diff --git a/openqa-advanced-retrigger-jobs b/openqa-advanced-retrigger-jobs
index a81f071..3d19d2e 100755
--- a/openqa-advanced-retrigger-jobs
+++ b/openqa-advanced-retrigger-jobs
@@ -1,54 +1,88 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-#worker="${worker:-"openqaworker4"}"
-host="${host:-"openqa.opensuse.org"}"
-failed_since="${failed_since:-"$(date -I)"}"
-instance_string="${INSTANCE+" and instance='$INSTANCE'"}"
-worker_string="${WORKER+"assigned_worker_id in (select id from workers where (host='$WORKER'$instance_string)) and "}"
-result="${result:-"result='incomplete'"}"
-additional_filters="${additional_filters+" and $additional_filters"}"
-comment="${comment:-""}"
-dry_run="${dry_run:-"0"}"
-
-usage() {
-    cat << EOF
-Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+"""
 Retrigger openQA jobs based on database queries.
 
-By default retriggers openQA jobs with result '$result' since '$failed_since'
-on '$host'.
-
-Can be restricted to jobs that ran on worker by setting the variable 'WORKER'
-and optionally 'INSTANCE'.
-
-Needs SSH access to the target openQA host '$host'.
-
-Options:
- -h, --help         display this help
-EOF
-    exit "$1"
-}
-
-main() {
-    opts=$(getopt -o h -l help -n "$0" -- "$@") || usage 1
-    eval set -- "$opts"
-    while true; do
-        case "$1" in
-            -h | --help) usage 0 ;;
-            --)
-                shift
-                break
-                ;;
-            *) break ;;
-        esac
-    done
-
-    [ "$dry_run" = "1" ] && client_prefix="echo"
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2029
-    for i in $(ssh "$host" "sudo -u geekotest psql --no-align --tuples-only --command=\"select id from jobs where (${worker_string}${result} and clone_id is null and t_finished >= '$failed_since'$additional_filters);\" openqa"); do
-        $client_prefix openqa-cli api --host "$host" -X POST jobs/"$i"/restart
-        [ -n "$comment" ] && $client_prefix openqa-cli api --host "$host" -X POST jobs/"$i"/comments text="$comment"
-    done
-}
-
-caller 0 > /dev/null || main "$@"
+Needs SSH access to the specified target openQA host.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+
+logging.basicConfig()
+log = logging.getLogger(sys.argv[0] if __name__ == "__main__" else __name__)
+
+
+class CustomFormatter(argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter):
+    """Preserve multi-line __doc__ and provide default arguments in help strings."""
+
+    pass
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=CustomFormatter)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--verbose",
+        help="Increase verbosity level, specify multiple times to increase verbosity",
+        action="count",
+        default=1,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("-H", "--host", default="openqa.opensuse.org", help="Target openQA host")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-s",
+        "--failed-since",
+        default=datetime.today().isoformat(),
+        help="Filter jobs failed since this date",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("-w", "--worker", default=None, help="Filter jobs assigned to this worker")
+    parser.add_argument("-i", "--instance", default=None, help="Instance of the worker")
+    parser.add_argument("-r", "--result", default="incomplete", help="Filter jobs with this result")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-a",
+        "--additional-filters",
+        default=None,
+        help="Additional filters for the SQL query",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("-c", "--comment", default=None, help="Comment to add to the retriggered jobs")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-d",
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="If set, only print the actions without executing",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    verbose_to_log = {
+        0: logging.CRITICAL,
+        1: logging.ERROR,
+        2: logging.WARN,
+        3: logging.INFO,
+        4: logging.DEBUG,
+    }
+    logging_level = logging.DEBUG if args.verbose > 4 else verbose_to_log[args.verbose]
+    log.setLevel(logging_level)
+    instance_string = f" and instance='{args.instance}'" if args.instance else ""
+    worker_string = f"assigned_worker_id in (select id from workers where (host='{args.worker}'{instance_string})) and " if args.worker else ""
+    additional_filters = f" and {args.additional_filters}" if args.additional_filters else ""
+    client_prefix = "echo" if args.dry_run else ""
+
+    query = (
+        f"select id from jobs where ({worker_string}result='{args.result}' "
+        f"and clone_id is null and t_finished >= '{args.failed_since}'{additional_filters});"
+    )
+
+    log.debug(f"Using SQL query: '{query}' on {args.host}")
+    ssh_command = f'ssh {args.host} "sudo -u geekotest psql --no-align --tuples-only --command=\\"{query}\\" openqa"'
+    job_ids = subprocess.check_output(ssh_command).decode().splitlines()
+
+    for job_id in job_ids:
+        subprocess.run(f"{client_prefix} openqa-cli api --host {args.host} -X POST jobs/{job_id}/restart")
+        if args.comment:
+            subprocess.run(f'{client_prefix} openqa-cli api --host {args.host} -X POST jobs/{job_id}/comments text="{args.comment}"')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()