Refactored main.go into cmd/jobsearch/main.go (in case separate commands are introduced later) which has required the options mechanism to change slightly as well as the logging.

internal/cli/options.go

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+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Craig Williams <craig@avsdev.uk>
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+
+	"git.avsdev.uk/Go/job-search/internal/config"
+	"git.avsdev.uk/Go/job-search/internal/log"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type Options struct {
+	configFile string
+	debug      bool
+	quiet      bool
+}
+
+// Binds common options through the root command
+func (o *Options) Bind(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	pf := cmd.PersistentFlags()
+	pf.StringVarP(&o.configFile, "config", "c", "", "configuration file")
+	pf.BoolVarP(&o.debug, "debug", "d", false, "enable debug messages")
+	pf.BoolVarP(
+		&o.quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "don't report info or warning messages",
+	)
+}
+
+// Setup loads the config and ensure logging is switch to file if needed
+func (o *Options) RunSetup(
+	cmd *cobra.Command, loadConfig bool, terminalLog bool,
+) (*config.JobSearchConfig, error) {
+	// Check for debug level or quiet supression via args
+	conf := &config.JobSearchConfig{
+		Logging: config.JobSearchConfigLogging{},
+	}
+	if o.debug {
+		conf.Logging.Level = "debug"
+	} else if o.quiet {
+		conf.Logging.Level = "error"
+	}
+
+	// Only load config if command requests it (nearly always true)
+	if loadConfig {
+		// Load config - from specified file if provided
+		if err := config.Init(o.configFile, conf); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// Change logging level based off newly loaded config
+		if conf.Logging.LogLevel() <= slog.LevelDebug && !log.IsDebugEnabled() {
+			log.EnableDebug()
+		}
+
+		// Check if the logging should be switched to file
+		if !terminalLog {
+			if len(conf.Logging.File) == 0 {
+				slog.Warn("No log file configured, remaining in console logging mode!")
+			} else {
+				log.LogToFile(conf.Logging.File)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return conf, nil
+}
+
+// Finish shuts down any open file logger
+func (o *Options) Finish() error {
+	if log.IsFileLogger() {
+		log.Shutdown()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}