diff --git a/av/video-compress b/av/video-compress
index 90c93e9..a0a2ffc 100755
--- a/av/video-compress
+++ b/av/video-compress
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ preset="compress"
 overwrite=""
 
 if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then helpexit; fi
+argcount=0
 for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do
   [[ ${!i} = "-h" ]] && helpexit
   [[ ${!i} = "-low" ]] && {
@@ -124,27 +125,27 @@ for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do
       abit=64
       resize="-s hd480"
       preset="low"
-      shift 1
+      argcount=$(( argcount + 1 ))
   }
   [[ ${!i} = "-med"* ]] && {
       FORCE=1
       crf=23
       abit=96
       preset="med"
-      shift 1
+      argcount=$(( argcount + 1 ))
   }
   [[ ${!i} = "-high" ]] && {
       FORCE=1
       crf=18
       abit=128
       preset="high"
-      shift 1
+      argcount=$(( argcount + 1 ))
   }
   [[ ${!i} = "-yify" ]] && {
       FORCE=1
       YIFY_PRESET=1
       preset="yify"
-      shift 1
+      argcount=$(( argcount + 1 ))
   }
   [[ ${!i} = "-custom"* ]] && {
       FORCE=1
@@ -156,14 +157,14 @@ for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do
       if [[ -n "$resize" ]]; then
         resize="-s $resize"
       fi
-      shift 1
+      argcount=$(( argcount + 1 ))
   }
   [[ ${!i} = "-y" ]] && {
       overwrite="-y"
-      shift 1
+      argcount=$(( argcount + 1 ))
   }
 done
-
+shift $argcount
 compression="-g 250 -c:v libx264 -crf $crf"
 audio="-c:a aac -ar 44100 -b:a ${abit}k -strict -2"
 if [[ "$YIFY_PRESET" -eq 1 ]]; then