diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17a5758..88fa95c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,19 +126,19 @@ using the shorter alias
 And for silence output, you can use `-s` or verbose `--silence` flags
 
 ```
-bnr watch-client -s
+bnr -s watch-client
 ```
 
 And you can use `-p` or verbose `--path` to specify a custom path of dotenv file
 
 ```
-bnr start-dev --path=/custom/path/to/your/env/vars
+bnr --path=/custom/path/to/your/env/vars start-dev
 ```
 
 Also use `-e` or verbose `--encoding` to specify the encoding of dotenv file
 
 ```
-bnr start-dev --encoding=base64
+bnr --encoding=base64 start-dev
 ```
 
 See [envdot docs](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv) for more infomation
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2426694..b4cb3dc 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-var program = require('commander'),
-    scriptName = process.argv[2];
+var program = require('commander');
 
 program
   .option('-e, --encoding [type]', 'Specify the encoding of dotenv file')
   .option('-p, --path [type]', 'Specify a custom path of dotenv file')
   .option('-s, --silent', 'silent')
   .parse(process.argv);
+var scriptName = program.args[0];
 
 if (!program.silent) {
   console.log('running better-npm-run in', process.cwd());
diff --git a/lib/exec.js b/lib/exec.js
index a51afd5..5c8cc76 100644
--- a/lib/exec.js
+++ b/lib/exec.js
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ module.exports = function exec(script, program) {
 
   require('dotenv').config(dotenvConfig);
 
-  var argv = process.argv.splice(3),
+  var argvIndex = -1;
+      firstArg = program.args[0];
+  if (firstArg !== undefined) {
+    argvIndex = process.argv.indexOf(firstArg);
+  }
+  var argv = argvIndex === -1 ? [] : process.argv.splice(argvIndex + 1),
       command = (typeof script === 'string' ? script : script.command) + ' ' + argv.join(' ');
 
   script.env = script.env || {};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b528540..2b34605 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test:env": "node index.js test:env",
     "test:env-extend": "TEST_ENV2=envvar node index.js test:env-extend",
-    "test:params": "node index.js test:params --test",
+    "test:params": "node index.js --silent test:params --test",
     "test:command:object": "node index.js test:command:object",
     "test:command:string": "node index.js test:command:string",
     "test:silent": "node index.js test:command:object -s && node index.js test:command:object --silent",
diff --git a/test/params.js b/test/params.js
index f235c85..769e6fe 100644
--- a/test/params.js
+++ b/test/params.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+if (process.argv[2] === "--silent") {
+	throw new Error('it should eat extra arguments');
+}
 if (process.argv[2] !== "--test") {
   throw new Error('it should accept params');
 }