diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index 0490b25d..d4b4bd7a 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -128,7 +128,14 @@ options(
              'Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing',
           ],
           ext_modules            = cext,
-          cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext},
+          cmdclass               = {
+              'build_ext': build_ext
+          },
+          entry_points           = {
+              'console_scripts': [
+                  'zipline = zipline.core.interpreter:main',
+              ]
+          },
       ),
 )
 
diff --git a/zipline/core/component.py b/zipline/core/component.py
index fec82966..d5b14d96 100644
--- a/zipline/core/component.py
+++ b/zipline/core/component.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import socket
 import logging
 import traceback
 import humanhash
+from setproctitle import setproctitle
 
 # pyzmq
 import zmq
@@ -167,6 +168,8 @@ class Component(object):
             self.zmq = zmq
             self.context = self.zmq.Context()
             self.zmq_poller = self.zmq.Poller
+            # The the process title so you can watch it in top
+            setproctitle(self.__class__.__name__)
             return
         if flavor == 'thread':
             self.zmq = zmq
diff --git a/zipline/core/interpreter.py b/zipline/core/interpreter.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f36f5661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zipline/core/interpreter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import sys
+import yaml
+import argparse
+import fileinput
+from cStringIO import StringIO
+
+def interpret(args):
+    print 'Reading {ifile}'.format(ifile=args.file)
+
+    metastart = False
+    metadone = False
+
+    metadata  = StringIO()
+    algorithm = StringIO()
+
+    for line in fileinput.input(sys.argv[1]):
+        if line.startswith('---'):
+            if metastart:
+                metastart = False
+                metadone  = False
+            else:
+                metastart = True
+                metadone  = False
+            metadata.write(line)
+
+        elif metastart:
+            metadata.write(line)
+        else:
+            algorithm.write(line)
+
+    #print 'Metadata:'
+    #print metadata.getvalue()
+
+    #print 'Algorithm:'
+    #print algorithm.getvalue()
+
+    try:
+        meta = yaml.load_all(metadata.getvalue())
+    except yaml.error.YAMLError, e:
+        print e
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    try:
+        meta  = meta.next()
+    except StopIteration:
+        raise RuntimeError("No metadata in file.")
+
+    start = meta['start']
+    end   = meta['end']
+
+    print end - start
+
+    ns = {}
+    exec(algorithm.getvalue()) in ns
+
+    assert ns['initialize']
+    assert ns['get_sid_filter']
+    assert ns['handle_data']
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('file', metavar='file', help='Algorithm file.')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not args.file:
+        print parser.print_help()
+        sys.exit(0)
+    interpret(args)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()