diff --git a/jasper/server.py b/jasper/server.py
index 09ade5b..163a022 100644
--- a/jasper/server.py
+++ b/jasper/server.py
@@ -5,21 +5,13 @@ import rpyc
 from rpyc.utils.server import ThreadedServer
 
 from .asr import JasperASR
-
-
-MODEL_YAML = os.environ.get("JASPER_MODEL_CONFIG", "/models/jasper/jasper10x5dr.yaml")
-CHECKPOINT_ENCODER = os.environ.get(
-    "JASPER_ENCODER_CHECKPOINT", "/models/jasper/JasperEncoder-STEP-265520.pt"
-)
-CHECKPOINT_DECODER = os.environ.get(
-    "JASPER_DECODER_CHECKPOINT", "/models/jasper/JasperDecoderForCTC-STEP-265520.pt"
-)
-KEN_LM = os.environ.get("JASPER_KEN_LM", None)
-
-asr_recognizer = JasperASR(MODEL_YAML, CHECKPOINT_ENCODER, CHECKPOINT_DECODER, KEN_LM)
+from .utils import arg_parser
 
 
 class ASRService(rpyc.Service):
+    def __init__(self, asr_recognizer):
+        self.asr = asr_recognizer
+
     def on_connect(self, conn):
         # code that runs when a connection is created
         # (to init the service, if needed)
@@ -31,24 +23,33 @@ class ASRService(rpyc.Service):
         pass
 
     def exposed_transcribe(self, utterance: bytes):  # this is an exposed method
-        speech_audio = asr_recognizer.transcribe(utterance)
+        speech_audio = self.asr.transcribe(utterance)
         return speech_audio
 
     def exposed_transcribe_cb(
         self, utterance: bytes, respond
     ):  # this is an exposed method
-        speech_audio = asr_recognizer.transcribe(utterance)
+        speech_audio = self.asr.transcribe(utterance)
         respond(speech_audio)
 
 
 def main():
+    parser = arg_parser('jasper_transcribe')
+    parser.description = 'jasper asr rpyc server'
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--port", type=int, default=int(os.environ.get("ASR_RPYC_PORT", "8044")), help="port to listen on"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args_dict = vars(args)
+    port = args_dict.pop("port")
+    jasper_asr = JasperASR(**args_dict)
+    service = ASRService(jasper_asr)
     logging.basicConfig(
         level=logging.INFO,
         format="%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
     )
-    port = int(os.environ.get("ASR_RPYC_PORT", "8044"))
-    logging.info("starting tts server...")
-    t = ThreadedServer(ASRService, port=port)
+    logging.info("starting asr server...")
+    t = ThreadedServer(service, port=port)
     t.start()
 
 
diff --git a/jasper/transcribe.py b/jasper/transcribe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d58fe9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jasper/transcribe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from .asr import JasperASR
+from .utils import arg_parser
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = arg_parser('jasper_transcribe')
+    parser.description = 'transcribe audio file to text'
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "audio_file",
+        type=Path,
+        help="audio file(16khz 1channel int16 wav) to transcribe",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--greedy", type=bool, default=False, help="enables greedy decoding"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args_dict = vars(args)
+    audio_file = args_dict.pop("audio_file")
+    greedy = args_dict.pop("greedy")
+    jasper_asr = JasperASR(**args_dict)
+    jasper_asr.transcribe_file(audio_file, greedy)
diff --git a/jasper/__main__.py b/jasper/utils.py
similarity index 62%
rename from jasper/__main__.py
rename to jasper/utils.py
index 42b383a..5f5ed3e 100644
--- a/jasper/__main__.py
+++ b/jasper/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import argparse
 from pathlib import Path
-from .asr import JasperASR
 
 MODEL_YAML = os.environ.get("JASPER_MODEL_CONFIG", "/models/jasper/jasper10x5dr.yaml")
 CHECKPOINT_ENCODER = os.environ.get(
@@ -13,18 +12,9 @@ CHECKPOINT_DECODER = os.environ.get(
 KEN_LM = os.environ.get("JASPER_KEN_LM", "/models/jasper/kenlm.pt")
 
 
-def arg_parser():
-    prog = Path(__file__).stem
+def arg_parser(prog):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        prog=prog, description=f"generates transcription of the audio_file"
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "audio_file",
-        type=Path,
-        help="audio file(16khz 1channel int16 wav) to transcribe",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--greedy", type=bool, default=False, help="enables greedy decoding"
+        prog=prog, description=f"convert speech to text"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--model_yaml",
@@ -48,13 +38,3 @@ def arg_parser():
         "--language_model", type=Path, default=None, help="kenlm language model file"
     )
     return parser
-
-
-def main():
-    parser = arg_parser()
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    args_dict = vars(args)
-    audio_file = args_dict.pop("audio_file")
-    greedy = args_dict.pop("greedy")
-    jasper_asr = JasperASR(**args_dict)
-    jasper_asr.transcribe_file(audio_file, greedy)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b3ecc83..b18df24 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ setup(
     packages=["."],
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
-            "jasper_transcribe = jasper.__main__:main",
-            "asr_rpyc_server = jasper.server:main",
+            "jasper_transcribe = jasper.transcribe:main",
+            "jasper_asr_rpyc_server = jasper.server:main",
         ]
     },
     zip_safe=False,