diff --git a/components/__base__.py b/components/__base__.py
index 94ac6f2..4fdf31f 100644
--- a/components/__base__.py
+++ b/components/__base__.py
@@ -84,3 +84,13 @@ class Component:
     def reset(self):
         self.canceled = False
     '''
+
+class BadComponentInit(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, arg, name):
+        string = \
+'''################################
+Mandatory argument "%s" not specified
+  in %s instance initialization
+###################################'''
+        print(string % (arg, name))
+        quit()
diff --git a/components/video.py b/components/video.py
index 67a96dd..b28b81e 100644
--- a/components/video.py
+++ b/components/video.py
@@ -5,37 +5,38 @@ import subprocess
 import threading
 from queue import PriorityQueue
 from . import __base__
-
-
+        
 class Video:
     '''Video Component Frame-Fetcher'''
-    def __init__(
-      self, ffmpeg, videoPath, width, height,
-      frameRate, chunkSize, parent, loopVideo):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        mandatoryArgs = ['ffmpeg', 'videoPath', 'width', 'height',
+            'frameRate', 'chunkSize', 'parent']
+        for arg in mandatoryArgs:
+            try:
+                exec('self.%s = kwargs[arg]' % arg)
+            except KeyError:
+                raise __base__.BadComponentInit(arg, self.__doc__)
 
-        self.parent = parent
-        self.chunkSize = chunkSize
-        self.size = (width, height)
         self.frameNo = -1
         self.currentFrame = 'None'
-        if loopVideo:
+        if 'loopVideo' in kwargs and kwargs['loopVideo']:
             self.loopValue = '-1'
         else:
             self.loopValue = '0'
         self.command = [
-            ffmpeg,
+            self.ffmpeg,
             '-thread_queue_size', '512',
-            '-r', frameRate,
+            '-r', str(self.frameRate),
             '-stream_loop', self.loopValue,
-            '-i', videoPath,
+            '-i', self.videoPath,
             '-f', 'image2pipe',
             '-pix_fmt', 'rgba',
-            '-filter:v', 'scale='+str(width)+':'+str(height),
+            '-filter:v', 'scale='+str(self.width)+':'+str(self.height),
             '-vcodec', 'rawvideo', '-',
         ]
 
         self.frameBuffer = PriorityQueue()
-        self.frameBuffer.maxsize = int(frameRate)
+        self.frameBuffer.maxsize = self.frameRate
         self.finishedFrames = {}
 
         self.thread = threading.Thread(
@@ -49,13 +50,13 @@ class Video:
         while True:
             if num in self.finishedFrames:
                 image = self.finishedFrames.pop(num)
-                return Image.frombytes('RGBA', self.size, image)
+                return Image.frombytes('RGBA', (self.width, self.height), image)
             i, image = self.frameBuffer.get()
             self.finishedFrames[i] = image
             self.frameBuffer.task_done()
 
     def fillBuffer(self):
-        self.pipe = subprocess.Popen(
+        pipe = subprocess.Popen(
             self.command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, bufsize=10**8
         )
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ class Video:
                 self.frameBuffer.put((self.frameNo-1, self.lastFrame))
                 continue
 
-            self.currentFrame = self.pipe.stdout.read(self.chunkSize)
+            self.currentFrame = pipe.stdout.read(self.chunkSize)
             if len(self.currentFrame) != 0:
                 self.frameBuffer.put((self.frameNo, self.currentFrame))
                 self.lastFrame = self.currentFrame
@@ -117,9 +118,10 @@ class Component(__base__.Component):
         height = int(self.worker.core.settings.value('outputHeight'))
         self.chunkSize = 4*width*height
         self.video = Video(
-            self.parent.core.FFMPEG_BIN, self.videoPath,
-            width, height, self.settings.value("outputFrameRate"),
-            self.chunkSize, self.parent, self.loopVideo
+            ffmpeg=self.parent.core.FFMPEG_BIN, videoPath=self.videoPath,
+            width=width, height=height, chunkSize=self.chunkSize,
+            frameRate=int(self.settings.value("outputFrameRate")),
+            parent=self.parent, loopVideo=self.loopVideo
         )
 
     def frameRender(self, moduleNo, arrayNo, frameNo):