diff --git a/bin/dune b/bin/dune
index fd7f225..eb17a65 100644
--- a/bin/dune
+++ b/bin/dune
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 (executable
  (public_name diffcessible)
  (name main)
- (libraries diffcessible cmdliner patch))
+ (libraries diffcessible cmdliner patch extunix))
diff --git a/bin/main.ml b/bin/main.ml
index 13d2ba8..030f002 100644
--- a/bin/main.ml
+++ b/bin/main.ml
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 open Diffcessible
 open Cmdliner
+open ExtUnix.Specific
 
 let main file_path =
-  let file = In_channel.open_bin file_path in
-  let s = In_channel.input_all file in
-  let patch = Patch.to_diffs s in
+  let file = match file_path with
+    | Some path -> In_channel.open_bin path
+    | None ->
+        let tty = ttyname Unix.stdin 
+  in In_channel.open_bin tty
+  in let s = In_channel.input_all file
+  in let patch = Patch.to_diffs s in
   Interactive_viewer.start patch
 
 let file_arg =
-  let doc = "Path to the file containing the Git diff." in
-  Arg.(required & pos 0 (some string) None & info [] ~docv:"FILE" ~doc)
+  let doc = "Path to the file containing the Git diff. If not provided, reads from the terminal." in
+  Arg.(value & pos 0 (some string) None & info [] ~docv:"FILE" ~doc) 
 
 let cmd =
-  let doc = "Render Git diffs in an accessible way." in
+  let doc = "Render Git diffs in an accessible way. Acts as a pager if no file is provided." in
   let info = Cmd.info "diffcessible" ~version:"VERSION" ~doc in
   Cmd.v info Term.(const main $ file_arg)
 
 let () = exit (Cmd.eval cmd)
+
diff --git a/diffcessible.opam b/diffcessible.opam
index 05ee17b..548139b 100644
--- a/diffcessible.opam
+++ b/diffcessible.opam
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ depends: [
   "dune" {>= "3.11"}
   "cmdliner"
   "seq"
+  "extunix"
   "notty" {>= "0.2"}
   "odoc" {with-doc}
 ]
diff --git a/dune-project b/dune-project
index f228c76..4c8f34e 100644
--- a/dune-project
+++ b/dune-project
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   dune
   cmdliner
   seq
+  extunix
   (notty
    (>= 0.2)))
  (tags