diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index fbb2fc0..ccf3d29 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ def vm_start(nographic=False):
         initialize = [
                 "qemu-system-x86_64",
                 "-enable-kvm",
-                "-m", "2G", # ram allocation
-                "-nic", "user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:22", #forward port 5555 in host to port 22 in vm
+                "-m", RAM, # ram allocation
+                "-nic", f'user,hostfwd=tcp::{PORT}-:22', #forward port 5555 in host to port 22 in vm
                 "-drive", "file=%s,media=disk,if=virtio" % image_dest,
         ]
 
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
                 description="ARVP Onboarding Virtual Machine Launcher! Don't use --nographic if you are in a tmux session. it might explode :3")
         parser.add_argument(
-                "--nographic",
+                "-nographic",
                 action="store_true",
                 help="Run QEMU in nographic mode (runs the VM embedded in your terminal instead of opening a new window)",)
-
+        parser.add_argument("-port", help="Port to forward to the VM for ssh", default=5555)
+        parser.add_argument("-ram", help="Amount of RAM to allocate to the VM", default="4G")
         args = parser.parse_args()
         vm_start(nographic=args.nographic)