diff --git a/cmd/headscale/cli/root.go b/cmd/headscale/cli/root.go
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+package cli
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("output", "o", "", "Output format. Empty for human-readable, 'json' or 'json-line'")
+}
+
+var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "headscale",
+	Short: "headscale - a Tailscale control server",
+	Long: `
+headscale is an open source implementation of the Tailscale control server
+
+Juan Font Alonso <juanfontalonso@gmail.com> - 2021
+https://gitlab.com/juanfont/headscale`,
+}
+
+func Execute() {
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}