diff --git a/test/app/config.clj b/test/app/config.clj
index e387049..31a041f 100644
--- a/test/app/config.clj
+++ b/test/app/config.clj
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 (defn load-config [path]
   (info "loading config from" path)
+  (if (:help (mount/args))
+    (info "\n\nthis is a sample mount app to demo how to pass and read runtime arguments\n"))
   (-> path 
       slurp 
       edn/read-string))