diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/simstadt/regionchooser/RegionChooserCommandLineInterface.java b/src/main/java/eu/simstadt/regionchooser/RegionChooserCommandLineInterface.java
index 48a1970c4cc34e71b140e6fa1d5999c3dfa00a2d..24bee61c33012c743ea77c334450e01fe8a5320c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/simstadt/regionchooser/RegionChooserCommandLineInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/simstadt/regionchooser/RegionChooserCommandLineInterface.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Scanner;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
@@ -31,9 +32,21 @@ public Integer call() throws Exception { // your business logic goes here...
 		System.out.print("in ");
 		System.out.println(srsName + " coordinates.");
 
+		if (System.in.available() == 0) {
+			System.out.println("OH NOEs, NO INPUT!");
+		} else {
+			System.out.println("Here's standard input:");
+			System.out.println(getInput());
+			System.out.println("Done");
+		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	private static String getInput() {
+		Scanner myObj = new Scanner(System.in);
+		return myObj.nextLine();
+	}
+
 	// this example implements Callable, so parsing, error handling and handling user
 	// requests for usage help or version help can be done with one line of code.
 	public static void main(String... args) {