diff --git a/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim b/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim
index e189497..97f18b0 100644
--- a/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim
+++ b/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func addBuiltinFlags(cfg: var CliCfg) =
 
 func parseCliBody(body: NimNode, name = "", root = false): CliCfg =
   result.name = name
-  result.root = true
+  result.root = root
   for call in body:
     if call.kind  notin [nnkCall, nnkCommand, nnkPrefix]:
       error "unexpected node kind: " & $call.kind
diff --git a/tests/example.nim b/tests/example.nim
index 0b2f480..36f205e 100644
--- a/tests/example.nim
+++ b/tests/example.nim
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ hwylCli:
       ^[config]
     run:
       echo "hello from `example one` command!"
+      echo args
       echo fmt"{color=}"
       echo fmt"{verbose=}"
       echo fmt"{config=}"