diff --git a/dlaudio.py b/dlaudio.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fb188b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlaudio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Download audio using youtube-dl, passing
+a specific set of options specified by the user
+Imports:
+    argparse: for parsing command line arguments
+    subprocess: for running youtube-dl
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import pathlib
+import subprocess
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('-b', '--batch-dl',
+                    dest='batchfile',
+                    type=str,
+                    help='provide the links from a text file')
+parser.add_argument('-f', '--format',
+                    type=str,
+                    default='flac',
+                    help='the format to use (default:flac)')
+parser.add_argument('-n', '--filename',
+                    type=str,
+                    help='the name of the downloaded file (without extension)')
+parser.add_argument('urls',
+                    nargs='*',
+                    help='video URLs')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+default_filename = f"{pathlib.Path.home()}/Music/%(title)s.%(ext)s"
+
+dl_opts = []
+dl_opts.append('--no-part')
+dl_opts.append('--no-continue')
+dl_opts.append('--extract-audio')
+dl_opts.append(f"--audio-format={args.format}")
+
+dl_opts.append(f"--output={args.filename}")
+
+# filename handling
+# -b and -n should not be used together
+if args.filename and args.batchfile:
+    print('Ignoring --batch-dl and --filename')
+    dl_opts.append(f"--output={default_filename}")
+elif args.filename:
+    dl_opts.append(f"--output={pathlib.Path.home()}/Music/{args.filename}.%(ext)s")
+else:
+    dl_opts.append(f"--output={default_filename}")
+
+# URL handling
+if args.batchfile:
+    dl_opts.append(f"--batch-file={args.batchfile}")
+elif len(args.urls) == 0:
+    print("URLs are required")
+    exit(2)
+else:
+    dl_opts += args.urls
+
+dl = subprocess.run(['youtube-dl'] + dl_opts)
diff --git a/dlaudio.sh b/dlaudio.sh
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index bf5700c..0000000
--- a/dlaudio.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Download audio using youtube-dl, passing
-# a specific set of options specified by the user
-
-printHelp() {
-cat << EOF
-Usage: dlaudio [options] [URLs]
-
-Options:
-    -b, --batch-dl  provide the links from a text file
-    -f, --format    the format to use (default: flac)
-    -h, --help      print this help page
-    -n, --filename  the name of the downloaded file (without the extension)
-EOF
-}
-
-declare -a opts
-batchfile=
-filename=
-declare -r default_filename="--output=${HOME}/Music/%(title)s.%(ext)s"
-format=
-
-# error messages
-declare -r nobatchfile_error="Error: no batch file entered"
-declare -r nofilename_error="Error: no filename entered"
-declare -r noformat_error="Error: no format entered"
-
-while true; do
-	case "${1}" in
-		"-b"|"--batch-dl")
-            batchfile="${2}"
-            case "${batchfile}" in
-                "")
-                    echo "${nobatchfile_error}" >&2
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-                -*)
-                    echo "Not a file: ${batchfile}"
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-                *)
-                    [[ ! -f "${batchfile}" ]] && echo "Not a file: ${batchfile}" >&2 && exit 1
-                    ;;
-            esac
-            shift 2
-            continue
-            ;;
-        --batch-dl=*)
-            batchfile="${1#*=}"
-            case "${batchfile}" in
-                "")
-                    echo "${nobatchfile_error}" >&2
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-                -*)
-                    echo "Not a file: ${batchfile}" >&2
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-                *)
-                    [[ ! -f "${batchfile}" ]] && echo "Not a file: ${batchfile}" && exit 1
-                    ;;
-            esac
-            shift
-            continue
-            ;;
-		"-f"|"--format")
-            format="${2}"
-            case "${format}" in
-                "")
-                    echo "No format entered" >&2
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-                -*)
-                    echo "Not a format: ${format}"
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-            esac
-            shift 2
-			continue
-            ;;
-        --format=*)
-            format="${1#*=}"
-            case "${format}" in
-                "")
-                    echo "${noformat_error}" >&2
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-                -*)
-                    echo "Not a format: ${format}" >&2
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-            esac
-            shift
-            continue
-            ;;
-        "-h"|"--help")
-            # print help page and exit
-            printHelp
-            exit
-            ;;
-        "-n"|"--filename")
-            filename="${2}"
-            case "${filename}" in
-                "")
-                    echo "${nofilename_error}" >&2
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-                -*)
-                    echo "Not a filename: ${filename}" >&2
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-            esac
-            shift 2
-            continue
-            ;;
-        --filename=*)
-            filename="${1#*=}"
-            case "${filename}" in
-                "")
-                    echo "${nofilename_error}" >&2
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-                -*)
-                    echo "Not a filename: ${filename}" >&2
-                    exit 1
-                    ;;
-            esac
-            shift
-            continue
-            ;;
-		"--")
-			shift
-			break
-            ;;
-        -*)
-            echo "Error, not an option: ${1}" >&2
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-        *)
-            break
-	esac
-done
-
-# default options
-opts+=("--no-part")
-opts+=("--no-continue")
-opts+=("--extract-audio")
-opts+=("--audio-format=${format:-flac}")
-
-# filename cannot be used at the same time as batch-dl
-if [[ "${filename}" && -z "${batchfile}" ]]; then
-    opts+=("--output=${HOME}/Music/${filename}.%(ext)s")
-elif [[ "${batchfile}" && -z "${filename}" ]]; then
-    opts+=("${default_filename}")
-elif [[ "${batchfile}" && "${filename}" ]]; then
-    printf '%s\n' "Cannot pass '--batch-dl' and '--filename' together, ignoring"
-    opts+=("${default_filename}")
-else
-    opts+=("${default_filename}")
-fi
-
-if [[ "${batchfile}" ]]; then
-    youtube-dl "${opts[@]}" --batch-file="${batchfile}"
-elif [[ "${*}" ]]; then
-    youtube-dl "${opts[@]}" "${@}"
-else
-    printf '%s\n' "No arguments entered, cancelling"
-fi