diff --git a/exec/agent-lang.ts b/exec/agent-lang.ts
index 049655b..c97f9dc 100644
--- a/exec/agent-lang.ts
+++ b/exec/agent-lang.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ import { Logger } from "./logger.ts";
 import { Parser } from "./parser.ts";
 import { Process } from "./process.ts";
 import { performance } from "node:perf_hooks";
+import { Performance } from "./performance.ts";
 
 interface ProgramOutput {
     steps: Output[];
 }
 
-let startTime = 0;
-let endTime = 0;
-
 // @ts-ignore
-const { sourceCode, outputFile, config, debug } = await Parser.initialize();
+const { sourceCode, outputFile, config, debug, compact } = await Parser.initialize();
 
 const interpreter: Interpreter = new Interpreter();
 const programOtput: ProgramOutput = { steps: [] };
@@ -25,19 +23,34 @@ interpreter.get(sourceCode, config).subscribe((output: InterpreterOutput) => {
     }
 
     if (debug) {
-        Logger.info(`Evaluating step ${output.output!.step}`);
+        Performance.now();
+        const elapsed = Performance.lastElapsed();
+        const delay = config.delay;
+
+        const step = output.output!.step;
+        const steps = config.steps;
+
+        Logger.info(`Evaluating step ${step}/${steps} (${elapsed}ms) (${Performance.slowdown(delay, elapsed)}x slowdown)`);
     }
 
     programOtput.steps.push(output.output!);
-    writeFileSync(outputFile, JSON.stringify(programOtput));
 
     if (output.output!.step === config.steps) {
-        endTime = performance.now();
-        const seconds = (endTime - startTime) / 1000;
-        const elapsedTime = Math.round(seconds * 100) / 100;
+        Performance.now();
+        const elapsed = Performance.allElapsed();
+
+        const actualTime = Performance.allElapsed(Performance.milliseconds);
+        const expectedTime = config.steps * config.delay;
         
-        Logger.info(`Finished running (${elapsedTime}s)`);
+        Logger.info(`Finished running (${elapsed}s) (${Performance.slowdown(expectedTime, actualTime)}x slowdown)`);
+
+        if (compact) {
+            writeFileSync(outputFile, JSON.stringify(programOtput));
+        } else {
+            writeFileSync(outputFile, JSON.stringify(programOtput, null, 2));
+        }
         Logger.done(`Output has been written to ${outputFile}`);
+
         Process.exit(0);
     }
 });
@@ -50,5 +63,5 @@ Logger.info("-----------------");
 Logger.info("Running AgentLang");
 Logger.info("-----------------");
 
-startTime = performance.now();
+Performance.now();
 interpreter.start();
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diff --git a/exec/parser.ts b/exec/parser.ts
index 93160fb..ec81cb1 100644
--- a/exec/parser.ts
+++ b/exec/parser.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ interface Data {
     outputFile: string;
     config: InterpreterConfiguration;
     debug: boolean;
+    compact: boolean;
 }
 
 export class Parser {
@@ -17,22 +18,30 @@ export class Parser {
     public static DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE = "output.json";
 
     private static OPTIONS = [
+        { name: "in", alias: "i", type: String },
+        { name: "out", alias: "o", type: String },
         { name: "steps", alias: "s", type: Number },
         { name: "delay", alias: "d", type: Number },
         { name: "width", alias: "w", type: Number },
         { name: "height", alias: "h", type: Number },
-        { name: "in", alias: "i", type: String },
-        { name: "out", alias: "o", type: String },
         { name: "debug", type: Boolean },
+        { name: "compact", type: Boolean },
+        { name: "help", type: Boolean }
     ];
 
     static async initialize(): Promise<Data> {
         const options = commandLineArgs(Parser.OPTIONS);
 
+        if (options.help !== undefined) {
+            Parser.help();
+            Process.exit(0, false);
+        }
+
         let inputFile: string;
         let outputFile = this.DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE;
         let config = Parser.DEFAULT_CONFIG;
         let debug = false;
+        let compact = false;
 
         if (options.in === undefined) {
             Logger.error("--input file was not provided");
@@ -75,10 +84,14 @@ export class Parser {
             debug = options.debug;
         }
 
+        if (options.compact !== undefined) {
+            compact = options.compact;
+        }
+
         let sourceCode = Parser.getSourceCode(inputFile);
         await Parser.createOutputFile(outputFile);
 
-        return { sourceCode, outputFile, config, debug };
+        return { sourceCode, outputFile, config, debug, compact };
     }
 
     private static getSourceCode(filename: string): string {
@@ -102,4 +115,60 @@ export class Parser {
             await Deno.create(filename);
         }
     }
+
+    private static help(): void {
+        console.log("AgentLang");
+        console.log("----------------------------");
+        console.log("%cInterprets AgentLang source code and stores it into an output file as JSON.", "color: rgb(190, 190, 190)");
+
+        console.log();
+
+        console.log("Options");
+        console.log("----------------------------");
+
+        console.log("--in, -i [file]");
+        console.log("   %cspecifies the path to the source code input file", "color: rgb(190, 190, 190);");
+
+        console.log();
+
+        console.log("--out, -o [file]");
+        console.log("   %cspecifies the path to the output file", "color: rgb(190, 190, 190);");
+        console.log("   [default: output.json]");
+
+        console.log();
+
+        console.log("--steps, -s [number]");
+        console.log("   %cspecifies the number of steps to evaluate", "color: rgb(190, 190, 190);");
+        console.log("   [default: 10]");
+
+        console.log();
+
+        console.log("--delay, -d [number]");
+        console.log("   %cspecifies the delay in milliseconds between each step", "color: rgb(190, 190, 190);");
+        console.log("   [default: 200]");
+
+        console.log();
+
+        console.log("--width, -w [number]");
+        console.log("   %cspecifies the width of the simulation bounds in pixels", "color: rgb(190, 190, 190);");
+        console.log("   [default: 500]");
+
+        console.log();
+
+        console.log("--height, -h [number]");
+        console.log("   %cspecifies the height of the simulation bounds in pixels", "color: rgb(190, 190, 190);");
+        console.log("   [default: 500]");
+
+        console.log();
+
+        console.log("--debug [flag]");
+        console.log("   whether to print the debug information to the user");
+        console.log("   [default: false]");
+
+        console.log();
+
+        console.log("--compact [flag]");
+        console.log("   whether to store the output JSON in compact mode");
+        console.log("   [default: false]");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/exec/performance.ts b/exec/performance.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09798b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exec/performance.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { performance } from "node:perf_hooks";
+
+type PerformanceFunction = (start: number, end: number) => number;
+
+export class Performance {
+
+    private static entries: number[] = [];
+
+    public static now(): number {
+        const value = performance.now();
+        Performance.entries.push(value);
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    public static milliseconds(start: number, end: number): number {
+        const milliseconds = end - start;
+        return Performance.elapsed(milliseconds);
+    }
+
+    public static seconds(start: number, end: number): number {
+        const seconds = (end - start) / 1000;
+        return Performance.elapsed(seconds);
+    }
+
+    public static lastElapsed(func: PerformanceFunction = Performance.milliseconds): number {
+        if (Performance.entries.length < 2) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        const start = Performance.entries[Performance.entries.length - 2];
+        const end = Performance.entries[Performance.entries.length - 1];
+
+        return func(start, end);
+    }
+
+    public static allElapsed(func: PerformanceFunction = Performance.seconds): number {
+        if (Performance.entries.length < 2) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        const start = Performance.entries[0];
+        const end = Performance.entries[Performance.entries.length - 1];
+
+        return func(start, end);
+    }
+
+    public static slowdown(expected: number, actual: number): number {
+        return Performance.elapsed(actual / expected);
+    }
+
+    private static elapsed(value: number): number {
+        return Math.round(value * 100) / 100;
+    }
+
+    public static getEntries(): number[] {
+        return Performance.entries;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/exec/process.ts b/exec/process.ts
index 0538a23..e8b95ca 100644
--- a/exec/process.ts
+++ b/exec/process.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ import { exit as processExit } from "node:process";
 
 export class Process {
 
-    static exit(code: number): void {
-        switch (code) {
-            case 0: {
-                Logger.done(`Finished with exit code ${code}`);
-                break;
-            }
-            default: {
-                Logger.error(`Finished with exit code ${code}`);
-                break;
+    static exit(code: number, print: boolean = true): void {
+        if (print) {
+            switch (code) {
+                case 0: {
+                    Logger.done(`Finished with exit code ${code}`);
+                    break;
+                }
+                default: {
+                    Logger.error(`Finished with exit code ${code}`);
+                    break;
+                }
             }
         }