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()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index a64b4fc..c0c891d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from io import StringIO
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
+import pytest
 from pytest import MonkeyPatch
 from rich.console import Console
 from typer.testing import CliRunner
@@ -8,6 +11,7 @@ from typer.testing import CliRunner
 import llm_chat
 from llm_chat.chat import ChatProtocol
 from llm_chat.cli import app
+from llm_chat.models import Message, Role
 from llm_chat.settings import OpenAISettings
 
 runner = CliRunner()
@@ -16,7 +20,15 @@ runner = CliRunner()
 class ChatFake:
     """Fake chat class for testing."""
 
-    received_messages: list[str] = []
+    args: dict[str, Any]
+    received_messages: list[str]
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.args = {}
+        self.received_messages = []
+
+    def _set_args(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        self.args = kwargs
 
     def send_message(self, message: str) -> str:
         """Echo the received message."""
@@ -29,7 +41,7 @@ def test_chat(monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     output = StringIO()
     console = Console(file=output)
 
-    def mock_get_chat(_: OpenAISettings) -> ChatProtocol:
+    def mock_get_chat(**_: Any) -> ChatProtocol:
         return chat_fake
 
     def mock_get_console() -> Console:
@@ -44,3 +56,35 @@ def test_chat(monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     result = runner.invoke(app)
     assert result.exit_code == 0
     assert chat_fake.received_messages == ["Hello"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "argument", ["--context", "-c"], ids=["--context", "-c"]
+)
+def test_chat_with_context(argument: str, monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    context = "Hello, world!"
+    tmp_file = tmp_path / "context.txt"
+    tmp_file.write_text(context)
+
+    chat_fake = ChatFake()
+    output = StringIO()
+    console = Console(file=output)
+
+    def mock_get_chat(**kwargs: Any) -> ChatProtocol:
+        chat_fake._set_args(**kwargs)
+        return chat_fake
+
+    def mock_get_console() -> Console:
+        return console
+
+    mock_read_user_input = MagicMock(side_effect=["Hello", "/q"])
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(llm_chat.cli, "get_chat", mock_get_chat)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(llm_chat.cli, "get_console", mock_get_console)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(llm_chat.cli, "read_user_input", mock_read_user_input)
+
+    result = runner.invoke(app, [argument, str(tmp_file)])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert chat_fake.received_messages == ["Hello"]
+    assert "context" in chat_fake.args
+    assert chat_fake.args["context"] == [Message(role=Role.SYSTEM, content=context)]