diff --git a/src/main.go b/src/main.go
index 43696f0..9ef54a6 100644
--- a/src/main.go
+++ b/src/main.go
@@ -2,24 +2,21 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
-	"log"
 	"fmt"
 	"bruteforce/src/matching"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	matchPtr := flag.String("match", "", "a string")
 	usagePtr := flag.Bool("help", false, "a bool")
+	statusPtr := flag.String("status-codes", "200,401,403,404,429,500", "Comma-separated list of status codes to match")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 	if *usagePtr {
-		fmt.Println("Usage: use flag match=<option>")
-		fmt.Println("	option	status[100-599|all]")
+		fmt.Println("Usage for matching options:\n\nuse flag -status-codes=\"<status-options>\"")
+		fmt.Println("\tstatus-options\t200,202,400,404 (Comma-separated list)")
+		fmt.Println("\t\t\tall")
+		fmt.Println("\t\t\t[By default: 200,401,403,404,429,500]")
 		return;
 	}
-	if *matchPtr != "" {
-		matcher.MatchParser(*matchPtr)
-	} else {
-		log.Fatal("No match indicated.")
-	}
+	matcher.MatchParser(*statusPtr)
 }
diff --git a/src/matching/matcher.go b/src/matching/matcher.go
index d7acb2c..982c024 100644
--- a/src/matching/matcher.go
+++ b/src/matching/matcher.go
@@ -1,7 +1,52 @@
 package matcher
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+)
 
-func MatchParser(matchType string) {
-	fmt.Println("matching option:", matchType)
+func matchStatusCode(url string, matchCodes []int) (bool, string) {
+    resp, err := http.Get(url)
+    if err != nil {
+        return false, ""
+    }
+    defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+    for _, code := range matchCodes {
+        if resp.StatusCode == code {
+            return true, fmt.Sprintf("Status Code: %d", code)
+        }
+    }
+    return false, fmt.Sprintf("Status Code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+}
+
+func parseStatusCodes(statusCodeList string) ([]int, error) {
+    codeStrs := strings.Split(statusCodeList, ",")
+    var codes []int
+    for _, codeStr := range codeStrs {
+        var code int
+		if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(codeStr, "%d", &code); err != nil {
+            return nil, err
+        }
+		if code < 600 && code >= 100 {
+        	codes = append(codes, code)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("[WARN] `%d` not considered, invalid status code.", code)
+		}
+    }
+	if len(codes) == 1 && codes[0] == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no valid status code given")
+	}
+    return codes, nil
+}
+
+func MatchParser(statuses string) {
+	log.Println("Matching using the following status codes:", statuses)
+	matchCodes, err := parseStatusCodes(statuses)
+	if err != nil {
+        log.Fatal("Error parsing status codes:", err)
+    }
+	log.Println("Matching status codes:", matchCodes)
 }