diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 22d20c4..c83d3b9 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,51 +6,65 @@ const browserify = require('browserify');
 const prependify = require('prependify');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
-extendscriptr
-  .version(packageJson.version)
-  .usage('[options]')
-  .option('-s, --script <path>', 'The input file to compile into an executable extendscript')
-  .option('-o, --output <path>', 'The path to the wished compiled output file')
-  .option('-t, --target [targetApp]', 'The Adobe Application the script is intended for. i.e. InDesign [targetApp]')
-  .parse(process.argv);
-
-console.log('Running extendscriptr with following options:');
-
-extendscriptr.options.forEach(function(opt) {
-    if (opt.long === '--version') return;
-    var optionName = opt.long.replace('--', '');
-    console.log(
-    opt.long + ': ' +
-    extendscriptr[optionName] +
-    (opt.optional === 0 ? '' : ' (optional)')
-  );
-});
-
 var prototypePolyfills = fs.readFileSync(require.resolve('extendscript.prototypes'), 'utf8');
 var browserifyPlugins = [ [ prependify, prototypePolyfills ] ];
 
-var adobeTarget = String(extendscriptr.target).toLowerCase();
-if( adobeTarget &&
-  ( adobeTarget.indexOf('indesign') >= 0 ||
-    adobeTarget.indexOf('photoshop') >= 0 ||
-    adobeTarget.indexOf('illustrator') >= 0 ||
-    adobeTarget.indexOf('aftereffects') >= 0)) {
-    browserifyPlugins.push([ prependify, '#target ' + extendscriptr.target + '\n' ]);
+function getBrowserify( script ) {
+    return browserify({
+      entries: [ script ],
+      transform: [[require.resolve('babelify'), {
+          presets: [
+              'env'
+          ],
+          plugins: [
+              require.resolve('babel-plugin-transform-es3-member-expression-literals'),
+              require.resolve('babel-plugin-transform-es3-property-literals'),
+              require.resolve('babel-plugin-transform-es5-property-mutators')
+          ]
+      }]],
+      plugin: browserifyPlugins
+  });
 };
 
-var b = browserify({
-    entries: [ extendscriptr.script ],
-    transform: [[require.resolve('babelify'), {
-        presets: [
-            'env'
-        ],
-        plugins: [
-            require.resolve('babel-plugin-transform-es3-member-expression-literals'),
-            require.resolve('babel-plugin-transform-es3-property-literals'),
-            require.resolve('babel-plugin-transform-es5-property-mutators')
-        ]
-    }]],
-    plugin: browserifyPlugins
-});
-
-b.bundle().pipe(fs.createWriteStream(extendscriptr.output));
+if(process.stdin.isTTY){
+  extendscriptr
+    .version(packageJson.version)
+    .usage('[options]')
+    .option('-s, --script <path>', 'The input file to compile into an executable extendscript')
+    .option('-o, --output <path>', 'The path to the wished compiled output file')
+    .option('-t, --target [targetApp]', 'The Adobe Application the script is intended for. i.e. InDesign [targetApp]')
+    .parse(process.argv);
+
+  console.log('Running extendscriptr with following options:');
+
+  extendscriptr.options.forEach(function(opt) {
+      if (opt.long === '--version') return;
+      var optionName = opt.long.replace('--', '');
+      console.log(
+      opt.long + ': ' +
+      extendscriptr[optionName] +
+      (opt.optional === 0 ? '' : ' (optional)')
+    );
+  });
+
+  var adobeTarget = String(extendscriptr.target).toLowerCase();
+  if( adobeTarget &&
+    ( adobeTarget.indexOf('indesign') >= 0 ||
+      adobeTarget.indexOf('photoshop') >= 0 ||
+      adobeTarget.indexOf('illustrator') >= 0 ||
+      adobeTarget.indexOf('aftereffects') >= 0)) {
+      browserifyPlugins.push([ prependify, '#target ' + extendscriptr.target + '\n' ]);
+  };
+
+  var b = getBrowserify( extendscriptr.script );
+
+  b.bundle().pipe(fs.createWriteStream(extendscriptr.output));
+
+} else { // smoke a pipe
+  var script = '';
+  process.stdin.on('data',function(d){ script += d });
+  process.stdin.on('end',function(){
+    var b = getBrowserify( script );
+    process.stdout.write( b.bundle() );
+  });
+}