diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 778f2db..e0e0cfc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 All notable changes to this project [will be documented](http://keepachangelog.com/) in this file.
 This project *tries to* adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.7.0] - 2016-14-17
+
+- uses config/res as the default folder to persist generated icons (not backwards compatible)
+- Add --help option
+- Ability to specify output path 
+- Backwards-compatibility mode to use platforms path instead of new defaults (-c)
+
 ## [0.6.0] - 2016-03-08
 - Allow platform-specific icons (0c26dfe)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7cd8454..f4efdc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,12 +23,25 @@ Then run:
 
      $ cordova-icon
 
+You may specify the output path and directory as follows:
+
+    # output to path/to/res/icon
+    $ cordova-splash -p path/to/res icon   
+          
+WARNING: If you were using a previous version of cordova-icon and expect the generated files to be in their respective ./platforms
+path, use the compability mode:
+
+    $ cordova-icon -c
+    
+This will override the -p and -i settings.
+
 For good results, your file shoud be:
 
 - square
 - for Android and iOS, at least 192\*192px (512\*512px recommended to be future-proof)
 - for Windows, at least 1240\*1240px
 
+
 ### Creating a cordova-cli hook
 
 Since the execution of cordova-icon is pretty fast, you can add it as a cordova-cli hook to execute before every build.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f49ce38..bfff23a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ var colors = require('colors');
 var _      = require('underscore');
 var Q      = require('q');
 var wrench = require('wrench');
+var optparse = require('optparse');
 
 /**
- * Check which platforms are added to the project and return their icon names and sizes
- *
- * @param  {String} projectName
+ * Check which platforms are added to the project and return their icon names
+ * and sizes
+ * 
+ * @param {String}
+ *            projectName
  * @return {Promise} resolves with an array of platforms
  */
 var getPlatforms = function (projectName) {
@@ -20,7 +23,8 @@ var getPlatforms = function (projectName) {
     name : 'ios',
     // TODO: use async fs.exists
     isAdded : fs.existsSync('platforms/ios'),
-    iconsPath : 'platforms/ios/' + projectName + '/Images.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/',
+    iconsPath : (settings.RESOURCE_PATH + '/' + settings.ICON_DIR + '/ios/').replace('//', '/'),
+    platformIconsPath: 'platforms/ios/' + projectName + '/Images.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/',
     icons : [
       { name : 'icon-40.png',       size : 40  },
       { name : 'icon-40@2x.png',    size : 80  },
@@ -44,7 +48,8 @@ var getPlatforms = function (projectName) {
   platforms.push({
     name : 'android',
     isAdded : fs.existsSync('platforms/android'),
-    iconsPath : 'platforms/android/res/',
+    iconsPath : (settings.RESOURCE_PATH + '/' + settings.ICON_DIR + '/android/').replace('//', '/'),
+    platformIconsPath:  'platforms/android/res/',
     icons : [
       { name : 'drawable/icon.png',       size : 96 },
       { name : 'drawable-hdpi/icon.png',  size : 72 },
@@ -58,7 +63,8 @@ var getPlatforms = function (projectName) {
   platforms.push({
     name : 'windows',
     isAdded : fs.existsSync('platforms/windows'),
-    iconsPath : 'platforms/windows/images/',
+    iconsPath : (settings.RESOURCE_PATH + '/' + settings.ICON_DIR + '/windows/').replace('//', '/'),
+    platformIconsPath: 'platforms/windows/images/',
     icons : [
       { name : 'StoreLogo.scale-100.png', size : 50  },
       { name : 'StoreLogo.scale-125.png', size : 63  },
@@ -104,12 +110,15 @@ var getPlatforms = function (projectName) {
 
 
 /**
- * @var {Object} settings - names of the config file and of the icon image
- * TODO: add option to get these values as CLI params
+ * @var {Object} settings - names of the config file and of the icon image TODO:
+ *      add option to get these values as CLI params
  */
 var settings = {};
 settings.CONFIG_FILE = 'config.xml';
 settings.ICON_FILE   = 'icon.png';
+settings.RESOURCE_PATH = 'config/res'; // without trailing slash
+settings.ICON_DIR = 'icon'; // without slashes
+settings.USE_PLATFORMS_PATH = false; // true to use platforms path
 
 /**
  * @var {Object} console utils
@@ -131,7 +140,7 @@ display.header = function (str) {
 
 /**
  * read the config file and get the project name
- *
+ * 
  * @return {Promise} resolves to a string - the project's name
  */
 var getProjectName = function () {
@@ -154,9 +163,11 @@ var getProjectName = function () {
 
 /**
  * Resizes, crops (if needed) and creates a new icon in the platform's folder.
- *
- * @param  {Object} platform
- * @param  {Object} icon
+ * 
+ * @param {Object}
+ *            platform
+ * @param {Object}
+ *            icon
  * @return {Promise}
  */
 var generateIcon = function (platform, icon) {
@@ -166,7 +177,8 @@ var generateIcon = function (platform, icon) {
   if (fs.existsSync(platformPath)) {
     srcPath = platformPath;
   }
-  var dstPath = platform.iconsPath + icon.name;
+  var dstPath = (settings.USE_PLATFORMS_PATH ? 
+	  platform.platformIconsPath : platform.iconsPath) + icon.name;
   var dst = path.dirname(dstPath);
   if (!fs.existsSync(dst)) {
     wrench.mkdirSyncRecursive(dst);
@@ -183,7 +195,7 @@ var generateIcon = function (platform, icon) {
       deferred.reject(err);
     } else {
       deferred.resolve();
-      display.success(icon.name + ' created');
+      display.success(icon.name + ' created [' + dstPath + ']');
     }
   });
   if (icon.height) {
@@ -208,8 +220,9 @@ var generateIcon = function (platform, icon) {
 
 /**
  * Generates icons based on the platform object
- *
- * @param  {Object} platform
+ * 
+ * @param {Object}
+ *            platform
  * @return {Promise}
  */
 var generateIconsForPlatform = function (platform) {
@@ -224,8 +237,9 @@ var generateIconsForPlatform = function (platform) {
 
 /**
  * Goes over all the platforms and triggers icon generation
- *
- * @param  {Array} platforms
+ * 
+ * @param {Array}
+ *            platforms
  * @return {Promise}
  */
 var generateIcons = function (platforms) {
@@ -246,8 +260,9 @@ var generateIcons = function (platforms) {
 
 /**
  * Checks if at least one platform was added to the project
- *
- * @return {Promise} resolves if at least one platform was found, rejects otherwise
+ * 
+ * @return {Promise} resolves if at least one platform was found, rejects
+ *         otherwise
  */
 var atLeastOnePlatformFound = function () {
   var deferred = Q.defer();
@@ -268,7 +283,7 @@ var atLeastOnePlatformFound = function () {
 
 /**
  * Checks if a valid icon file exists
- *
+ * 
  * @return {Promise} resolves if exists, rejects otherwise
  */
 var validIconExists = function () {
@@ -287,7 +302,7 @@ var validIconExists = function () {
 
 /**
  * Checks if a config.xml file exists
- *
+ * 
  * @return {Promise} resolves if exists, rejects otherwise
  */
 var configFileExists = function () {
@@ -304,6 +319,35 @@ var configFileExists = function () {
   return deferred.promise;
 };
 
+/**
+ * parse command line options
+ */
+var parseOptions = function() {
+  var switches = [
+     ['-h', '--help', 'Show this help'],
+     ['-p', '--path PATH', 'resource path, defaults to ' + settings.RESOURCE_PATH],
+     ['-i', '--icon DIR', 'icon directory in PATH, defaults to ' + settings.ICON_DIR],
+     ['-c', '--compat', 'uses default path in platforms (backwards compatibility, overrides -p and -i)'],
+  ];
+  var parser = new optparse.OptionParser(switches);
+  parser.on('help', function() {
+	console.log(parser.toString());
+	process.exit();
+  });
+  parser.on('path', function(opt, path) {
+	settings.RESOURCE_PATH = path;
+  });
+  parser.on('icon', function(opt, path) {
+	settings.SCREEN_DIR = path;
+  });
+  parser.on('compat', function() {
+	settings.USE_PLATFORMS_PATH = true;
+  });
+  parser.parse(process.argv);
+}
+
+parseOptions();
+
 display.header('Checking Project & Icon');
 
 atLeastOnePlatformFound()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9fa6042..c0fcdac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "q": "^1.0.1",
     "underscore": "^1.6.0",
     "wrench": "^1.5.8",
-    "xml2js": "^0.4.3"
+    "xml2js": "^0.4.3",
+    "optparse": "^1.0.5"
   }
 }