diff -r d0fc5f337ea2 -r 05dbed834852 cadMousePro-daemon/src/cadMousePro.cpp
--- a/cadMousePro-daemon/src/cadMousePro.cpp	Mon Aug 19 17:38:48 2019 +0200
+++ b/cadMousePro-daemon/src/cadMousePro.cpp	Mon Aug 19 17:55:50 2019 +0200
@@ -27,16 +27,22 @@
 		CLI cli(argc, argv);
 
 		std::wcout << L"cadMousePro" << std::endl;
-		HIDDevice mouse(0x256f, 0xc652, nullptr);
-		std::wcout << L"mouse opened" << std::endl;
-		std::wcout << L"manufacturer:  " << mouse.getManufacturerName() << std::endl;
-		std::wcout << L"product:       " << mouse.getProductName() << std::endl;
-		// std::wcout << L"serial number: " << mouse.getSerialNumber() << std::endl; // throws exception
 
 		CLIParser cliParser;
 		CLIConfiguration configuration = cliParser.parse(cli.arguments());
 
-		mouse.sendFeatureReport(configuration.cadMouseConfig.serialize());
+		if (configuration.daemon) {
+			// TODO: run D-Bus service
+			std::wcout << L"will start daemon" << std::endl;
+		} else {
+			HIDDevice mouse(0x256f, 0xc652, nullptr);
+			std::wcout << L"mouse opened" << std::endl;
+			std::wcout << L"manufacturer:  " << mouse.getManufacturerName() << std::endl;
+			std::wcout << L"product:       " << mouse.getProductName() << std::endl;
+			// std::wcout << L"serial number: " << mouse.getSerialNumber() << std::endl; // throws exception
+			
+			mouse.sendFeatureReport(configuration.cadMouseConfig.serialize());
+		}
 
 		return CLI::EXIT_CODE_SUCCESS;
 	} catch (const HIDException& e) {