diff --git a/console/novncd b/console/novncd
index 18de93b..14c7a7f 100755
--- a/console/novncd
+++ b/console/novncd
@@ -23,49 +23,49 @@ import socket
 
 # from six.moves import http_cookies as Cookie
 from http import cookies as Cookie
-from webvirtcloud.settings import WS_PORT, WS_HOST, WS_CERT
-from vrtManager.connection import CONN_SSH, CONN_SOCKET
+import argparse
 from console.sshtunnels import SSHTunnels
-from optparse import OptionParser
+from vrtManager.connection import CONN_SOCKET, CONN_SSH
+from webvirtcloud.settings import WS_CERT, WS_HOST, WS_PORT
 
-parser = OptionParser()
 
-parser.add_option(
-    "-v",
-    "--verbose",
-    dest="verbose",
-    action="store_true",
-    help="Verbose mode",
-    default=False,
-)
+def get_parser(default_host=WS_HOST, default_port=WS_PORT or 6080, default_cert=WS_CERT or CERT):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="WebVirtCloud noVNC daemon")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--verbose",
+        dest="verbose",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Verbose mode",
+        default=False,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-d", "--debug", dest="debug", action="store_true", help="Debug mode", default=False
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-H", "--host", dest="host", action="store", help="Listen host", default=default_host
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-p",
+        "--port",
+        dest="port",
+        action="store",
+        type=int,
+        help="Listen port",
+        default=default_port,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-c",
+        "--cert",
+        dest="cert",
+        action="store",
+        help="Certificate file path",
+        default=default_cert,
+    )
+    return parser
 
-parser.add_option(
-    "-d", "--debug", dest="debug", action="store_true", help="Debug mode", default=False
-)
 
-parser.add_option(
-    "-H", "--host", dest="host", action="store", help="Listen host", default=WS_HOST
-)
-
-parser.add_option(
-    "-p",
-    "--port",
-    dest="port",
-    action="store",
-    help="Listen port",
-    default=WS_PORT or 6080,
-)
-
-parser.add_option(
-    "-c",
-    "--cert",
-    dest="cert",
-    action="store",
-    help="Certificate file path",
-    default=WS_CERT or CERT,
-)
-
-(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+options = get_parser().parse_args()
 
 FORMAT = "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s : %(message)s"
 if options.debug:
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class CompatibilityMixIn(object):
             self.msg("Try to open local socket %s" % console_socket)
             tsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             tsock.connect(console_socket)
-        elif console_socket or re.match("^127\.", console_host):
+        elif console_socket or re.match(r"^127\.", console_host):
             # Need tunnel to physical host
             if conntype != CONN_SSH:
                 self.msg(
diff --git a/console/socketiod b/console/socketiod
index 55342d1..1889586 100755
--- a/console/socketiod
+++ b/console/socketiod
@@ -39,42 +39,43 @@ import libvirt
 from http import cookies as Cookie
 from webvirtcloud.settings import SOCKETIO_PORT, SOCKETIO_HOST
 from vrtManager.connection import CONN_SSH, CONN_SOCKET
-from optparse import OptionParser
+import argparse
 
-parser = OptionParser()
 
-parser.add_option(
-    "-v",
-    "--verbose",
-    dest="verbose",
-    action="store_true",
-    help="Verbose mode",
-    default=False,
-)
+def get_parser(default_host=SOCKETIO_HOST, default_port=SOCKETIO_PORT or 6081):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="WebVirtCloud Socket.IO daemon")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--verbose",
+        dest="verbose",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Verbose mode",
+        default=False,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-d", "--debug", dest="debug", action="store_true", help="Debug mode", default=False
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-H",
+        "--host",
+        dest="host",
+        action="store",
+        help="Listen host",
+        default=default_host,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-p",
+        "--port",
+        dest="port",
+        action="store",
+        type=int,
+        help="Listen port",
+        default=default_port,
+    )
+    return parser
 
-parser.add_option(
-    "-d", "--debug", dest="debug", action="store_true", help="Debug mode", default=False
-)
 
-parser.add_option(
-    "-H",
-    "--host",
-    dest="host",
-    action="store",
-    help="Listen host",
-    default=SOCKETIO_HOST,
-)
-
-parser.add_option(
-    "-p",
-    "--port",
-    dest="port",
-    action="store",
-    help="Listen port",
-    default=SOCKETIO_PORT or 6081,
-)
-
-(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+options = get_parser().parse_args()
 
 FORMAT = "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s : %(message)s"
 if options.debug:
diff --git a/console/test_cli_parsers.py b/console/test_cli_parsers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23424ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/console/test_cli_parsers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import argparse
+import unittest
+
+
+class TestCLIParsers(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_novncd_parser_defaults(self):
+        # We test the parser specification without importing django
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="WebVirtCloud noVNC daemon")
+        parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true", default=False)
+        parser.add_argument("-d", "--debug", dest="debug", action="store_true", default=False)
+        parser.add_argument("-H", "--host", dest="host", action="store", default="0.0.0.0")
+        parser.add_argument("-p", "--port", dest="port", action="store", type=int, default=6080)
+        parser.add_argument("-c", "--cert", dest="cert", action="store", default="cert.pem")
+
+        opts = parser.parse_args([])
+        self.assertFalse(opts.verbose)
+        self.assertFalse(opts.debug)
+        self.assertEqual(opts.host, "0.0.0.0")
+        self.assertEqual(opts.port, 6080)
+        self.assertEqual(opts.cert, "cert.pem")
+
+    def test_novncd_parser_custom_args(self):
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="WebVirtCloud noVNC daemon")
+        parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true", default=False)
+        parser.add_argument("-d", "--debug", dest="debug", action="store_true", default=False)
+        parser.add_argument("-H", "--host", dest="host", action="store", default="0.0.0.0")
+        parser.add_argument("-p", "--port", dest="port", action="store", type=int, default=6080)
+        parser.add_argument("-c", "--cert", dest="cert", action="store", default="cert.pem")
+
+        opts = parser.parse_args(["-v", "-d", "-H", "192.168.1.50", "-p", "7000", "-c", "/etc/ssl/cert.pem"])
+        self.assertTrue(opts.verbose)
+        self.assertTrue(opts.debug)
+        self.assertEqual(opts.host, "192.168.1.50")
+        self.assertEqual(opts.port, 7000)
+        self.assertEqual(opts.cert, "/etc/ssl/cert.pem")
+
+    def test_socketiod_parser_defaults_and_custom(self):
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="WebVirtCloud Socket.IO daemon")
+        parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true", default=False)
+        parser.add_argument("-d", "--debug", dest="debug", action="store_true", default=False)
+        parser.add_argument("-H", "--host", dest="host", action="store", default="localhost")
+        parser.add_argument("-p", "--port", dest="port", action="store", type=int, default=6081)
+
+        opts_def = parser.parse_args([])
+        self.assertFalse(opts_def.verbose)
+        self.assertFalse(opts_def.debug)
+        self.assertEqual(opts_def.host, "localhost")
+        self.assertEqual(opts_def.port, 6081)
+
+        opts_custom = parser.parse_args(["--verbose", "--host", "10.0.0.1", "--port", "9000"])
+        self.assertTrue(opts_custom.verbose)
+        self.assertEqual(opts_custom.host, "10.0.0.1")
+        self.assertEqual(opts_custom.port, 9000)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/instances/tests.py b/instances/tests.py
index ecdc96c..5555ebb 100644
--- a/instances/tests.py
+++ b/instances/tests.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class InstancesTestCase(TestCase):
     def test_create_from_xml(self):
         uuid = randomUUID()
         xml = self.xml.replace("test-vm", "test-vm-xml")
-        xml = re.sub("\s?<uuid>.*?</uuid>", f"<uuid>{uuid}</uuid>", xml)
+        xml = re.sub(r"\s?<uuid>.*?</uuid>", f"<uuid>{uuid}</uuid>", xml)
         response = self.client.post(
             reverse("instances:create_instance_select_type", args=[self.compute.id]),
             {
diff --git a/storages/forms.py b/storages/forms.py
index 38715e1..9a5fade 100644
--- a/storages/forms.py
+++ b/storages/forms.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class AddStgPool(forms.Form):
     def clean_target(self):
         storage_type = self.cleaned_data["stg_type"]
         target = self.cleaned_data["target"]
-        have_symbol = re.match("^[^-](\/?((?:[0-9a-zA-Z_])|(?:\.)|((?<!\/)-))*)+$", target)
+        have_symbol = re.match(r"^[^-](\/?((?:[0-9a-zA-Z_])|(?:\.)|((?<!\/)-))*)+$", target)
         if storage_type in ["dir", "netfs"] and not have_symbol:
             raise forms.ValidationError(
                 _("The target must not contain any special characters")
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class AddStgPool(forms.Form):
     def clean_source(self):
         storage_type = self.cleaned_data["stg_type"]
         source = self.cleaned_data["source"]
-        have_symbol = re.match("^[a-zA-Z0-9\/]+$", source)
+        have_symbol = re.match(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9\/]+$", source)
         if storage_type in ["logical", "netfs"]:
             if not source:
                 raise forms.ValidationError(_("No device or path has been entered"))