diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f520128a43..1da04e0314 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7603,6 +7603,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "nix 0.27.1",
  "nym-bin-common",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/tools/nymvisor/Cargo.toml b/tools/nymvisor/Cargo.toml
index 931496a834..2fc8b56b71 100644
--- a/tools/nymvisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/nymvisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ anyhow = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
 nix = "0.27.1"
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt", "macros", "signal", "process"] }
 
 nym-bin-common = { path = "../../common/bin-common", features = ["output_format"] }
diff --git a/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/add_upgrade.rs b/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/add_upgrade.rs
index 090dd1927a..0747cbbcc2 100644
--- a/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/add_upgrade.rs
+++ b/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/add_upgrade.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
+
 #[derive(clap::Args, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Args {
-    //
+    #[clap(short, long, default_value_t = OutputFormat::default())]
+    output: OutputFormat,
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn execute(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
diff --git a/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/config.rs b/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/config.rs
index 540752615e..bb545e3ea1 100644
--- a/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/config.rs
+++ b/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/config.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
+
 #[derive(clap::Args, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Args {
-    //
+    #[clap(short, long, default_value_t = OutputFormat::default())]
+    output: OutputFormat,
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn execute(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
diff --git a/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/init.rs b/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/init.rs
index 5b16fd2a3b..7663483ddf 100644
--- a/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/init.rs
+++ b/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/init.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
+
 #[derive(clap::Args, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Args {
-    //
+    #[clap(short, long, default_value_t = OutputFormat::default())]
+    output: OutputFormat,
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn execute(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
diff --git a/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/mod.rs b/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/mod.rs
index 2d833379e8..4f7a81d9dd 100644
--- a/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -43,9 +43,18 @@ impl Cli {
 
 #[derive(Subcommand, Debug)]
 pub(crate) enum Commands {
+    /// TODO: document the command
     Init(init::Args),
+
+    /// TODO: document the command
     Run(run::Args),
+
+    /// TODO: document the command
     BuildInfo(build_info::Args),
+
+    /// TODO: document the command
     AddUpgrade(add_upgrade::Args),
+
+    /// TODO: document the command
     Config(config::Args),
 }
diff --git a/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/run.rs b/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/run.rs
index e0b9bc167e..86e413a58f 100644
--- a/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/run.rs
+++ b/tools/nymvisor/src/cli/run.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+use tokio::runtime;
+
 #[derive(clap::Args, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Args {
     #[clap(trailing_var_arg = true)]
@@ -9,14 +11,20 @@ pub(crate) struct Args {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn execute(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    println!("run");
+    // TODO: experiment with the minimal runtime
+    let rt = runtime::Builder::new_current_thread().enable_io().build()?;
 
-    let mut child = std::process::Command::new("echo")
-        .args(args.daemon_args)
-        .spawn()?;
+    // spawn the root task
+    rt.block_on(async {
+        println!("run");
 
-    let status = child.wait()?;
+        let mut child = tokio::process::Command::new("echo")
+            .args(args.daemon_args)
+            .spawn()?;
 
-    println!("{:?}", status);
-    Ok(())
+        let status = child.wait().await?;
+
+        println!("{:?}", status);
+        Ok(())
+    })
 }