diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1879ca..1137b12 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ By default, episodes are downloaded newest-first. If you want to instead downloa
 If you want to ignore some episodes (e.g. deprecated content), do:
 
     ./sipper --user me@example.com --pw mypassword --ignore "007,008,009"
+    
+You may want to start downloading from N, do:
+
+    ./sipper --user me@example.com --pw mypassword --oldest-first --start N
 
 By default, files end up in `./downloads`. You can specify another destination (automatically created if it doesn't exist):
 
diff --git a/lib/sipper/cli.ex b/lib/sipper/cli.ex
index a195f6e..c865d53 100644
--- a/lib/sipper/cli.ex
+++ b/lib/sipper/cli.ex
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ defmodule Sipper.CLI do
     ignore = Dict.get(options, :ignore, "")
 
     config = %Sipper.Config{
-      auth:         {user, pw},
-      dir:          Dict.get(options, :dir, "./downloads") |> Path.expand,
-      max:          Dict.get(options, :max, :unlimited),
-      ignore:       String.split(ignore, ",", trim: true),
-      oldest_first: Dict.get(options, :oldest_first, false),
+      auth:           {user, pw},
+      dir:            Dict.get(options, :dir, "./downloads") |> Path.expand,
+      start_episode:  Dict.get(options, :start_from_episode, :none),
+      max:            Dict.get(options, :max, :unlimited),
+      ignore:         String.split(ignore, ",", trim: true),
+      oldest_first:   Dict.get(options, :oldest_first, false),
     }
 
     Sipper.Runner.run(config)
diff --git a/lib/sipper/config.ex b/lib/sipper/config.ex
index 7672c16..3dc3355 100644
--- a/lib/sipper/config.ex
+++ b/lib/sipper/config.ex
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 defmodule Sipper.Config do
-  defstruct auth: nil, dir: nil, max: nil, ignore: [], oldest_first: false
+  defstruct auth: nil, dir: nil, start_episode: nil, max: nil, ignore: [], oldest_first: false
 end
diff --git a/lib/sipper/parameter_parser.ex b/lib/sipper/parameter_parser.ex
index b714ae9..f01a84c 100644
--- a/lib/sipper/parameter_parser.ex
+++ b/lib/sipper/parameter_parser.ex
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ defmodule Sipper.ParameterParser do
     strict: [
       user: :string,
       pw: :string,
+      start_from_episode: :string,
       max: :integer,
       dir: :string,
       ignore: :string,
diff --git a/lib/sipper/runner.ex b/lib/sipper/runner.ex
index 567edc8..d39af93 100644
--- a/lib/sipper/runner.ex
+++ b/lib/sipper/runner.ex
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ defmodule Sipper.Runner do
     |> parse_feed
     |> change_download_order(config.oldest_first)
     |> ignore_episodes(config.ignore)
+    |> skip_until(config.start_episode)
     |> limit_to(config.max)
     |> download(config)
   end
@@ -25,6 +26,16 @@ defmodule Sipper.Runner do
   defp change_download_order(episodes, true),  do: Enum.reverse(episodes)
   defp change_download_order(episodes, false), do: episodes
 
+  defp skip_until(episodes, :none), do: episodes
+  defp skip_until(episodes, start_episode) do
+    start_episode = start_episode |> String.pad_leading(3, "0")
+    start_episode_regex = Regex.compile!("^" <> start_episode)
+
+    Enum.drop_while(episodes, fn {title, _} ->
+      not Regex.match?(start_episode_regex, title)
+    end)
+  end
+
   defp limit_to(episodes, :unlimited), do: episodes
   defp limit_to(episodes, max), do: episodes |> Enum.take(max)