diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7e419bb..cd1fca6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -35,12 +35,35 @@ const DEFAULT_TRACING_FORMAT: TracingFormat = TracingFormat::Pretty;
 const DEFAULT_TRACING_FORMAT: TracingFormat = TracingFormat::Json;
 
 /// Banner Discord Bot - Course availability monitoring
+///
+/// This application runs multiple services that can be controlled via CLI arguments:
+/// - bot: Discord bot for course monitoring commands
+/// - web: HTTP server for web interface and API
+/// - scraper: Background service for scraping course data
+///
+/// Use --services to specify which services to run, or --disable-services to exclude specific services.
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
 struct Args {
     /// Log formatter to use
     #[arg(long, value_enum, default_value_t = DEFAULT_TRACING_FORMAT)]
     tracing: TracingFormat,
+
+    /// Services to run (comma-separated). Default: all services
+    /// 
+    /// Examples:
+    ///   --services bot,web    # Run only bot and web services
+    ///   --services scraper    # Run only the scraper service
+    #[arg(long, value_delimiter = ',', conflicts_with = "disable_services")]
+    services: Option<Vec<ServiceName>>,
+    
+    /// Services to disable (comma-separated)
+    /// 
+    /// Examples:
+    ///   --disable-services bot        # Run web and scraper only
+    ///   --disable-services bot,web    # Run only the scraper service
+    #[arg(long, value_delimiter = ',', conflicts_with = "services")]
+    disable_services: Option<Vec<ServiceName>>,
 }
 
 #[derive(clap::ValueEnum, Clone, Debug)]
@@ -51,6 +74,58 @@ enum TracingFormat {
     Json,
 }
 
+#[derive(clap::ValueEnum, Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+enum ServiceName {
+    /// Discord bot for course monitoring commands
+    Bot,
+    /// HTTP server for web interface and API
+    Web,
+    /// Background service for scraping course data
+    Scraper,
+}
+
+impl ServiceName {
+    /// Get all available services
+    fn all() -> Vec<ServiceName> {
+        vec![ServiceName::Bot, ServiceName::Web, ServiceName::Scraper]
+    }
+    
+    /// Convert to string for service registration
+    fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            ServiceName::Bot => "bot",
+            ServiceName::Web => "web",
+            ServiceName::Scraper => "scraper",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Determine which services should be enabled based on CLI arguments
+fn determine_enabled_services(args: &Args) -> Result<Vec<ServiceName>, anyhow::Error> {
+    match (&args.services, &args.disable_services) {
+        (Some(services), None) => {
+            // User specified which services to run
+            Ok(services.clone())
+        }
+        (None, Some(disabled)) => {
+            // User specified which services to disable
+            let enabled: Vec<ServiceName> = ServiceName::all()
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|s| !disabled.contains(s))
+                .collect();
+            Ok(enabled)
+        }
+        (None, None) => {
+            // Default: run all services
+            Ok(ServiceName::all())
+        }
+        (Some(_), Some(_)) => {
+            // This should be prevented by clap's conflicts_with, but just in case
+            Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Cannot specify both --services and --disable-services"))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 async fn update_bot_status(ctx: &Context, app_state: &AppState) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let course_count = app_state.get_course_count().await?;
 
@@ -70,6 +145,15 @@ async fn main() {
     // Parse CLI arguments
     let args = Args::parse();
 
+    // Determine which services should be enabled
+    let enabled_services: Vec<ServiceName> =
+        determine_enabled_services(&args).expect("Failed to determine enabled services");
+
+    info!(
+        enabled_services = ?enabled_services,
+        "services configuration loaded"
+    );
+
     // Load configuration first to get log level
     let config: Config = Figment::new()
         .merge(Env::raw().map(|k| {
@@ -85,7 +169,7 @@ async fn main() {
     // Configure logging based on config
     let filter = EnvFilter::try_from_default_env().unwrap_or_else(|_| {
         let base_level = &config.log_level;
-        EnvFilter::new(&format!(
+        EnvFilter::new(format!(
             "warn,banner={},banner::rate_limiter=warn,banner::session=warn,banner::rate_limit_middleware=warn",
             base_level
         ))
@@ -183,7 +267,7 @@ async fn main() {
                     span.record("msg.author", ctx.author().tag().as_str());
                     span.record("msg.id", ctx.id());
                     span.record("msg.channel_id", ctx.channel_id().get());
-                    span.record("msg.channel", &channel_name.as_str());
+                    span.record("msg.channel", channel_name.as_str());
 
                     tracing::info!(
                         command_name = ctx.command().qualified_name.as_str(),
@@ -258,14 +342,28 @@ async fn main() {
     // Create service manager
     let mut service_manager = ServiceManager::new();
 
-    // Register services with the manager
-    let bot_service = Box::new(BotService::new(client));
-    let web_service = Box::new(WebService::new(port, banner_state));
-    let scraper_service = Box::new(ScraperService::new(db_pool.clone(), banner_api_arc.clone()));
+    // Register enabled services with the manager
+    if enabled_services.contains(&ServiceName::Bot) {
+        let bot_service = Box::new(BotService::new(client));
+        service_manager.register_service(ServiceName::Bot.as_str(), bot_service);
+    }
 
-    service_manager.register_service("bot", bot_service);
-    service_manager.register_service("web", web_service);
-    service_manager.register_service("scraper", scraper_service);
+    if enabled_services.contains(&ServiceName::Web) {
+        let web_service = Box::new(WebService::new(port, banner_state));
+        service_manager.register_service(ServiceName::Web.as_str(), web_service);
+    }
+
+    if enabled_services.contains(&ServiceName::Scraper) {
+        let scraper_service =
+            Box::new(ScraperService::new(db_pool.clone(), banner_api_arc.clone()));
+        service_manager.register_service(ServiceName::Scraper.as_str(), scraper_service);
+    }
+
+    // Check if any services are enabled
+    if !service_manager.has_services() {
+        error!("No services enabled. Cannot start application.");
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
 
     // Spawn all registered services
     service_manager.spawn_all();
diff --git a/src/services/manager.rs b/src/services/manager.rs
index 5e47a8e..89779c4 100644
--- a/src/services/manager.rs
+++ b/src/services/manager.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ impl ServiceManager {
         self.registered_services.insert(name.to_string(), service);
     }
 
+    /// Check if there are any registered services
+    pub fn has_services(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.registered_services.is_empty()
+    }
+
     /// Spawn all registered services
     pub fn spawn_all(&mut self) {
         let service_count = self.registered_services.len();