diff --git a/cache/find.go b/cache/find.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3c42d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/find.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package cache
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/utils"
+	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/where"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+)
+
+// // find a command
+// func Find(command string) Command {
+// 	platform := viper.GetString("platform")
+// 	language := viper.GetString("language")
+// 	c, err := ReadIndex()
+// 	if err != "" {
+// 		log.Error(err)
+// 		os.Exit(1)
+// 	}
+// 	// t := Target{
+// 	// 	Os:       platform,
+// 	// 	Language: language,
+// 	// }
+// 	f, b := lo.Find[Command](c.Commands, func(i Command) bool {
+// 		return i.Name == command
+// 	})
+// 	if !b {
+// 		fmt.Fprintf(
+// 			os.Stderr,
+// 			"Page `%v` not found in cache\nUpdate the cache with `tldr -u` or submit a pr via the following link:\n%v%v",
+// 			command,
+// 			`https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/issues/new?title=page%20request:%20`,
+// 			command,
+// 		)
+// 	}
+// 	if !lo.ContainsBy(f.Targets, func(t Target) bool { return t.Os == platform }) {
+// 		log.Infof("Page %v not found for platform %v", command, platform)
+// 	}
+// 	// if platform was not the user platform, we try it first, else we skip too common
+// 	if platform != utils.Platform() {}
+
+// 	return f
+// }
+
+func Find(command string) string {
+	language := viper.GetString("language")
+	platform := utils.SafePlatform(viper.GetString("platform"))
+	if !utils.IsValidPlatform(platform) {
+		log.Error("Invalid value for platform. Must be one of "+strings.Join(utils.VALID_PLATFORMS, ", "), "platform", platform)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	var lang_dir string = "pages"
+	if language != "en" {
+		lang_dir += "." + language
+	}
+	// TODO: check for custom pages dir here
+
+	// create a sorted slice of platforms, based on priority
+	// first comes user provided platform, then the default system platform
+	// then common, and then the rest
+	// we use a set, so that dupes get removed
+	platforms := []string{platform}
+	if platform != utils.Platform() {
+		platforms = append(platforms, utils.Platform())
+	}
+	platforms = append(platforms, "common")
+	for _, p := range utils.VALID_PLATFORMS {
+		if !lo.Contains(platforms, p) {
+			platforms = append(platforms, p)
+		}
+	}
+	log.Debug("platform hierarchy determined", "slice", platforms)
+	pages := filepath.Join(where.Cache(), lang_dir)
+	log.Debug("Using pages dir", "dir", pages)
+
+	cmd_file := fmt.Sprintf("%v.md", command)
+
+	var path string
+	for _, platform := range platforms {
+		log.Info("Searching for page", "platform", platform)
+		path = filepath.Join(pages, platform, cmd_file)
+		// if file exists, use it
+		if utils.FsExists(path) {
+			return path
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 7a1f094..472cbf5 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/cache"
 	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/config"
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	cc "github.com/ivanpirog/coloredcobra"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ View community driven and simplified man pages in your terminal`,
 	},
 	Args: cobra.MaximumNArgs(2),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		log.Debug(viper.AllSettings())
+		log.Debug("Viper settings", "config", viper.AllSettings())
 
 		if len(os.Args[1:]) < 1 {
 			cmd.Help()
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ View community driven and simplified man pages in your terminal`,
 				log.Fatal("Error downloading cache", "error", err)
 			}
 			fmt.Println("Successfully downloaded local cache")
+			return
 		}
 
 		if clear_cache := utils.Must(cmd.Flags().GetBool("clear-cache")); clear_cache {
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ View community driven and simplified man pages in your terminal`,
 		}
 
 		if seed := utils.Must(cmd.Flags().GetBool("seed-config")); seed {
-			dir := filepath.Dir(where.Config())
+			dir := where.Dir()
 			if !utils.FsExists(dir) {
 				os.MkdirAll(dir, os.ModePerm)
 			}
@@ -84,10 +86,31 @@ View community driven and simplified man pages in your terminal`,
 			fmt.Println("Successfully seeded config at", where.Config())
 		}
 
+		raw := utils.Must(cmd.Flags().GetBool("raw"))
 		if rnd := utils.Must(cmd.Flags().GetString("render")); rnd != "" {
-			render.Render(rnd, utils.Must(cmd.Flags().GetBool("raw")))
+			rnd = utils.Must(homedir.Expand(rnd))
+			render.Render(rnd, raw)
 			return
 		}
+
+		if len(args) < 1 {
+			log.Error("No args provided. Must provided at least 1 argument")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
+		c := strings.ToLower(strings.Join(args, "-"))
+		f := cache.Find(c)
+		if f == "" {
+			fmt.Fprintf(
+				os.Stderr,
+				"%v Page `%v` not found in cache\nUpdate the cache with `tldr -u` or submit a pr via the following link:\n%v\n",
+				color.RedString("ERROR:"),
+				color.CyanString(c),
+				color.HiCyanString(`https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/issues/new?title=page%20request:%20`+c),
+			)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		render.Render(f, raw)
 	},
 }