diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 596328a6..2e53f3d1 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+// Print diagnostic information for a few arguments instead of running Hyper.
+if (['--help', '-v', '--version'].includes(process.argv[1])) {
+  const {version} = require('./package');
+  const configLocation = process.platform === 'win32' ? process.env.userprofile + '\\.hyper.js' : '~/.hyper.js';
+  console.log(`Hyper version ${version}`);
+  console.log('Hyper does not accept any command line arguments. Please modify the config file instead.');
+  console.log(`Hyper configuration file located at: ${configLocation}`);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-process-exit
+  process.exit();
+}
+
 // handle startup squirrel events
 if (process.platform === 'win32') {
   // eslint-disable-next-line import/order