diff --git a/bin/send_alert.py b/bin/send_alert.py
index fce2e2c..e6fa612 100755
--- a/bin/send_alert.py
+++ b/bin/send_alert.py
@@ -10,19 +10,7 @@ import configuration
 import requests
 import argparse
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-
-	ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-	ap.add_argument("-t", "--title", required=True, default=None, help="The title of the incident.")
-	ap.add_argument("-d", "--description", required=False, default=None, help="A high-level summary of the problem.")
-	ap.add_argument("-s", "--service", required=False, default=None, help="The affected service.")
-	ap.add_argument("-l", "--severity", required=False, default="critical", help="The severity of the alert. Must be one of critical, high, medium, low, info, unknown. Default is critical.")
-	ap.add_argument("-I", "--stdin", required=False, default=None, help="Contents of standard input")
-	ap.add_argument("-O", "--stdout", required=False, default=None, help="Contents of standard output")
-	ap.add_argument("-E", "--stderr", required=False, default=None, help="Contents of standard error")
-
-
-	args = vars(ap.parse_args())
+def send_alert (data):
 
 	cfg = configuration.read()
 
@@ -40,6 +28,23 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		"Authorization": "Bearer " + authkey
 	}
 
+	requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+	ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+	ap.add_argument("-t", "--title", required=True, default=None, help="The title of the incident.")
+	ap.add_argument("-d", "--description", required=False, default=None, help="A high-level summary of the problem.")
+	ap.add_argument("-s", "--service", required=False, default=None, help="The affected service.")
+	ap.add_argument("-l", "--severity", required=False, default="critical", help="The severity of the alert. Must be one of critical, high, medium, low, info, unknown. Default is critical.")
+	ap.add_argument("-I", "--stdin", required=False, default=None, help="Contents of standard input")
+	ap.add_argument("-O", "--stdout", required=False, default=None, help="Contents of standard output")
+	ap.add_argument("-E", "--stderr", required=False, default=None, help="Contents of standard error")
+
+
+	args = vars(ap.parse_args())
+
 	data = {
 		"title": args["title"],
 		"description": args["description"],
@@ -51,6 +56,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		"error": args["stderr"]
 	}
 
-	requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
+	send_alert(data)
 
 	print("Done")