diff --git a/include/blt/parse/argparse.h b/include/blt/parse/argparse.h
index bf582f4..79a56db 100755
--- a/include/blt/parse/argparse.h
+++ b/include/blt/parse/argparse.h
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ namespace blt
             
             inline void setHelpExtras(std::string str)
             {
-                addArgument(blt::arg_builder(str).setAction(blt::arg_action_t::STORE_TRUE).build());
                 help_inclusion = std::move(str);
             }
             
diff --git a/libraries/parallel-hashmap b/libraries/parallel-hashmap
index 93201da..77cab81 160000
--- a/libraries/parallel-hashmap
+++ b/libraries/parallel-hashmap
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 93201da2ba5a6aba0a6e57ada64973555629b3e3
+Subproject commit 77cab8192a879e5d27188f97e8f2080dd7e36ca8
diff --git a/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp b/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp
index 70dec5f..96db923 100755
--- a/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp
+++ b/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp
@@ -406,9 +406,22 @@ namespace blt
         loaded_args.program_name = tokenizer.get();
         tokenizer.advance();
         
+        if (!help_inclusion.empty())
+        {
+            // advance the tokenizer to post grouped args allowing for flags
+            while (tokenizer.hasCurrent() && tokenizer.get() != help_inclusion)
+                tokenizer.advance();
+            tokenizer.advance();
+        }
+        
         size_t last_positional = 0;
         while (tokenizer.hasCurrent())
         {
+            // if we find an arg which disables help (basically a grouping flag) then we should stop processing args
+            // TODO: rename this to be more descriptive
+            if (help_disabled)
+                break;
+            
             if (tokenizer.isFlag())
                 handleFlagArgument(tokenizer);
             else