diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index e3308d5..594bca7 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ linters:
   enable:
     - asciicheck
     - bodyclose
-    - depguard
+    # - depguard
     - dogsled
     - dupl
     - durationcheck
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a1cfaae..63cb967 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ module github.com/openvex/vexctl
 
 go 1.20
 
+
+replace github.com/openvex/go-vex => /home/urbano/Projects/openvex/go-vex/
+
+
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.15.2
 	github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang v0.9.0
diff --git a/internal/cmd/create.go b/internal/cmd/create.go
index af45b2c..42bb3c6 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/create.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/create.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ func (o *createOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 	if o.Status != string(vex.StatusAffected) && o.ActionStatement == vex.NoActionStatementMsg {
 		o.ActionStatement = ""
 	}
-	if len(args) == 0 && len(o.Products) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("a required product id is required to generate a valid VEX statement")
+	if o.Product == "" {
+		return errors.New("a required product id is needed to generate a valid VEX statement")
 	}
 
 	if len(args) < 2 && o.Vulnerability == "" {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Examples:
 			for i := range args {
 				switch i {
 				case 0:
-					opts.Products = append(opts.Products, args[i])
+					opts.Product = args[i]
 				case 1:
 					opts.Vulnerability = args[i]
 				case 2:
@@ -127,9 +127,19 @@ Examples:
 			}
 
 			statement := vex.Statement{
-				Vulnerability:   opts.Vulnerability,
-				Products:        opts.Products,
-				Subcomponents:   opts.Subcomponents,
+				Vulnerability: vex.Vulnerability{
+					Name: vex.VulnerabilityID(opts.Vulnerability),
+				},
+				Products: []vex.Product{
+					{
+						Component: vex.Component{
+							ID:          opts.Product,
+							Hashes:      map[vex.Algorithm]vex.Hash{},
+							Identifiers: map[vex.IdentifierType]string{},
+						},
+						Subcomponents: []vex.Subcomponent{},
+					},
+				},
 				Status:          vex.Status(opts.Status),
 				StatusNotes:     opts.StatusNotes,
 				Justification:   vex.Justification(opts.Justification),
@@ -137,6 +147,12 @@ Examples:
 				ActionStatement: opts.ActionStatement,
 			}
 
+			for _, sc := range opts.Subcomponents {
+				statement.Products[0].Subcomponents = append(statement.Products[0].Subcomponents, vex.Subcomponent{
+					Component: vex.Component{ID: sc},
+				})
+			}
+
 			if err := statement.Validate(); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("invalid statement: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -197,11 +213,11 @@ Examples:
 		"vulnerability to add to the statement (eg CVE-2023-12345)",
 	)
 
-	createCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVarP(
-		&opts.Products,
+	createCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(
+		&opts.Product,
 		"product",
 		"p",
-		[]string{},
+		"",
 		"list of products to list in the statement, at least one is required",
 	)
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/main.go b/internal/cmd/main.go
index 7699aea..2adfa02 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/main.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/main.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type vexStatementOptions struct {
 	ImpactStatement string
 	Vulnerability   string
 	ActionStatement string
-	Products        []string
+	Product         string
 	Subcomponents   []string
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/ctl/implementation.go b/pkg/ctl/implementation.go
index 24cc832..b48c3fb 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/implementation.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/implementation.go
@@ -354,15 +354,16 @@ func (impl *defaultVexCtlImplementation) Merge(
 	LOOP_STATEMENTS:
 		for _, s := range doc.Statements { //nolint:gocritic // this IS supposed to copy
 			if len(iProds) > 0 {
-				for _, pid := range s.Products {
-					if _, ok := iProds[pid]; !ok {
+				for _, product := range s.Products {
+					if _, ok := iProds[product.ID]; !ok {
 						continue LOOP_STATEMENTS
 					}
 				}
 			}
 
 			if len(iVulns) > 0 {
-				if _, ok := iProds[s.Vulnerability]; !ok {
+				// FIXME: This is wrong
+				if _, ok := iProds[s.Vulnerability.ID]; !ok {
 					continue LOOP_STATEMENTS
 				}
 			}
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ func (impl *defaultVexCtlImplementation) ListDocumentProducts(doc *vex.VEX) ([]s
 	products := []string{}
 	for i := range doc.Statements {
 		for _, p := range doc.Statements[i].Products {
-			inv[p] = struct{}{}
+			inv[p.ID] = struct{}{}
 		}
 	}
 	for p := range inv {
diff --git a/pkg/ctl/implementation_test.go b/pkg/ctl/implementation_test.go
index e4c99bc..e4ab0de 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/implementation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/implementation_test.go
@@ -155,7 +155,18 @@ func TestVerifyImageSubjects(t *testing.T) {
 		doc := vex.New()
 		for _, p := range tc.products {
 			doc.Statements = append(
-				doc.Statements, vex.Statement{Products: []string{p}},
+				doc.Statements, vex.Statement{
+					Products: []vex.Product{
+						{
+							Component: vex.Component{
+								ID:          p,
+								Hashes:      map[vex.Algorithm]vex.Hash{},
+								Identifiers: map[vex.IdentifierType]string{},
+							},
+							Subcomponents: []vex.Subcomponent{},
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			)
 		}
 		err := impl.VerifyImageSubjects(att, &doc)