diff --git a/src/core/bt/proc.py b/src/core/bt/proc.py
index eac199e2..813e955f 100644
--- a/src/core/bt/proc.py
+++ b/src/core/bt/proc.py
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ def setname(name):
 
 def setup():
 	app = session.settings["appname"]
-	write("Welcome to "+app+"!")
+	write("Welcome to "+app+"!",1)
 	setname(app)
 	session.settings["appdir"] = join(session.settings["user"], "."+app)
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diff --git a/src/core/bt/scripting.py b/src/core/bt/scripting.py
index 26befa4d..3f4acfff 100644
--- a/src/core/bt/scripting.py
+++ b/src/core/bt/scripting.py
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ __date__ ="$Feb 16, 2010 11:56:00 PM$"
 
 
 global scripts
+import re
 scripts = []
 
 from bt.signal import register
 from bt import file
-from bt import cmd
 from bt.message import write
 
+global extension
+extension = ["scion"]
+
 
 def add(script):
 	global scripts
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ def add(script):
 
 
 def runScript(script):
+	from bt import cmd
 	f = file.fopen(script)
 	for line in f:
 		cmd.run(line)
@@ -30,8 +34,17 @@ def runScript(script):
 
 def runScripts():
 	global scripts
+
+	write("===== Begin output =====",1)
+	write(" ",1)
+
 	for script in scripts:
 		runScript(script)
+
+	write(" ",1)
+	write("====== End output ======",1)
+
+	from bt import cmd
 	cmd.run("exit")
 
 
@@ -41,4 +54,14 @@ def checkForScripts():
 		register("scion-begin",runScripts,0)
 
 
-register("scion-plugins-loaded",checkForScripts)
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+# If the given file is a script, we add it to the script list
+def isScript(script):
+	global scripts
+	write("Checking if file is a script: "+script,2)
+	for ext in extension:
+		if not re.match("\w*\."+ext,script) == None:
+			scripts += [script]
+
+
+register("scion-plugins-loaded",checkForScripts)
+register("scion-process-args",isScript)
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diff --git a/src/core/bt/settings.py b/src/core/bt/settings.py
index a1c8b250..65857a58 100644
--- a/src/core/bt/settings.py
+++ b/src/core/bt/settings.py
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ class Settings(dict):
 
 
 	def setdefaults(self):
-		count = 0
-		if ("-v" in argv) or ("--verbose" in argv):
-			count = argv.count("-v") + argv.count("--verbose")
-		self['verbose'] = count
 		write("Setting default values",1)
 		self['user'] = os.path.expanduser("~")
 		self['plugpath'] = ["plugins", "extra"]
diff --git a/src/core/session.py b/src/core/session.py
index 8996a0dd..f806ebcf 100644
--- a/src/core/session.py
+++ b/src/core/session.py
@@ -33,35 +33,39 @@ def setSession():
 
 def parseInput():
 	from bt import scripting
-	write("Parsing user input",1)
 	input = sys.argv[1:]
-	write(input,True)
 	optc = "vp:s:"
 	long = ["verbose", "path=", "script="]
 
 	# Attempt to parse user input
 	try:
 		opts, args = getopt.getopt(input, optc,	long)
+		settings["verbose"] = 0
 		for opt in opts:
-			if opt[0] == "-p":
+			if (opt[0]=="-p") or (opt[0]=="--path"):
 				settings["plugpath"] += [opt[1]]
-			elif opt[0] == "-s":
+			elif (opt[0]=="-s") or (opt[0]=="--script"):
 				scripting.add(opt[1])
-		settings["args"] = args
+			elif (opt[0]=="-v") or (opt[0]=="--verbose"):
+				settings["verbose"] += 1
+		for arg in args:
+			signal.emit("scion-process-args",arg)
+		#settings["args"] = args
 	except getopt.GetoptError, e:
 		write(e.msg)
+	write(input,2)
+	write("User input has been processed",1)
 	
 
 
 settings = Settings()
+parseInput()
 # We want to configure settings as early as possible
 settings.setdefaults()
 
 manager = Manager()
 alias = Alias()
 
-parseInput()
-
 # Register functions to call when all plugins have been loaded
 signal.register("scion-plugins-loaded",proc.setup,0)
 signal.register("scion-plugins-loaded",setSession,1)
diff --git a/src/extra/guiGTK/window.py b/src/extra/guiGTK/window.py
index 03a3743d..cf9de65a 100644
--- a/src/extra/guiGTK/window.py
+++ b/src/extra/guiGTK/window.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import button
 import label
 from bt.message import write
 import manager
-import settings
+from session import settings
 
 
 def empty(text=None,verbose=None):