diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fdb6d5b3..820a322e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+21/2/2010 version 0.5.7
+* Added pry executable, auto-loads .pryrc in user's home directory, if it
+	exists.
+	
 19/2/2010 version 0.5.5
 * Added Pry.run_command
 * More useful error messages
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index bb9180bb..d672af03 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ is trivial to set it to read from any object that has a `readline` method and wr
 `puts` method - many other aspects of Pry are also configurable making
 it a good choice for implementing custom shells.
 
+Pry now comes with an executable so it can be invoked at the command line.
+Just enter `pry` to start. A `.pryrc` file in the user's home directory will
+be loaded if it exists. Type `pry --help` at the command line for more information.
+
 * Install the [gem](https://rubygems.org/gems/pry): `gem install pry`
 * Read the [documentation](http://rdoc.info/github/banister/pry/master/file/README.markdown)
 * See the [source code](http://github.com/banister/pry)
@@ -180,10 +184,6 @@ invoke any of these methods directly depending on exactly what aspect of the fun
 
 ###Limitations:
 
-* Pry does not pretend to be a replacement for `irb`,
-  and so does not have an executable. It is designed to be used by
-  other programs, not on its own. For a full-featured `irb` replacement
-  see [ripl](https://github.com/cldwalker/ripl)
 * Pry's `show-method` and `show-doc` commands do not work
   in Ruby 1.8.
 
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 68b7e181..2e8fd914 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def apply_spec_defaults(s)
   s.add_development_dependency("bacon",">=1.1.0")
   s.homepage = "http://banisterfiend.wordpress.com"
   s.has_rdoc = 'yard'
+  s.executables = ["pry"]
   s.files = Dir["ext/**/extconf.rb", "ext/**/*.h", "ext/**/*.c", "lib/**/*.rb", "examples/**/*.rb",
                      "test/*.rb", "CHANGELOG", "LICENSE", "README.markdown", "Rakefile", ".gemtest"]
 end
diff --git a/bin/pry b/bin/pry
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d2f0d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/pry
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+# (C) John Mair (banisterfiend)
+# MIT license
+
+begin
+  require 'pry'
+rescue LoadError
+  require 'rubygems'
+  require 'pry'
+end
+require "optparse"
+
+# defaults
+options = {
+  :context => TOPLEVEL_BINDING,
+  :loadrc => true
+}
+
+OptionParser.new do |opts|
+  opts.banner = %{Usage: pry [OPTIONS] 
+Start a Pry session.
+See: `https://github.com/banister` for more information.
+--
+}
+  opts.on("-r", "--require FILE", "`require` a Ruby script at startup.") do |file|
+    require file
+  end
+
+  opts.on("-e", "--exec CODE", "A line of Ruby code to execute in context before the session starts.") do |code|
+    options[:code] = code
+  end
+
+  opts.on("-f", "Suppress loading of ~/.pryrc") do 
+    options[:loadrc] = false
+  end
+
+  opts.on("-v", "--version", "Display the Pry version.") do
+    puts "Pry version #{Pry::VERSION} on Ruby #{RUBY_VERSION}"
+    exit
+  end
+
+  opts.on("-c", "--context CONTEXT",
+          "Start the session in the specified context. Equivalent to `context.pry` in a session.") do |context|
+    options[:context] = Pry.binding_for(eval(context))
+  end
+
+  opts.on_tail("-h", "--help", "This message.") do 
+    puts opts
+    exit
+  end
+end.parse!
+
+rcpath = File.expand_path("~/.pryrc")
+
+# load ~/.pryrc, if not suppressed with -f option
+load rcpath if File.exists?(rcpath) && options[:loadrc]
+
+# execute line of code, if provided with -e option
+options[:context].eval(options[:code]) if options[:code]
+
+# start the session
+options[:context].pry
diff --git a/lib/pry/commands.rb b/lib/pry/commands.rb
index 7a15d92e..ff64c582 100644
--- a/lib/pry/commands.rb
+++ b/lib/pry/commands.rb
@@ -465,6 +465,25 @@ e.g: show-method hello_method
       end
     end
 
+    command "east-coker", "" do
+      text = %{
+--
+Now the light falls
+Across the open field, leaving the deep lane
+Shuttered with branches, dark in the afternoon,
+Where you lean against a bank while a van passes,
+And the deep lane insists on the direction
+Into the village, in the electric heat
+Hypnotised. In a warm haze the sultry light
+Is absorbed, not refracted, by grey stone.
+The dahlias sleep in the empty silence.
+Wait for the early owl.
+-- T.S Eliot
+}
+      output.puts text
+      text
+    end
+    
     command "cohen-poem", "" do
       text = %{
 --
diff --git a/lib/pry/version.rb b/lib/pry/version.rb
index 6bfe091c..97826ede 100644
--- a/lib/pry/version.rb
+++ b/lib/pry/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 class Pry
-  VERSION = "0.5.6"
+  VERSION = "0.5.7"
 end