reading image {}: {}", image_filename, e))?;
+        map_err(|e| format!("Error reading image {:?}: {}", image_filename, e))?;
 
     let mut encoded_image_bytes = Vec::new();
     // Unwrap: Writing to a Vec should always succeed;
@@ -19,14 +20,14 @@ pub fn embed_image(music_filename: &str, image_filename: &str) -> Result<(), Box
     });
 
     tag.write_to_path(music_filename, id3::Version::Id3v23).
-        map_err(|e| format!("Error writing image to music file {}: {}", music_filename, e))?;
+        map_err(|e| format!("Error writing image to music file {:?}: {}", music_filename, e))?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn extract_image(music_filename: &str, image_filename: &str) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
+pub fn extract_image(music_filename: &Path, image_filename: &Path) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
     let tag = id3::Tag::read_from_path(&music_filename).
-        map_err(|e| format!("Error reading music file {}: {}", music_filename, e))?;
+        map_err(|e| format!("Error reading music file {:?}: {}", music_filename, e))?;
 
     let first_picture = tag.pictures().next();
 
@@ -34,8 +35,7 @@ pub fn extract_image(music_filename: &str, image_filename: &str) -> Result<(), B
         match image::load_from_memory(&p.data) {
             Ok(image) => {
                 image.save(&image_filename).
-                    map_err(|e| format!("Couldn't write image file {}: {}", image_filename, e))?;
-                println!("{}", image_filename);
+                    map_err(|e| format!("Couldn't write image file {:?}: {}", image_filename, e))?;
             },
             Err(e) => return Err(format!("Couldn't load image: {}", e).into()),
         };
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ pub fn extract_image(music_filename: &str, image_filename: &str) -> Result<(), B
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn remove_images(music_filename: &str) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
+pub fn remove_images(music_filename: &Path) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
     let mut tag = id3::Tag::read_from_path(&music_filename).
-        map_err(|e| format!("Error reading music file {}: {}", music_filename, e))?;
+        map_err(|e| format!("Error reading music file {:?}: {}", music_filename, e))?;
 
     tag.remove("APIC");
 
     tag.write_to_path(music_filename, id3::Version::Id3v23).
-        map_err(|e| format!("Error updating music file {}: {}", music_filename, e))?;
+        map_err(|e| format!("Error updating music file {:?}: {}", music_filename, e))?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_processing.rs b/tests/test_processing.rs
index 1d8b19b..972e6c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_processing.rs
+++ b/tests/test_processing.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ impl AsRef<Path> for Fixture {
 }
 
 impl Deref for Fixture {
-    type Target = str;
+    type Target = Path;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        self.path_buf.to_str().unwrap()
+        self.path_buf.deref()
     }
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ macro_rules! fixture {
     }
 }
 
-fn read_tag(path: &str) -> id3::Tag {
+fn read_tag(path: &Path) -> id3::Tag {
     id3::Tag::read_from_path(path).unwrap()
 }
 
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ fn test_unsuccessful_image_embedding() {
     let image = fixture!("attempt_1.jpg");
 
     // Nonexistent files
-    assert!(embed_image(&song, "nonexisting.jpg").is_err());
-    assert!(embed_image("nonexisting.mp3", &image).is_err());
-    assert!(embed_image("nonexisting.mp3", "nonexisting.jpg").is_err());
+    assert!(embed_image(&song, &PathBuf::from("nonexistent.jpg")).is_err());
+    assert!(embed_image(&PathBuf::from("nonexistent.mp3"), &image).is_err());
+    assert!(embed_image(&PathBuf::from("nonexistent.mp3"), &PathBuf::from("nonexistent.jpg")).is_err());
 
     // Wrong kinds of files
     assert!(embed_image(&image, &song).is_err());