diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4235941..b3a631b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ struct Args {
 
     /// PLC address, e.g. 172.18.0.10:48898
     pub plc_addr: SocketAddr,
+
+    /// Pass plc net id over cli argument, this will skip fetching data over UDP!
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub plc_ams_net_id: Option<AmsNetId>,
 }
 
 async fn read_ams_packet<T>(reader: &mut T, buf: &mut BytesMut, packet_size: usize) -> Result<usize>
@@ -360,12 +364,20 @@ where
 
 async fn connect_plc(args: Arc<Args>, table: Table) -> Result<()> {
     // detect plc info
-    let plc_info = ads::udp::get_info((&args.plc_addr.ip().to_string(), ads::UDP_PORT))?;
-    log::info!("plc net_id={}", plc_info.netid);
-    log::info!("plc hostname={}", plc_info.hostname);
-    log::info!("plc twincat_version={:?}", plc_info.twincat_version);
-    log::info!("plc os_version={:?}", plc_info.os_version);
-    log::info!("plc fingerprint={}", plc_info.fingerprint);
+    let plc_ams_net_id = args.plc_ams_net_id.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+        log::info!(
+            "plc_ams_net_id not passed through cli interface, will try to fetch information
+        from PLC over UDP!"
+        );
+        let plc_info = ads::udp::get_info((&args.plc_addr.ip().to_string(), ads::UDP_PORT))
+            .expect("unable to get system information from PLC over UDP!");
+        log::info!("plc net_id={}", plc_info.netid);
+        log::info!("plc hostname={}", plc_info.hostname);
+        log::info!("plc twincat_version={:?}", plc_info.twincat_version);
+        log::info!("plc os_version={:?}", plc_info.os_version);
+        log::info!("plc fingerprint={}", plc_info.fingerprint);
+        plc_info.netid.into()
+    });
 
     // connect plc backend
     log::info!("connecting plc {}...", args.plc_addr);
@@ -398,8 +410,7 @@ async fn connect_plc(args: Arc<Args>, table: Table) -> Result<()> {
     let (stop_tx, stop_rx) = broadcast::channel(1);
 
     // update proxy table with plc ams net id
-    log::info!("updating proxy table with plc {}", plc_info.netid);
-    let plc_ams_net_id = plc_info.netid.into();
+    log::info!("updating proxy table with plc {}", plc_ams_net_id);
     let plc_ams_addr = AmsAddr(plc_ams_net_id, 0);
     table.write().await.insert(plc_ams_addr, (plc_addr, data_tx.clone()));