diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9f0571..fe73288 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Welcome to Deflect, a C++ library for streaming pixels to other Deflect-based
 applications, for example [Tide](https://github.com/BlueBrain/Tide).
-Deflect offers a stable API marked with version 1.6 (for the client part).
+Deflect offers a stable API marked with version 1.7 (for the client part).
 
 ## Overview
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Deflect provides the following functionality:
 * Receive input events from the Server and send data to it
 * Transmitted events include keyboard, mouse and multi-point touch gestures
 * Compressed or uncompressed streaming
-* Fast multi-threaded JPEG compression (using libjpeg-turbo)
+* Fast multi-threaded JPEG (de)compression using libjpeg-turbo
 
 DeflectQt (optional) provides the following additional functionality:
 
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ environments are tested:
 * Linux: Ubuntu 16.04 and RHEL 6 (Makefile, Ninja; x64)
 * Mac OS X: 10.7 - 10.10 (Makefile, Ninja; x86_64)
 
-The [latest API documentation](http://bluebrain.github.io/Deflect-0.13/index.html)
+The [latest API documentation](http://bluebrain.github.io/Deflect-0.14/index.html)
 can be found on [bluebrain.github.io](http://bluebrain.github.io).
diff --git a/apps/DesktopStreamer/MainWindow.cpp b/apps/DesktopStreamer/MainWindow.cpp
index 43500a5..523a106 100644
--- a/apps/DesktopStreamer/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/DesktopStreamer/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const int FAILURE_UPDATE_DELAY = 100;
 const float FRAME_RATE_DAMPING = 0.1f; // influence of new value between 0-1
 }
 
-MainWindow::MainWindow()
+MainWindow::MainWindow(Options options)
     : _streamID(0)
     , _averageUpdate(0)
 {
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow()
                 _listView->setEnabled(!text.isEmpty());
             });
 
+    if (!options.initialHost.isEmpty())
+        _hostComboBox->setCurrentText(options.initialHost);
+
     const auto username = nameutils::getFullUsername();
     if (username.isEmpty())
         _streamIdLineEdit->setText(QHostInfo::localHostName());
@@ -141,8 +144,12 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow()
 #ifndef DEFLECT_USE_QT5MACEXTRAS
     _actionMultiWindowMode->setVisible(false);
 #endif
-    _showAdvancedSettings(false);
+    _actionAdvancedSettings->setChecked(options.showAdvancedSettings);
+    _showAdvancedSettings(options.showAdvancedSettings);
     _showSingleWindowMode();
+
+    if (options.enableStream)
+        _streamButton->click();
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()
diff --git a/apps/DesktopStreamer/MainWindow.h b/apps/DesktopStreamer/MainWindow.h
index 18a9ada..a0cf65c 100644
--- a/apps/DesktopStreamer/MainWindow.h
+++ b/apps/DesktopStreamer/MainWindow.h
@@ -62,7 +62,14 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow, public Ui::MainWindow
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    MainWindow();
+    struct Options
+    {
+        QString initialHost;
+        bool enableStream;
+        bool showAdvancedSettings;
+    };
+
+    MainWindow(Options options);
     ~MainWindow();
 
     const QAbstractItemModel* getItemModel() const
diff --git a/apps/DesktopStreamer/main.cpp b/apps/DesktopStreamer/main.cpp
index d6365a2..71e43b7 100644
--- a/apps/DesktopStreamer/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/DesktopStreamer/main.cpp
@@ -53,13 +53,27 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     QCommandLineParser parser;
     parser.setApplicationDescription("Stream your desktop to a remote host");
+    QCommandLineOption streamEnabledOption(QStringList() << "e"
+                                                         << "enable",
+                                           "Enable streaming on startup.");
+    parser.addOption(streamEnabledOption);
+    QCommandLineOption advancedOption(QStringList() << "a"
+                                                    << "advanced",
+                                      "Show advanced settings.");
+    parser.addOption(advancedOption);
+    parser.addPositionalArgument("host", "Default host to stream to.");
     parser.addHelpOption();
     parser.addVersionOption();
     parser.process(app);
 
+    const auto posArgs = parser.positionalArguments();
+    const auto host = posArgs.isEmpty() ? QString() : posArgs.at(0);
+    const auto enable = parser.isSet(streamEnabledOption);
+    const auto advanced = parser.isSet(advancedOption);
+
     Q_INIT_RESOURCE(resources);
 
-    MainWindow mainWindow;
+    MainWindow mainWindow{{host, enable, advanced}};
     mainWindow.show();
 
     // enter Qt event loop
diff --git a/doc/Changelog.md b/doc/Changelog.md
index 057a02a..7229552 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog.md
+++ b/doc/Changelog.md
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ Changelog {#Changelog}
 
 ## Deflect 0.14
 
-### 0.14.0 (git master)
+### 0.14.0 (23-10-2017)
 
+* [191](https://github.com/BlueBrain/Deflect/pull/191):
+  DesktopStreamer: default host and other options can be specified on the
+  command line.
 * [190](https://github.com/BlueBrain/Deflect/pull/190):
   DesktopStreamer: jpeg compression can be turned on or off.
 * [188](https://github.com/BlueBrain/Deflect/pull/188):