diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 299ba72..5204622 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shlex"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.106"
@@ -253,6 +259,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pbr",
  "serial2",
  "serial_enumerator",
+ "shlex",
  "termion",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a5d3d4a..fa22414 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ argp = "0.4.0"
 pbr = "1.1.1"
 serial2 = "0.2.32"
 serial_enumerator = "0.2.12"
+shlex = "1.3.0"
 termion = "4.0.5"
diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index 6a2ec6e..94cb725 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ pub struct ArgWrite {
 	#[argp(description = "Path to the source Intel HEX file.")]
 	pub path: OsString,
 
+	#[argp(option)]
+	#[argp(description = "Command to run before writing the file. Handy for compiling the program and running it at the same time.")]
+	pub cmd: Option<OsString>,
+
 	#[argp(option, default = "0")]
 	#[argp(description = "Start address where to write from. Only for raw binaries, defaults to 0.")]
 	pub start: usize,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2da4b81..4bb947f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io::{Cursor, Error, Write};
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
@@ -201,12 +202,35 @@ fn write_chip_data(args: &ArgWrite, target: &mut PhysicalTarget) -> Result<(), E
 
 fn write_chip(args: ArgWrite, target: &mut PhysicalTarget) -> Result<(), Error> {
 	loop {
+		if let Some(cmd) = args.cmd.as_ref() {
+			let mut args = shlex::bytes::split(cmd.as_encoded_bytes())
+				.ok_or(Error::other("Error parsing commandline arguments"))?
+				.into_iter()
+				.map(|x| unsafe { OsString::from_encoded_bytes_unchecked(x) });
+
+			let Some(name) = args.next() else {
+				Err(Error::other("No command provided"))?
+			};
+
+			let out = std::process::Command::new(name)
+				.args(args)
+				.output()?;
+
+			if !out.status.success() {
+				Err(Error::other(format!("Command failed with exit code {}:\n\n{}",
+					out.status.code().unwrap_or(1),
+					String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr))))?
+			}
+
+			println!("Command `{}` successful.", cmd.to_string_lossy());
+		}
+
 		write_chip_data(&args, target)?;
 
 		if !args.monitor { break }
 
 		let cause = Monitor::new()
-			.add_hook(Key::Ctrl('f'), "Re-flash target")
+			.add_hook(Key::Ctrl('f'), if args.cmd.is_none() { "Re-flash target" } else { "Re-run command and flash target" })
 			.run(target.port())?;
 
 		if cause != Key::Ctrl('f') { break }
@@ -241,7 +265,13 @@ fn main() {
 		}
 
 		None
-	}).unwrap();
+	});
+
+	let Some(port) = port else {
+		println!("Could not find any compatible serial port. Please make sure that the target is connected.");
+		println!("If the issue persists, please specify the port manually with the `--port ...` argument.");
+		std::process::exit(1);
+	};
 
 	let mut target = PhysicalTarget::init(port, if args.slow { 57600 } else { 312500 }).unwrap();
 
@@ -254,6 +284,7 @@ fn main() {
 
 	if let Err(err) = res {
 		println!("An error occured during the operation: {}", err);
+		std::process::exit(1);
 	}
 	
 	let end = SystemTime::now();