diff --git a/nose_watcher/nose_watcher.py b/nose_watcher/nose_watcher.py
index f6b20fb..6f736a8 100755
--- a/nose_watcher/nose_watcher.py
+++ b/nose_watcher/nose_watcher.py
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ class WatcherPlugin(Plugin):
     # The name of the plugin
     name = PLUGIN_NAME
 
-    # The arguments we want to run nose with again.
-    args = [a for a in sys.argv if a != '--with-%s' % PLUGIN_NAME]
-
     # The inotify events we want to listen for
     inotify_events = (
         inotify.IN_ATTRIB | inotify.IN_CLOSE_WRITE | inotify.IN_CREATE |
@@ -30,12 +27,21 @@ class WatcherPlugin(Plugin):
     python_files = ('.py', '.pyx')
 
     def call(self):
-        Popen(self.args).wait()
+        args = self.get_commandline_arguments()
+        Popen(args).wait()
 
     def check_files(self, files):
         return any(f.endswith(self.python_files) for f in files)
 
-    def print_status(self):
+    def get_commandline_arguments(self, argv=None):
+        if argv is None:
+            argv = sys.argv
+
+        # The arguments we want to run nose with again.
+        args = [a for a in argv if a != '--with-%s' % PLUGIN_NAME]
+        return args
+
+    def print_status(self):  # pragma:nocover
         print('Watching for changes...\n')
 
     def finalize(self, result):
diff --git a/tests/test_nose_watcher.py b/tests/test_nose_watcher.py
index 9e60d7d..afa28f0 100644
--- a/tests/test_nose_watcher.py
+++ b/tests/test_nose_watcher.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.plugin = WatcherPlugin()
         self.plugin.call = Mock()
 
+
+class TestFileTypes(TestNoseWatcher):
     def test_file_types_py(self):
         self.assertTrue(self.plugin.check_files({'test.py'}))
 
@@ -26,3 +28,14 @@ def test_file_types_py_and_pyc(self):
 
     def test_file_types_pyc_and_txt(self):
         self.assertFalse(self.plugin.check_files({'test.txt', 'test.pyc'}))
+
+
+class TestArgumentParsing(TestNoseWatcher):
+    def test_arguments(self):
+        args_in = ['laa', '--with-%s' % WatcherPlugin.name, '--with-cover']
+        args_out = self.plugin.get_commandline_arguments(args_in)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            args_out,
+            ['laa', '--with-cover']
+        )