diff --git a/styx b/styx
index 4009fea..41d5bf5 100755
--- a/styx
+++ b/styx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 		;;
   -h | --host)
     HOSTNAME="$2"
-    shift; shift;
+    shift;
     ;;
   --help)
 		help
@@ -126,5 +126,9 @@ if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
 	echo "forwarding args: ${BOLD}$*${RESET}"
 fi
 
+if [[ -z ${cmd+x} ]]; then
+  error "please specify a command"
+  help
+fi
 
 $cmd "$@"