diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6953799..3ebe091 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ checksum = "18794a8ad5b29321f790b55d93dfba91e125cb1a9edbd4f8e3150acc771c1a5e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "merlin"
-version = "1.0.16"
+version = "1.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "shellexpand",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6ff8f23..2f1a490 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "merlin"
-version = "1.0.16"
+version = "1.0.17"
 authors = ["geremachek <mrender2005@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1722e89..d281388 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -21,15 +21,16 @@ fn main() {
 			.help("Silence errors"))
 		.arg(Arg::with_name("NOTATION")
 			.index(1)
+			.multiple(true)
 			.help("Merlin notation to evaluate before entering the shell"))
 		.get_matches();
 
 	let mut p = plane::Plane::new(!merlin_args.is_present("no-errors"));
 	
-	// parse the first argument as MN
+	// parse the first argument(s) as MN
 
-	if let Some(n) = merlin_args.value_of("NOTATION") {
-		p.parse_line(n);
+	if let Some(n) = merlin_args.values_of("NOTATION") {
+		p.parse_line(&n.collect::<Vec<&str>>().join(" "));
 	}
 
 	// start the shell