diff --git a/news_signals/cli.py b/news_signals/cli.py
index 8052ae0..1007781 100644
--- a/news_signals/cli.py
+++ b/news_signals/cli.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 
 def generate_dataset():
     logger.info("Generating dataset via cli command `generate-dataset`")
-    print(f"Args: {sys.argv[1:]}")
-    sys.exit(subprocess.call([sys.executable, str(path_to_file / '../bin/generate_dataset.py')] + sys.argv[1:]))
+    logger.info(f"Args: {sys.argv[1:]}")
+    sys.exit(subprocess.call([sys.executable, str(path_to_file / 'generate_dataset.py')] + sys.argv[1:]))
diff --git a/news_signals/generate_dataset.py b/news_signals/generate_dataset.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b3ef76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news_signals/generate_dataset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import argparse
+import json
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import arrow
+
+from news_signals.signals import AylienSignal
+from news_signals.signals_dataset import generate_dataset, reduce_aylien_story
+from news_signals.dataset_transformations import get_dataset_transform
+from news_signals.log import create_logger
+
+
+logger = create_logger(__name__, level=logging.INFO)
+
+
+def main(args):
+    with open(args.config) as f:
+        config = json.load(f)
+
+    output_dataset_path = Path(config["output_dataset_dir"])
+    logger.info(f"Beginning dataset generation with config {config}") 
+    if config.get('signal_configs', None) is not None and config.get('input', None) is not None:
+        raise AssertionError("Cannot specify both signal_configs and input file path in dataset generation config")
+    if config.get('signal_configs', None) is not None:
+        aylien_signals = [AylienSignal(**signal_config) for signal_config in config["signal_configs"]]
+        input = aylien_signals
+    else:
+        input = Path(config["input"])
+    dataset = generate_dataset(
+        input=input,
+        output_dataset_dir=output_dataset_path,
+        gcs_bucket=config.get("gcs_bucket", None),
+        start=arrow.get(config["start"]).datetime,
+        end=arrow.get(config["end"]).datetime,
+        stories_per_day=config["stories_per_day"],
+        name_field=config.get("name_field", None),
+        id_field=config.get("id_field", None),
+        surface_form_field=config.get("surface_form_field", None),
+        overwrite=args.overwrite,
+        delete_tmp_files=True,
+        compress=True,
+        post_process_story=reduce_aylien_story
+    )    
+
+    if config.get("transformations"):
+        for t in config["transformations"]:
+            logger.info(f"Applying transformation to dataset: {t['transform']}")
+            transform = get_dataset_transform(t['transform'])
+            transform(dataset, **t['params'])
+    
+    dataset.save(output_dataset_path, overwrite=True, compress=True)
+    logger.info(f"Finished dataset generation, dataset saved here: {output_dataset_path}.tar.gz")
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--config',
+        required=True,
+        help="config json file containing all settings to create new dataset"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--overwrite',
+        action="store_true",
+        help="whether to overwrite previous dataset if present at output_dataset_dir"
+    )    
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(parse_args())
diff --git a/news_signals/transform_dataset.py b/news_signals/transform_dataset.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8b19ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news_signals/transform_dataset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import argparse
+import json
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from news_signals.signals_dataset import SignalsDataset
+from news_signals.dataset_transformations import get_dataset_transform
+from news_signals.log import create_logger
+
+
+logger = create_logger(__name__, level=logging.INFO)
+
+
+def main(args):
+    if args.output_dataset_path is None:
+        output_dataset_path = Path(args.input_dataset_path)
+    else:
+        output_dataset_path = Path(args.output_dataset_path)
+
+    with open(args.config) as f:
+        config = json.load(f)
+        
+    if (args.input_dataset_path == args.output_dataset_path) or output_dataset_path.exists():
+        confirm = input(
+            f"Are you sure you want to modify the dataset in {output_dataset_path}? "
+            "Alternatively, you can set output_dataset_path to a new directory. (y|n) "
+        )
+        if confirm != "y":
+            logger.info("Aborting")
+            return
+            
+    dataset = SignalsDataset.load(args.input_dataset_path)
+
+    # config is a list of transformations
+    for t in config:        
+        logger.info(f"Applying transformation to dataset: {t['transform']}")
+        transform = get_dataset_transform(t['transform'])
+        transform(dataset, **t['params'])
+    
+    if str(output_dataset_path).endswith('.tar.gz'):
+        dataset.save(output_dataset_path, overwrite=True, compress=True)
+    else:
+        dataset.save(output_dataset_path, overwrite=True)
+    
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--input-dataset-path',
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--output-dataset-path',
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--config',
+        help="JSON string with config"
+    ),
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(parse_args())