diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc5a8648a..190fd4124 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- fix: `icloud --username` parameter reported as not an option [#719](https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader/issues/719)
+
 ## 1.16.2 (2023-09-30)
 
 - fix: send logs to stdout [#697](https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader/issues/697)
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 93232968b..69b0741ce 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ COPY src src
 
 RUN pip3 install -e .[dev]
 
-RUN pyinstaller -y --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata src/starters/exec.py
+RUN pyinstaller -y --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/icloudpd_ex.py
 
 FROM alpine:3.18 as runtime
 
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 ENV TZ="America/Los_Angeles"
 
-COPY --from=build /app/dist/exec .
+COPY --from=build /app/dist/icloudpd_ex .
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/app/exec"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/icloudpd_ex"]
 
 # RUN set -xe \
 #   && ln -s /app/icloudpd /usr/local/bin/icloudpd \
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 72369251d..299fd6f14 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Homepage="https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader"
 [project.scripts]
 icloudpd = "icloudpd.base:main"
 icloud = "pyicloud_ipd.cmdline:main"
+icloudpd_ex = "starters.icloudpd_ex:main"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 log_format = "%(levelname)-8s %(message)s"
diff --git a/scripts/build_bin_linux b/scripts/build_bin_linux
index 17ef8687e..02085a3c4 100755
--- a/scripts/build_bin_linux
+++ b/scripts/build_bin_linux
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/icloudpd.py src/starters/icloud.py --name icloudpd-$1-linux-$2
 pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/icloud.py --name icloud-$1-linux-$2
-pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/exec.py --name icloudpd-ex-$1-linux-$2
+pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/icloudpd_ex.py --name icloudpd-ex-$1-linux-$2
diff --git a/scripts/build_bin_macos b/scripts/build_bin_macos
index cb8a85a52..99a4c5a66 100755
--- a/scripts/build_bin_macos
+++ b/scripts/build_bin_macos
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/icloudpd.py src/starters/icloud.py --name icloudpd-$1-macos-$2
 pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/icloud.py --name icloud-$1-macos-$2
-pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/exec.py --name icloudpd-ex-$1-macos-$2
+pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/icloudpd_ex.py --name icloudpd-ex-$1-macos-$2
diff --git a/scripts/build_bin_windows b/scripts/build_bin_windows
index 8ad97d891..65e7b30c4 100755
--- a/scripts/build_bin_windows
+++ b/scripts/build_bin_windows
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/icloudpd.py src/starters/icloud.py --name icloudpd-$1-windows-$2
 pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/icloud.py --name icloud-$1-windows-$2
-pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/exec.py --name icloudpd-ex-$1-windows-$2
+pyinstaller --collect-all keyrings.alt --hidden-import pkgutil --collect-all tzdata --onefile src/starters/icloudpd_ex.py --name icloudpd-ex-$1-windows-$2
diff --git a/src/starters/exec.py b/src/starters/icloudpd_ex.py
similarity index 55%
rename from src/starters/exec.py
rename to src/starters/icloudpd_ex.py
index c6e73cb39..650adc19f 100644
--- a/src/starters/exec.py
+++ b/src/starters/icloudpd_ex.py
@@ -6,58 +6,101 @@
 import click
 
 # goal0 -- allow experimental flow from cli
-# goal1 -- compose auth flow for icloud auth apis that supports 2fa, fido, and works from China
+# goal1 -- compose auth flow for icloud auth apis that supports 2fa, fido,
+# and works from China
 
 # print("Experimenting with authentication")
 
 # def make_requestor():
 #     """ make_requestor :: IO (Request -> Response) """
-    
+
 # def make_request_builder():
 #     """ make_request_builder :: State (a -> Request) """
 
 # def make_response_parser():
 #     """ make_response_parser :: State (Response -> a) """
 
+
 @click.group()
 def commands():
     pass
 
+
 @commands.command()
-def icloud():
+@click.option(
+    "--username",
+    default="",
+    help="Apple ID to Use"
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--password",
+    default="",
+    help=(
+        "Apple ID Password to Use; if unspecified, password will be "
+        "fetched from the system keyring."
+    )
+)
+@click.option(
+    "-n", "--non-interactive",
+    default=True,
+    help="Disable interactive prompts."
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--delete-from-keyring",
+    default=False,
+    help="Delete stored password in system keyring for this username.",
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--domain",
+    default="com",
+    help="Root Domain for requests to iCloud. com or cn",
+)
+def icloud(username, password, non_interactive, delete_from_keyring, domain):
     """Legacy iCloud utils (keyring)"""
+    # raise Exception("blah")
     icloud_main(sys.argv[2:])
 
+
 @commands.command()
-@click.argument('appleid') #, help="AppleID of the account to use")
-@click.argument('target') #, help="Target path template")
+@click.argument('appleid')  # , help="AppleID of the account to use")
+@click.argument('target')  # , help="Target path template")
 def copy(appleid, target):
     """Copy assets from iCloud to local storage"""
 
+
 @commands.command()
 def move():
     """Move assets from iCloud to local storage"""
 
+
 @commands.group()
 def auth():
     """Manages persistant credentials"""
 
+
 @auth.command()
-@click.argument('appleid') #, help="AppleID of the account to use")
+@click.argument('appleid')  # , help="AppleID of the account to use")
 def add(appleid):
     """Add credentials to keyring"""
 
+
 @auth.command()
-@click.argument('appleid') #, help="AppleID of the account to use")
+@click.argument('appleid')  # , help="AppleID of the account to use")
 def delete(appleid):
     """Delete credentials from keyring"""
 
+
 @commands.group()
 def watch():
     """Watch for iCloud changes"""
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+def main():
     commands.add_command(icloudpd_main, name="icloudpd")
     watch.add_command(copy)
     watch.add_command(move)
     commands()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()