diff --git a/gather/gather.py b/gather/gather.py
index d296a039..310d2ee3 100755
--- a/gather/gather.py
+++ b/gather/gather.py
@@ -26,30 +26,40 @@ def create_yumobj(yumconf):
 
 def main():
 # This is used for testing the module
-    usage = "usage: %s [options]" % sys.argv[0]
-    parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
-    parser.add_option("--destdir", default=".", dest="destdir",
-      help='destination directory (defaults to current directory)')
-    parser.add_option("--comps", default="comps.xml", dest="comps",
-      help='comps file to use')
-    parser.add_option("--yumconf", default="yum.conf", dest="yumconf",
-      help='yum config file to use')
-    (opts, args) = parser.parse_args()
-
-
+    (opts, args) = get_arguments()
     try:
         compsobj = yum.comps.Comps()
         compsobj.add(opts.comps)
 
-        pkglist = []
-        for group in compsobj.groups:
-            pkglist += group.packages
-        print pkglist
+        print get_packagelist(compsobj)
 
     except IOError:
         print >> sys.stderr, "gather.py: No such file:\'%s\'" % opts.comps
         sys.exit(1)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
+    def get_arguments():
+    # hack job for now, I'm sure this could be better for our uses
+        usage = "usage: %s [options]" % sys.argv[0]
+        parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
+        parser.add_option("--destdir", default=".", dest="destdir",
+          help='destination directory (defaults to current directory)')
+        parser.add_option("--comps", default="comps.xml", dest="comps",
+          help='comps file to use')
+        parser.add_option("--yumconf", default="yum.conf", dest="yumconf",
+          help='yum config file to use')
 
+
+        (opts, args) = parser.parse_args()
+        #if len(opts) < 1:
+        #    parser.print_help()
+        #    sys.exit(0)
+        return (opts, args)
+
+    def get_packagelist(myComps):
+    # Get the list of packages from the comps file
+        pkglist = []
+        for group in myComps.groups:
+            pkglist += group.packages
+        return pkglist
+    main()