diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e2bafb1..630c555 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ miaou-incus
 
 incus customized along opinionated conventions plus additional tools
 
+
+
diff --git a/recipes/helloworld.recipe b/recipes/helloworld.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36e205a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/helloworld.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+echo "count: $#"
+echo "args:  $@"
+echo "$1"
+echo "$2"
+echo "$3"
+echo "Hello World from container: $(hostname -f)"
diff --git a/recipes/wordpress.container b/recipes/wordpress.recipe
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/wordpress.container
rename to recipes/wordpress.recipe
diff --git a/tools/miaou-recipe b/tools/miaou-recipe
index 8e43352..5601649 100755
--- a/tools/miaou-recipe
+++ b/tools/miaou-recipe
@@ -3,15 +3,22 @@
 # CONSTANTS
 
 BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
-CONTAINER=''
+CONTAINER=${CONTAINER:-}
 SCRIPT=''
 DEBUG=false
+QUIET=false
 FORCE=${FORCE:-false}
+RECIPE_ARGS=
 
 # FUNCTIONS
 
 function usage {
-	echo "$(basename "$0") {CONTAINER_NAME} {PATH_TO_SCRIPT} [[--debug|-d]]"
+	echo "$(basename "$0") {CONTAINER_NAME} {PATH_TO_SCRIPT} [--debug|-d] [--quiet|-q] -- [recipe_args]"
+	echo "execute a recipe inside a container with extra_args"
+	echo --------------
+	echo call examples:
+	echo "    miaou-recipe ct1 recipes/helloworld.recipe -- one two"
+	echo "    CONTAINER=ct1 miaou-recipe recipes/helloworld.recipe"
 }
 
 function parse_options {
@@ -23,6 +30,14 @@ function parse_options {
 			--debug | -d)
 				DEBUG=true
 				;;
+			--quiet | -q)
+				QUIET=true
+				;;
+			--)
+				shift 1
+				RECIPE_ARGS=("$@") # array of arguments, useful to prevent quoted strings => "${RECIPE_ARGS[@]}"
+				break
+				;;
 			*)
 				if [[ -z $CONTAINER ]]; then
 					CONTAINER=$1
@@ -45,15 +60,16 @@ function debug_option {
 
 function recipe {
 	[[ ! -f $SCRIPT ]] && echo >&2 "Script not found: $SCRIPT" && exit 3
+	cat "$SCRIPT" | incus exec "$CONTAINER" -- env FORCE="$FORCE" bash $(debug_option) -s -- "${RECIPE_ARGS[@]}"
+}
 
-	# hot changes
-	cat "$SCRIPT" | incus exec "$CONTAINER" -- env FORCE="$FORCE" bash $(debug_option)
-
+function show_success {
+	echo "Recipe <$(basename "$SCRIPT")> successfully performed on container <$CONTAINER>"
 }
 
 # MAIN
 
 set -Eue
-parse_options $*
+parse_options "$@"
 recipe
-echo "Recipe <$(basename "$SCRIPT")> successfully performed on container <$CONTAINER>"
+$QUIET || show_success