diff --git a/src/whsk/__init__.py b/src/whsk/__init__.py
index a3047d2..fdf61dc 100644
--- a/src/whsk/__init__.py
+++ b/src/whsk/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ cli = typer.Typer(help="whsk: web harvesting/scraping toolKit")
 VERSION = version("whsk")
 _user_agent = f"whsk/{VERSION}"
 
+# Common Options
 opt = {
     "user_agent": typer.Option("--ua", help="User agent to make requests with"),
     "postdata": typer.Option(
@@ -40,18 +41,65 @@ def parse_headers(headers: list[str]) -> dict:
     return header_dict
 
 
+def make_request(url, headers, postdata):
+    header_dict = parse_headers(headers)
+    resp = httpx.request("GET", url, headers=header_dict, data=postdata)
+    # if resp.headers["content-type"] == "text/html":
+    root = lxml.html.fromstring(resp.text)
+    return resp, root
+
+
+def parse_selectors(root, css, xpath):
+    # check for a selector
+    selected = selector = None
+    if css and xpath:
+        typer.secho("Cannot specify css and xpath", fg="red")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    if css:
+        selector = css
+        selected = root.cssselect(css)
+    if xpath:
+        selector = xpath
+        selected = root.xpath(xpath)
+    return selector, selected
+
+
+@cli.command()
+def version():
+    pyversion = sys.version.split(" ")[0]
+    console = Console()
+    console.print(
+        Panel(
+            f""" 
+W   H H H  SS K K
+W W W HHH  S  KK
+WWWWW H H SS  K K       v{VERSION}
+                """.lstrip()
+            + f"\npython {pyversion:>23}"
+            f"\nipython {IPython.__version__:>22}"
+            f"\nlxml.html {lxml.__version__:>20}"
+            f"\nhttpx {httpx.__version__:>24}",
+            style="cyan",
+            expand=False,
+        )
+    )
+
+
 @cli.command()
 def query(
     url: Annotated[str, typer.Argument(help="URL to scrape")],
     user_agent: Annotated[str, opt["user_agent"]] = _user_agent,
     postdata: Annotated[str, opt["postdata"]] = "",
     headers: Annotated[list[str], opt["headers"]] = [],
+    css: Annotated[str, opt["css"]] = "",
+    xpath: Annotated[str, opt["xpath"]] = "",
 ):
     """Run a one-off query against the URL"""
-    header_dict = parse_headers(headers)
-    typer.echo(f"Starting interactive shell for: {url}")
-    typer.echo(f"Headers: {header_dict}")
-    # Shell setup would go here
+    resp, root = make_request(url, headers, postdata)
+    selector, selected = parse_selectors(root, css, xpath)
+
+    for s in selected:
+        print(s)
 
 
 @cli.command()
@@ -64,38 +112,11 @@ def shell(
     xpath: Annotated[str, opt["xpath"]] = "",
 ):
     """Launch an interactive Python shell for scraping"""
-    pyversion = sys.version.split(" ")[0]
-    header_dict = parse_headers(headers)
-    resp = httpx.request("GET", url, headers=header_dict, data=postdata)
-    if resp.headers["content-type"] == "text/html":
-        root = lxml.html.fromstring(resp.text)
 
-    # check for a selector
-    selected = selector = None
-    if css and xpath:
-        typer.secho("Cannot specify css and xpath", fg="red")
-        raise typer.Exit(1)
-    if css:
-        selector = css
-        selected = root.cssselect(css)
-    if xpath:
-        selector = xpath
-        selected = root.xpath(xpath)
+    resp, root = make_request(url, headers, postdata)
+    selector, selected = parse_selectors(root, css, xpath)
 
     console = Console()
-    console.print(
-        Panel(
-            f""" 
-W   H H H  SS K K
-W W W HHH  S  KK
-WWWWW H H SS  K K     {VERSION}
-            """.lstrip()
-            + "\n"
-            f"ipython {IPython.__version__} | python {pyversion}",
-            style="cyan",
-            expand=False,
-        )
-    )
     table = Table(
         title="variables",
         show_header=False,