diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/cmd.go
similarity index 62%
rename from cmd/root.go
rename to cmd/cmd.go
index 750e1b1..cf12a46 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-const version = "0.1"
+const version = "0.1.5"
 
 // initLogging setup the global logrus logger.
 func initLogging(cfg config.Config) {
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context) {
 
 	// ./act_runner
 	rootCmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:          "act [event name to run]\nIf no event name passed, will default to \"on: push\"",
-		Short:        "Run GitHub actions locally by specifying the event name (e.g. `push`) or an action name directly.",
-		Args:         cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
-		RunE:         runRoot(ctx, task),
+		Use:   "act [event name to run]\nIf no event name passed, will default to \"on: push\"",
+		Short: "Run GitHub actions locally by specifying the event name (e.g. `push`) or an action name directly.",
+		Args:  cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+		// RunE:         runRoot(ctx, task),
 		Version:      version,
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 	}
@@ -49,16 +49,32 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context) {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&task.Input.ForgeInstance, "forge-instance", "", "github.com", "Forge instance to use.")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&task.Input.EnvFile, "env-file", "", ".env", "Read in a file of environment variables.")
 
+	// ./act_runner register
+	var regArgs registerArgs
+	registerCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "register",
+		Short: "Register a runner to the server",
+		Args:  cobra.MaximumNArgs(0),
+		RunE:  runRegister(ctx, &regArgs), // must use a pointer to regArgs
+	}
+	registerCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&regArgs.NoInteractive, "no-interactive", "", false, "Disable interactive mode")
+	registerCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&regArgs.InstanceAddr, "instance", "", "", "Gitea instance address")
+	registerCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&regArgs.Token, "token", "", "", "Runner token")
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(registerCmd)
+
 	// ./act_runner daemon
 	daemonCmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Aliases: []string{"daemon"},
-		Use:     "execute runner daemon",
-		Args:    cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
-		RunE:    runDaemon(ctx, task.Input.EnvFile),
+		Use:   "daemon",
+		Short: "Run as a runner daemon",
+		Args:  cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+		RunE:  runDaemon(ctx, task.Input.EnvFile),
 	}
 	// add all command
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(daemonCmd)
 
+	// hide completion command
+	rootCmd.CompletionOptions.HiddenDefaultCmd = true
+
 	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/register.go b/cmd/register.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe54c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// runRegister registers a runner to the server
+func runRegister(ctx context.Context, regArgs *registerArgs) func(*cobra.Command, []string) error {
+	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		log.Infoln("Starting register to gitea instance")
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// registerArgs represents the arguments for register command
+type registerArgs struct {
+	NoInteractive bool
+	InstanceAddr  string
+	Token         string
+}