diff --git a/bin/lolcommits b/bin/lolcommits
index 9faa1546..5d524a0c 100755
--- a/bin/lolcommits
+++ b/bin/lolcommits
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ end
 
 require 'lolcommits/cli/commands/lolcommits'
 
+# DEPRECATION HACK -- MANUALLY CHECK FOR AND MODIFY
+if ARGV[0] == '--capture'
+  STDERR.puts "DEPRECATION WARNING: `lolcommits --capture` syntax is deprecated.\n" \
+              "See `lolcommits capture --help` or disable & re-enable your hooks.\n\n"
+  ARGV[0] = 'capture'
+end
+
 Lolcommits::CLI::LolcommitsCommand.run
 
 #   #
diff --git a/features/capture.feature b/features/capture.feature
index 6180fdbd..9e3f2cf9 100644
--- a/features/capture.feature
+++ b/features/capture.feature
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@ Feature: Capture command
     When I successfully run `lolcommits capture --help`
     Then the output should not contain "--animate"
 
-  @wip
   Scenario: Legacy capture syntax should work with deprecation warning
-    Given a pending test
+    Given I am in a git repo named "myrepo"
+    And I do a git commit
+    When I run `lolcommits --capture`
+    Then the stderr should contain "DEPRECATION WARNING"
+    Then the output should contain "*** Preserving this moment in history."
+    And there should be exactly 1 jpg in "~/.lolcommits/myrepo"
 
   Scenario: Basic capture should function
     Given I am in a git repo named "myrepo"