diff --git a/src/api/api.command.ts b/src/api/api.command.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a6c292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/api.command.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { Command } from 'commander';
+
+export const apiCommand = new Command();
+
+apiCommand
+  .version('1.0', '-v, --version')
+  .option('-p, --port <port>')
+  .parse(process.argv);
diff --git a/src/api/api.dependencies.ts b/src/api/api.dependencies.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f7ce27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/api.dependencies.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Result } from '@alien-worlds/api-core';
+import { DatabaseConfigBuilder, Dependencies } from '../common';
+import { Api } from './api';
+import { ApiConfig } from './api.types';
+
+/**
+ * An abstract class representing a Api dependencies.
+ * @class ApiDependencies
+ */
+export abstract class ApiDependencies extends Dependencies {
+  public api: Api;
+
+  public databaseConfigBuilder: DatabaseConfigBuilder;
+
+  public abstract initialize(config: ApiConfig): Promise<Result>;
+}
diff --git a/src/api/api.ts b/src/api/api.ts
index 0aede4b..cf2db65 100644
--- a/src/api/api.ts
+++ b/src/api/api.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ import { ApiConfig } from './api.types';
 
 export class Api<WebFramework = unknown> {
   protected app: WebFramework;
+  protected config: ApiConfig;
 
-  constructor(protected config: ApiConfig) {}
+  public setup(config: ApiConfig) {
+    this.config = config;
+  }
 
   public async start() {
     throw new Error('Method "start" not implemented');
diff --git a/src/api/api.types.ts b/src/api/api.types.ts
index 1605540..9edfd9b 100644
--- a/src/api/api.types.ts
+++ b/src/api/api.types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { UnknownObject } from "@alien-worlds/api-core";
+import { UnknownObject } from '@alien-worlds/api-core';
+
+export type ApiCommandOptions = {
+  port: number;
+};
 
 export type ApiConfig<DatabaseConfig = UnknownObject> = {
   port: number;
diff --git a/src/api/index.ts b/src/api/index.ts
index ce894e8..70bae94 100644
--- a/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/src/api/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-export * from './api';
+export * from './api.command';
+export * from './api.dependencies';
 export * from './api.types';
+export * from './api';
 export * from './start-api';
 export * as ApiEndpoints from './endpoints';
diff --git a/src/api/start-api.ts b/src/api/start-api.ts
index 3b7bd99..8de318d 100644
--- a/src/api/start-api.ts
+++ b/src/api/start-api.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 import 'reflect-metadata';
 
-import { Route } from '@alien-worlds/api-core';
-import { Api } from './api';
+import { ConfigVars, Route } from '@alien-worlds/api-core';
+import { apiCommand } from './api.command';
+import { ApiCommandOptions } from './api.types';
+import { buildApiConfig } from '../config';
+import { ApiDependencies } from './api.dependencies';
 
-export const startApi = async <WebFramework = unknown>(
-  api: Api<WebFramework>,
-  routes: Route[] = []
+export const startApi = async (
+  dependencies: ApiDependencies,
+  routes: Route[] = [],
+  ...args: string[]
 ) => {
+  const { api } = dependencies;
+  const vars = new ConfigVars();
+  const options = apiCommand.parse(args).opts<ApiCommandOptions>();
+  const config = buildApiConfig(vars, dependencies.databaseConfigBuilder, options);
+
+  api.setup(config);
+
   routes.forEach(route => {
     Route.mount(api, route);
   });
diff --git a/src/config/index.ts b/src/config/index.ts
index 0a84a6c..3f01753 100644
--- a/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/src/config/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { Api } from './../api/api';
 import { FilterCommandOptions, FilterConfig } from '../filter';
-import { ApiConfig } from '../api';
+import { ApiCommandOptions, ApiConfig } from '../api';
 import { BlockchainConfig, BootstrapCommandOptions, BootstrapConfig } from '../bootstrap';
 import { ReaderCommandOptions, ReaderConfig } from '../reader';
 import { ProcessorCommandOptions, ProcessorConfig } from '../processor';
@@ -96,14 +97,16 @@ export const buildUnprocessedBlockQueueConfig = (
   sizeCheckInterval:
     vars.getNumberEnv('UNPROCESSED_BLOCK_QUEUE_SIZE_CHECK_INTERVAL') || 2000,
   batchSize: vars.getNumberEnv('UNPROCESSED_BLOCK_QUEUE_BATCH_SIZE') || 100,
-  fastLaneBatchSize: vars.getNumberEnv('UNPROCESSED_BLOCK_QUEUE_FAST_LANE_BATCH_SIZE') || 1,
+  fastLaneBatchSize:
+    vars.getNumberEnv('UNPROCESSED_BLOCK_QUEUE_FAST_LANE_BATCH_SIZE') || 1,
 });
 
 export const buildApiConfig = (
   vars: ConfigVars,
-  databaseConfigBuilder: (vars: ConfigVars, ...args: unknown[]) => UnknownObject
+  databaseConfigBuilder: (vars: ConfigVars, ...args: unknown[]) => UnknownObject,
+  options?: ApiCommandOptions
 ): ApiConfig => ({
-  port: vars.getNumberEnv('API_PORT') || 8080,
+  port: vars.getNumberEnv('API_PORT') || options.port || 8080,
   database: databaseConfigBuilder(vars),
 });