diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 05e4bc3..0dc00cd 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ from etcd3_wrapper import Etcd3Wrapper
 from decouple import config
 
 
-def get_vm_start_cmd(owner_dir, vm_uuid):
+def get_vm_start_cmd(owner_dir, vm_uuid, vm=False):
     vm_sock_flags = f"-qmp unix:{owner_dir}/.vm/{vm_uuid}-sock,server,nowait"
     vm_start_command_flags = (
         f"-boot c -net nic -net user -m 256 {vm_sock_flags} -daemonize"
     )
     vm_start_command = f"""qemu-system-x86_64 {owner_dir}/.vm/{vm_uuid}.raw {vm_start_command_flags}"""
+    if vm:
+        vm_start_command += " -display none"
     return vm_start_command
 
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ def get_qemu_mon(sock_file):
     return m
 
 
-def main(hostname):
+def main(hostname, is_vm):
     client = Etcd3Wrapper()
 
     events = client.watch_prefix("/v1/vm/")
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ def main(hostname):
             else:
                 print("Starting VM")
                 subprocess.run(
-                    get_vm_start_cmd(owner_dir, vm_uuid).split(" ")
+                    get_vm_start_cmd(owner_dir, vm_uuid, is_vm).split(" ")
                 )
                 e.value["status"] = "RUNNING"
                 client.put(e.key, e.value, value_in_json=True)
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ def main(hostname):
 
 argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 argparser.add_argument("hostname", help="Name of this host. e.g /v1/host/1")
+argparser.add_argument("--vm", type=bool, default=False)
 args = argparser.parse_args()
 
-main(args.hostname)
+main(args.hostname, args.vm)