diff --git a/Wabbajack.CLI/CLIUtils.cs b/Wabbajack.CLI/CLIUtils.cs
index 8f20180e..c554bde9 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.CLI/CLIUtils.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.CLI/CLIUtils.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem;
+using CommandLine;
 using Wabbajack.CLI.Verbs;
+using Wabbajack.Common;
 
 namespace Wabbajack.CLI
 {
@@ -11,9 +16,58 @@ namespace Wabbajack.CLI
 
     internal static class CLIUtils
     {
-        internal static bool VerifyArguments(AVerb verb)
+        internal static bool HasValidArguments(AVerb verb)
         {
-            return true;
+            var props = verb.GetType().GetProperties().Where(p =>
+            {
+                var hasAttr = p.HasAttribute(typeof(OptionAttribute));
+                if (!hasAttr)
+                    return false;
+
+                if (p.PropertyType != typeof(string))
+                    return false;
+
+                var value = p.GetValue(verb);
+                if (value == null)
+                    return false;
+
+                var stringValue = (string)value;
+                return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(stringValue);
+            });
+
+            var valid = true;
+
+            props.Do(p =>
+            {
+                if (!valid)
+                    return;
+
+                var valueObject = p.GetValue(verb);
+
+                // not really possible since we filtered them out but whatever
+                if (valueObject == null)
+                    return;
+
+                var value = (string)valueObject;
+
+                if (p.HasAttribute(typeof(FileAttribute)))
+                {
+                    valid = File.Exists(value);
+                }
+
+                if (p.HasAttribute(typeof(DirectoryAttribute)))
+                {
+                    valid = Directory.Exists(value);
+                }
+            });
+
+            return valid;
+        }
+
+        internal static bool HasAttribute(this MemberInfo member, Type attribute)
+        {
+            var attributes = member.GetCustomAttributes(attribute);
+            return attributes.Count() == 1;
         }
 
         internal static void Log(string msg, bool newLine = true)