diff --git a/scripts/spmenu_run b/scripts/spmenu_run
index 5f9cef2..eb6004c 100755
--- a/scripts/spmenu_run
+++ b/scripts/spmenu_run
@@ -3,17 +3,50 @@
 [ -z "$BROWSER"  ] && BROWSER="xdg-open"
 [ -z "$TORRENT"  ] && TORRENT="qbittorrent"
 [ -z "$HISTORY" ] && HISTORY="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache/}/spmenu_run.hist"
+[ -z "$RUNLAUNCHER" ] && RUNLAUNCHER=spmenu
+[ -z "$RUNLAUNCHER_ARGS" ] && RUNLAUNCHER_ARGS="--insert --hist-file $HISTORY $*"
 
-path() { echo "$PATH" | tr ':' '\n' | uniq | sed 's#$#/#' | xargs ls -lu --time-style=+%s 2>&1 | awk '/^(-|l)/ { print $6, $7 }' | sort -rn | cut -d' ' -f 2 2>&1; }
+check() {
+    [ ! -d "$HOME/.config/spmenu/run" ] && mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/spmenu/run"
+    if [ ! -f "$HOME/.config/spmenu/run/.first_run" ]; then
+        print_help
+        touch "$HOME/.config/spmenu/run/.first_run"
+    fi
+}
+
+path() {
+    printf "%s\n" "$PATH" | \
+        tr ':' '\n' | \
+        uniq | sed 's#$#/#' | \
+        xargs ls -lu --time-style=+%s 2>&1 | \
+        awk '/^(-|l)/ { print $6, $7 }' | \
+        sort -rn | \
+        cut -d' ' -f 2 2>&1
+}
+
+print_help() {
+cat << EOF | $RUNLAUNCHER $RUNLAUNCHER_ARGS --lines 20 --columns 1 --normal --sgr1 "#FFFF00" --hide-cursor --no-allow-typing > /dev/null
+Start typing in keywords to list out entries. Press Enter to select an entry. The selected entry will be run through a shell.
+To set spmenu options, you pass arguments to 'spmenu_run' directly. See 'spmenu --help' for a list of valid arguments.
+To configure spmenu, you may also copy /usr/share/spmenu/example.Xresources to $HOME/.config/spmenu/spmenurc and edit that.
+
+- Type in '?' to show this help screen at any time.
+- If the entry selected starts with 'www', it will instead be treated as a link and spawned in a web browser (\$BROWSER)
+- If the entry selected starts with 'magnet', it will instead be treated as a magnet link and spawned in a torrent client (\$TORRENT)
+
+$(printf '\033[0;31m')Note: This may also be displayed if you deleted your spmenu configuration directory.
+EOF
+}
 
 # run spmenu and parse it
 parse() {
-    dout="$(path | sed "s/\&/\&amp;/g" | spmenu --insert --hist-file "$HISTORY" "$@")"
+    dout="$(path | sed "s/\&/\&amp;/g" | $RUNLAUNCHER $RUNLAUNCHER_ARGS)"
 
     # parse
     [ "$(printf '%c' "$dout")" = "#" ] && RUN_ARG="$TERMINAL"
     [ "$(printf "$dout" | awk '{ print $1 }')" = "magnet" ] && "$TORRENT" "$(printf "$dout" | sed "s/magnet //")"
     [ "$(printf "$dout" | awk '{ print $1 }')" = "www" ] && "$BROWSER" "$(printf "$dout" | sed "s/www //")"
+    [ "$(printf "$dout" | awk '{ print $1 }')" = "?" ] && print_help && main && return
 
     # terminal
     [ -z "$RUN_ARG" ] && \
@@ -23,6 +56,7 @@ parse() {
 }
 
 main() {
+    check "$@"
     parse "$@"
     rm -f "$HOME/.cache/spmenu_run"
 }