diff --git a/scripts/textometry/compute-profile.hs b/scripts/textometry/compute-profile.hs
index 32f4527815ef528c57aba6db2c760b3fd153d939..408088890e8413a4fe4b2a1d86b279f3e303da68 100755
--- a/scripts/textometry/compute-profile.hs
+++ b/scripts/textometry/compute-profile.hs
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 import Conllu.Tree
   ( Feat(..), IndexedDocument(..), IndexedSentence(..), IndexedToken(..)
   , positions )
-import Control.Applicative ((<**>))
-import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
-import Control.Monad.Reader (ReaderT, asks, runReaderT)
 import Conllu.Tree.Count (Count(..))
 import Data.Csv (DefaultOrdered(..), ToNamedRecord(..))
 import Data.ByteString as ByteString (readFile)
@@ -18,32 +15,9 @@ import GEODE.Metadata
   ( type(@), ArticleRecord, Document(..), ReadTSV(..), Record(..)
   , WithDefaultHeader, WriteTSV(..), for, getHeader, glue )
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
-import Options.Applicative
-  ( Parser, execParser, fullDesc, help, helper, info, long, metavar, progDesc
-  , short, strOption )
+import System.Environment (getArgs)
 import System.FilePath ((</>))
-import System.Script (warn)
-
-data Config = Config
-  { inputRoot :: FilePath
-  , inputTsv :: FilePath }
-
-configParser :: Parser Config
-configParser = Config
-  <$> strOption root
-  <*> strOption inputTsvArg
-  where
-    root = short 'r' <> long "root" <> metavar "TREE_DIRECTORY"
-          <> help "path to the base directory containing the syntax annotations"
-    inputTsvArg = short 'i' <> long "input" <> metavar "INPUT_TSV"
-          <> help "TSV file containing the article records to process"
-
-getConfig :: IO Config
-getConfig = execParser
-  (info
-    (configParser <**> helper)
-    (fullDesc
-    <> progDesc "A textometric tool to draw discursive profiles"))
+import System.Script (syntax, warn)
 
 data Occurrence = Occurrence
   { event :: String
@@ -56,11 +30,11 @@ instance ToNamedRecord Occurrence
 
 type Measure = ArticleRecord @ Occurrence
 
-profile :: ArticleRecord -> ReaderT Config IO [WithDefaultHeader Measure]
-profile articleRecord = do
-  path <- asks ((</> relativePath articleRecord "tree") . inputRoot)
-  liftIO $ ByteString.readFile path >>= either skipAndWarn analyse . decode
+profile :: FilePath -> ArticleRecord -> IO [WithDefaultHeader Measure]
+profile inputRoot articleRecord =
+  ByteString.readFile path >>= either skipAndWarn analyse . decode
   where
+    path = inputRoot </> relativePath articleRecord "tree"
     skipAndWarn msg = [] <$ warn msg
     analyse = pure . fmap (glue articleRecord) . findOccurrences
 
@@ -91,9 +65,10 @@ imperativeVerb (IndexedSentence {_offset, _syntax}) =
     consIf a b = if b then (positions _offset a ++) else id
 
 main :: IO ()
-main = getConfig >>= runReaderT chain
+main = getArgs >>= run
   where
-    chain = asks inputTsv >>= liftIO . readTSV >>= searchAndDisplay
-    searchAndDisplay (Document {rows}) = do
-      liftIO $ writeTSV () [getHeader (for :: Measure)]
-      mapM_ (\ar -> profile ar >>= liftIO . writeTSV ()) rows
+    run [inputRoot] = do
+      Document {rows} <- readTSV ()
+      writeTSV () [getHeader (for :: Measure)]
+      mapM_ (\ar -> profile inputRoot ar >>= writeTSV ()) rows
+    run _ = syntax "INPUT_ROOT"