diff --git a/cmd/new.go b/cmd/new.go
index 9105037..50bfbda 100644
--- a/cmd/new.go
+++ b/cmd/new.go
@@ -50,18 +50,17 @@ to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
 	Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		dateString, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("due")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		createTodo(strings.Join(args, " "), dateString)
-		// fmt.Println(time.Parse("02/01/2006T15:04", t))
-		// fmt.Println(time.Parse("02/01/2006", t))
+		errPanic(err, "")
+		comp, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("complete")
+		errPanic(err, "")
+		createTodo(strings.Join(args, " "), dateString, comp)
 	},
 }
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(newCmd)
 	newCmd.Flags().StringP("due", "d", "", "due date")
+	newCmd.Flags().BoolP("complete", "c", false, "mark todo as completed")
 
 	// Here you will define your flags and configuration settings.
 
diff --git a/cmd/todo.go b/cmd/todo.go
index c00c668..b5bf6cd 100644
--- a/cmd/todo.go
+++ b/cmd/todo.go
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ func openDB() *gorm.DB {
 	return db
 }
 
-func createTodo(desc string, date string) {
+func createTodo(desc string, date string, comp bool) {
 	db := openDB()
 	err := db.AutoMigrate(&Todo{})
 	errPanic(err, "failed to migrate database")
 	d := parseDateString(date)
 
-	t := Todo{Desc: desc, DueDate: d, CreatedAt: time.Now(), IsDone: false}
+	t := Todo{Desc: desc, DueDate: d, CreatedAt: time.Now(), IsDone: comp}
 	db.Create(&t)
 }