diff --git a/scripts/format_citations.py b/scripts/format_citations.py
index e1e9339e35..db4d1d40f7 100644
--- a/scripts/format_citations.py
+++ b/scripts/format_citations.py
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import argparse
 import ast
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import bibtexparser
-import typer
 from bibtexparser.bwriter import BibTexWriter
 
-app = typer.Typer()
-
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,
     format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s",
@@ -106,6 +104,7 @@ def format_bibtex(bibtex_str: str) -> str | None:
     try:
         bib_database = bibtexparser.loads(bibtex_str, parser=parser)
         if not bib_database.entries:
+            logger.warning(f"No entries found in BibTeX string. {bibtex_str}")
             return None
         bib_database.comments = []
 
@@ -115,7 +114,8 @@ def format_bibtex(bibtex_str: str) -> str | None:
         writer.add_trailing_comma = True
 
         return writer.write(bib_database).strip()
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warning(f"Failed to parse BibTeX: {e}")
         return None
 
 
@@ -234,28 +234,16 @@ def process_file(
     )
 
 
-@app.command()
-def tasks(
-    tasks_dir: Path = typer.Argument(
-        Path("mteb/tasks"),
-        exists=True,
-        file_okay=False,
-        dir_okay=True,
-        readable=True,
-        help="Directory containing MTEB task Python files.",
-    ),
-    dry_run: bool = typer.Option(
-        True,
-        "--dry-run",
-        help="Perform parsing and formatting but do not modify files.",
-    ),
-):
+def tasks(args):
+    tasks_dir = Path(args.tasks_dir)
+    dry_run = args.dry_run
+
     modified_files = error_files = skipped_files = processed_files = bibtex_modified = 0
     task_files = sorted(tasks_dir.rglob("*.py"))
 
     if not task_files:
         logger.error(f"No Python files found in {tasks_dir}")
-        raise typer.Exit(code=1)
+        raise RuntimeError
 
     logger.info(f"Found {len(task_files)} Python files in {tasks_dir}. Processing...")
 
@@ -288,25 +276,13 @@ def tasks(
 
     if error_files > 0:
         logger.warning("Errors occurred during processing. Check logs above.")
-        raise typer.Exit(code=1)
+        raise RuntimeError
 
 
-@app.command()
-def benchmarks(
-    benchmarks_file: Path = typer.Argument(
-        Path("mteb/benchmarks/benchmarks.py"),
-        exists=True,
-        file_okay=True,
-        dir_okay=False,
-        readable=True,
-        help="Path to the benchmarks.py file.",
-    ),
-    dry_run: bool = typer.Option(
-        True,
-        "--dry-run",
-        help="Perform parsing and formatting but do not modify the file.",
-    ),
-):
+def benchmarks(args):
+    benchmarks_file = Path(args.benchmarks_file)
+    dry_run = args.dry_run
+
     logger.info(f"Processing {benchmarks_file}...")
 
     file_modified, file_error, num_modified, no_keyword, no_locations = process_file(
@@ -315,12 +291,12 @@ def benchmarks(
 
     if no_keyword:
         logger.info(f"SKIPPED: No 'citation' keyword found in {benchmarks_file.name}.")
-        raise typer.Exit()
+        return
     if no_locations:
         logger.info(
             f"SKIPPED: 'citation' keyword found, but no valid string literals detected in {benchmarks_file.name}."
         )
-        raise typer.Exit()
+        return
 
     logger.info("\n--- Summary ---")
     logger.info(f"Processed File: {benchmarks_file.name}")
@@ -333,10 +309,53 @@ def benchmarks(
 
     if file_error:
         logger.warning("Errors occurred during processing. Check logs above.")
-        raise typer.Exit(code=1)
+        return
     elif not file_modified and not file_error:
         logger.info("No changes needed.")
 
 
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Refactor script to use argparse instead of typer."
+    )
+    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()
+
+    tasks_parser = subparsers.add_parser("tasks", help="Process tasks directory")
+    tasks_parser.add_argument(
+        "--tasks_dir",
+        type=str,
+        default=str(Path("mteb/tasks")),
+        help="Directory containing MTEB task Python files.",
+    )
+    tasks_parser.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Perform parsing and formatting but do not modify files.",
+    )
+    tasks_parser.set_defaults(func=tasks)
+
+    benchmarks_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+        "benchmarks", help="Process benchmarks file"
+    )
+    benchmarks_parser.add_argument(
+        "--benchmarks_file",
+        type=str,
+        default=str(Path("mteb/benchmarks/benchmarks.py")),
+        help="Path to the benchmarks.py file.",
+    )
+    benchmarks_parser.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_false",
+        help="Perform parsing and formatting but do not modify the file.",
+    )
+    benchmarks_parser.set_defaults(func=benchmarks)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if hasattr(args, "func"):
+        args.func(args)
+    else:
+        parser.print_help()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    app()
+    main()