diff --git a/app/src/server.py b/app/src/server.py
index 5318907..0ea81d7 100644
--- a/app/src/server.py
+++ b/app/src/server.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class Server():
             return dict(version=self.version)
 
     def parse_args(self, arg_list: list[str] | None):
-        print("in Server.read_cli1")
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
         parser.add_argument('-c', '--config_path', type=str,
                             default='./config/',
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ class Server():
                             help='use relative dashboard urls')
         args = parser.parse_args(arg_list)
 
-        print(f"rel_urls-1:    {args.rel_urls}")
         self.config_path = args.config_path
         self.json_config = args.json_config
         self.toml_config = args.toml_config
diff --git a/app/tests/test_server.py b/app/tests/test_server.py
index 45eb3cd..30a632c 100644
--- a/app/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/app/tests/test_server.py
@@ -73,3 +73,54 @@ async def test_healthy():
     assert response.status_code == 200
     result = await response.get_data()
     assert result == b"I'm fine"
+
+def test_default_args():
+    s = FakeServer()
+    assert s.config_path == './config/'
+    assert s.json_config == ''
+    assert s.toml_config == ''
+    assert s.trans_path == '../translations/'
+    assert s.rel_urls == False
+    assert s.log_path == './log/'
+    assert s.log_backups == 0
+
+def test_parse_args_empty():
+    s = FakeServer()
+    s.parse_args([])
+    assert s.config_path == './config/'
+    assert s.json_config == None
+    assert s.toml_config == None
+    assert s.trans_path == '../translations/'
+    assert s.rel_urls == False
+    assert s.log_path == './log/'
+    assert s.log_backups == 0
+
+def test_parse_args_short():
+    s = FakeServer()
+    s.parse_args(['-r', '-c', '/tmp/my-config', '-j', 'cnf.jsn', '-t', 'cnf.tml', '-tr', '/my/trans/', '-l', '/my_logs/', '-b', '3'])
+    assert s.config_path == '/tmp/my-config'
+    assert s.json_config == 'cnf.jsn'
+    assert s.toml_config == 'cnf.tml'
+    assert s.trans_path == '/my/trans/'
+    assert s.rel_urls == True
+    assert s.log_path == '/my_logs/'
+    assert s.log_backups == 3
+
+def test_parse_args_long():
+    s = FakeServer()
+    s.parse_args(['--rel_urls', '--config_path', '/tmp/my-config', '--json_config', 'cnf.jsn',
+                  '--toml_config', 'cnf.tml', '--trans_path', '/my/trans/', '--log_path', '/my_logs/',
+                  '--log_backups', '3'])
+    assert s.config_path == '/tmp/my-config'
+    assert s.json_config == 'cnf.jsn'
+    assert s.toml_config == 'cnf.tml'
+    assert s.trans_path == '/my/trans/'
+    assert s.rel_urls == True
+    assert s.log_path == '/my_logs/'
+    assert s.log_backups == 3
+
+def test_parse_args_invalid():
+    s = FakeServer()
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_info: 
+        s.parse_args(['--inalid', '/tmp/my-config'])
+    assert exc_info.value.code == 2