diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5cff03..168532b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,18 +26,15 @@ https://qurator-data.de/sbb_binarization/
 
 ```sh
 sbb_binarize \
-  --patches \
   -m <path to directory containing model files> \
   <input image> \
   <output image>
 ```
 
-**Note** In virtually all cases, applying the `--patches` flag will improve the quality of results.
-
 Example
 
 ```sh
-sbb_binarize --patches -m /path/to/models/ myimage.tif myimage-bin.tif
+sbb_binarize -m /path/to/models/ myimage.tif myimage-bin.tif
 ```
 
 To use the [OCR-D](https://ocr-d.de/) interface:
diff --git a/sbb_binarize/cli.py b/sbb_binarize/cli.py
index 0077bef..ad1850e 100644
--- a/sbb_binarize/cli.py
+++ b/sbb_binarize/cli.py
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ sbb_binarize CLI
 """
 
 from click import command, option, argument, version_option, types
+
 from .sbb_binarize import SbbBinarizer
 
+
 @command()
 @version_option()
-@option('--patches/--no-patches', default=True, help='by enabling this parameter you let the model to see the image in patches.')
 @option('--model-dir', '-m', type=types.Path(exists=True, file_okay=False), required=True, help='directory containing models for prediction')
 @argument('input_image')
 @argument('output_image')
-def main(patches, model_dir, input_image, output_image):
-    SbbBinarizer(model_dir).run(image_path=input_image, use_patches=patches, save=output_image)
+def main(model_dir, input_image, output_image):
+    binarizer = SbbBinarizer()
+    binarizer.load_model(model_dir)
+    binarizer.binarize_image(image_path=input_image, save_path=output_image)