diff --git a/include/blt/parse/argparse.h b/include/blt/parse/argparse.h
index 50d99a5..3ba77ec 100644
--- a/include/blt/parse/argparse.h
+++ b/include/blt/parse/argparse.h
@@ -131,15 +131,9 @@ namespace blt::parser {
             inline const std::string& get(size_t i){
                 return args[i];
             }
-            inline const std::string& next(size_t& i){
-                return args[i++];
-            }
             inline bool hasNext(size_t i){
                 return (size_t)i < args.size();
             }
-            inline bool isFlag(size_t i){
-                return get(i).starts_with(FLAG);
-            }
         public:
             arg_tokenizer() = default;
             
@@ -154,13 +148,17 @@ namespace blt::parser {
             }
             
             inline const std::string& next() {
-                return next(nextIndex);
+                return get(nextIndex++);
             }
             
             inline bool hasNext() {
                 return hasNext(nextIndex);
             }
             
+            inline bool isFlag(size_t i){
+                return get(i).starts_with(FLAG);
+            }
+            
             inline bool isFlag() {
                 return isFlag(nextIndex);
             }
@@ -173,7 +171,7 @@ namespace blt::parser {
             struct {
                 std::vector<arg_properties> argStorage;
                 HASHMAP<std::string, arg_properties*> flagAssociations;
-                HASHMAP<std::string, arg_properties*> nameAssociations;
+                std::vector<std::pair<std::string, arg_properties*>> nameAssociations;
             } user_args;
             
             struct arg_results {
diff --git a/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp b/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp
index c3a068c..466a5df 100644
--- a/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp
+++ b/src/blt/parse/argparse.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ namespace blt::parser {
         // associate the arg properties per name and flag to allow for quick access when parsing
         auto& names = args.a_flags.getNames();
         for (const auto& name : names)
-            user_args.nameAssociations[name] = &arg;
+            user_args.nameAssociations.emplace_back(name, &arg);
         
         auto& flags = args.a_flags.getFlags();
         for (const auto& flag : flags)
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ namespace blt::parser {
         loaded_args.programName = asToken.next();
         BLT_TRACE("Loading args for %s", loaded_args.programName.c_str());
         
+        size_t lastPositional;
+        while (asToken.hasNext()) {
+            if (!asToken.isFlag()){
+                loaded_args.positionalArgs[user_args.nameAssociations[lastPositional].first] = asToken.next();
+                continue;
+            }
+            
+        }
+        
         return loaded_args;
     }
     
diff --git a/src/tests/main.cpp b/src/tests/main.cpp
index 1ef3520..d1aeebe 100755
--- a/src/tests/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/main.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
     blt::parser::argparse parser;
     parser.addArgument({{"--foo", "-f"}});
     auto args = parser.parse_args(argc, argv);
+    const char* r[2]{"BLT_TESTS", "--foo"};
+    auto args2 = parser.parse_args(2, r);
 //
 //    if (argc > 1 && std::string(argv[1]) == "--no_color") {
 //        for (int i = (int)blt::logging::log_level::NONE; i < (int)blt::logging::log_level::FATAL; i++) {