diff --git a/src/changelog/changelog.py b/src/changelog/changelog.py
index 174fb48..1482dce 100644
--- a/src/changelog/changelog.py
+++ b/src/changelog/changelog.py
@@ -39,37 +39,55 @@ def cli():
     pass
 
 
-def parse_text(input_text: str = ""):
+def parse(input_text: str = ""):
     """Parses text for Jira or Bugzilla issue numbers and creates entries from them"""
     if input_text == "":
-        click.echo("No text provided for parsing.")
-    for line in input_text:
-        line = line.strip()
-        if results := re.findall(search_pattern, line, re.IGNORECASE):
-            logging.debug(f"Found matches: {results}")
-            if len(results) != 1:
-                logging.debug("More than 1 match found.")
-            else:
-                logging.debug("Only 1 match found.")
-            parentheses_items: list = []
-            # FIXME: add links to other mentioned sections, for now just link the first one
-            section_id = format_section_id(results[0])
-            for match in results:
-                issue_number = match.split("#").pop()
-                if "jsc" in match:
-                    parentheses_items.append(make_jira_url(issue_number))
-                if "bsc" in match:
-                    parentheses_items.append(make_bugzilla_url(issue_number))
-            parentheses_text = ", ".join(parentheses_items)
-            click.echo(make_entry(section_id, parentheses_text))
+        logging.error("No text provided for parsing.")
+    match input_text:
+        case [text] if type(text) == str:
+            logging.debug(f"{text} is a string.")
+            parse_text(text)
+        case [*line]:
+            logging.debug("This is a list of lines.")
+            for line in input_text:
+                line = line.strip()
+                parse_text(line)
+        case _:
+            logging.debug("This is nothing I recognize.")
+
+
+@cli.command("parse-text")
+@click.argument("text")
+def parse_text_command(text):
+    parse_text(text)
+
+
+def parse_text(line):
+    if results := re.findall(search_pattern, line, re.IGNORECASE):
+        logging.debug(f"Found matches: {results}")
+        if len(results) != 1:
+            logging.debug("More than 1 match found.")
         else:
-            logging.debug(f"Nothing found in line '{line}'. Ignoring.")
+            logging.debug("1 match found.")
+        parentheses_items: list = []
+        # FIXME: add links to other mentioned sections, for now just link the first one
+        section_id = format_section_id(results[0])
+        for match in results:
+            issue_number = match.split("#").pop()
+            if "jsc" in match:
+                parentheses_items.append(make_jira_url(issue_number))
+            if "bsc" in match:
+                parentheses_items.append(make_bugzilla_url(issue_number))
+        parentheses_text = ", ".join(parentheses_items)
+        click.echo(make_entry(section_id, parentheses_text))
+    else:
+        logging.debug(f"Nothing found in line '{line}'. Ignoring.")
 
 
 @cli.command()
 @click.argument("filename", type=click.File())
-def parse(filename: IO):
-    parse_text(filename.readlines())
+def parse_file(filename: IO):
+    parse(filename.readlines())
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":