diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2849184..92ad0c8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "llm-chat"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "A general CLI interface for large language models."
 authors = ["Paul Harrison <paul@harrison.sh>"]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/llm_chat/chat.py b/src/llm_chat/chat.py
index 35cf640..1c65b10 100644
--- a/src/llm_chat/chat.py
+++ b/src/llm_chat/chat.py
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ class Chat:
         return message
 
 
-def get_chat(settings: OpenAISettings | None = None) -> ChatProtocol:
+def get_chat(settings: OpenAISettings | None = None, context: list[Message] = []) -> ChatProtocol:
     """Get a chat object."""
-    return Chat(settings=settings)
+    return Chat(settings=settings, context=context)
diff --git a/src/llm_chat/cli.py b/src/llm_chat/cli.py
index 7d8cff1..9487113 100644
--- a/src/llm_chat/cli.py
+++ b/src/llm_chat/cli.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Annotated, Any, Optional
 
 import typer
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ from rich.console import Console
 from rich.markdown import Markdown
 
 from llm_chat.chat import get_chat
+from llm_chat.models import Message, Role
 from llm_chat.settings import DEFAULT_MODEL, DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE, Model, OpenAISettings
 
 app = typer.Typer()
@@ -39,6 +41,20 @@ def read_user_input(session: PromptSession[Any]) -> str:
     return prompt
 
 
+def load_context(path: Path) -> Message:
+    """Load context text from file."""
+    if not path.exists():
+        raise typer.BadParameter(f"File {path} does not exist.")
+    
+    if not path.is_file():
+        raise typer.BadParameter(f"Path {path} is not a file.")
+    
+    with path.open() as f:
+        content = f.read()
+
+    return Message(role=Role.SYSTEM, content=content)
+
+
 @app.command()
 def chat(
     api_key: Annotated[
@@ -63,6 +79,19 @@ def chat(
             ..., "--temperature", "-t", help="Model temperature (i.e. creativeness)."
         ),
     ] = DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE,
+    context: Annotated[
+        Optional[list[Path]],
+        typer.Option(
+            ...,
+            "--context",
+            "-c",
+            help="Path to a file containing context text.",
+            exists=True,
+            file_okay=True,
+            dir_okay=False,
+            readable=True,
+        ),
+    ] = [],
 ) -> None:
     """Start a chat session."""
     # TODO: Add option to load context from file.
@@ -71,8 +100,11 @@ def chat(
         settings = OpenAISettings(api_key=api_key, model=model, temperature=temperature)
     else:
         settings = OpenAISettings(model=model, temperature=temperature)
+        
+    context_messages = [load_context(path) for path in context]
 
-    current_chat = get_chat(settings)
+    current_chat = get_chat(settings=settings, context=context_messages)
+    # current_chat = get_chat(settings=settings)
     console = get_console()
     session = get_session()