diff --git a/cmd/gosdn/main.go b/cmd/gosdn/main.go
index 7555cd65a66a644d0bdafef8e15a01257b239814..2ba0f61f0edc703b9306dbcc3e733b9900e8912a 100644
--- a/cmd/gosdn/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gosdn/main.go
@@ -2,27 +2,15 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn/nucleus"
-	"flag"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 func main() {
-
-	// register our supported flags
-	cliListenAddr := flag.String("cli-listen-addr", "", "The IP address of the grpcCLI.")
-	cliListenPort := flag.String("cli-server-port", "55055", "The port number of the grpcCLI")
-	configFileName := flag.String("config-file", "", "Path to the config file")
-
-	flag.Parse()
-	cliSocket := *cliListenAddr + ":" + *cliListenPort
-
 	log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
 
 	// Setup a channel to communicate if goSDN should shutdown.
 	IsRunningChannel := make(chan bool)
 
 	// hand off to cmd for further processing
-	nucleus.StartAndRun(cliSocket, *configFileName, IsRunningChannel)
-
-	// nothing to see here, please move on!
+	nucleus.StartAndRun(IsRunningChannel)
 }