diff --git a/basescript/basescript.py b/basescript/basescript.py
index 8752c12..fce837d 100644
--- a/basescript/basescript.py
+++ b/basescript/basescript.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class BaseScript(object):
     # periodic interval to dump stats
     DUMP_STATS_INTERVAL = timedelta(seconds=1)
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, args=None):
         # argparse parser obj
         self.parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=self.DESC)
         self.define_baseargs(self.parser)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         self.define_args(self.subcommand_run)
 
-        self.args = self.parser.parse_args()
+        self.args = self.parser.parse_args(args=args)
 
         self.hostname = socket.gethostname()
         self.log = self.init_logger()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 71135c7..6697e04 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def get_long_description():
 
 long_description = get_long_description()
 
-version = '0.1.14'
+version = '0.1.15'
 setup(
     name="basescript",
     version=version,