diff --git a/src/tincctl.c b/src/tincctl.c
index fc747e75..a0061dce 100644
--- a/src/tincctl.c
+++ b/src/tincctl.c
@@ -79,19 +79,11 @@ static struct WSAData wsa_state;
 
 static struct option const long_options[] = {
 	{"config", required_argument, NULL, 'c'},
-	{"debug", optional_argument, NULL, 0},
-	{"no-detach", no_argument, NULL, 0},
-	{"mlock", no_argument, NULL, 0},
 	{"net", required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
 	{"help", no_argument, NULL, 1},
 	{"version", no_argument, NULL, 2},
-	{"pidfile", required_argument, NULL, 5},
-	{"logfile", required_argument, NULL, 0},
-	{"bypass-security", no_argument, NULL, 0},
-	{"chroot", no_argument, NULL, 0},
-	{"user", required_argument, NULL, 0},
-	{"option", required_argument, NULL, 0},
-	{"force", no_argument, NULL, 6},
+	{"pidfile", required_argument, NULL, 3},
+	{"force", no_argument, NULL, 4},
 	{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 };
 
@@ -163,7 +155,7 @@ static bool parse_options(int argc, char **argv) {
 	int r;
 	int option_index = 0;
 
-	while((r = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:n:Dd::Lo:RU:", long_options, &option_index)) != EOF) {
+	while((r = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+c:n:", long_options, &option_index)) != EOF) {
 		switch (r) {
 			case 0:   /* long option */
 				break;
@@ -185,11 +177,11 @@ static bool parse_options(int argc, char **argv) {
 				show_version = true;
 				break;
 
-			case 5:   /* open control socket here */
+			case 3:   /* open control socket here */
 				pidfilename = xstrdup(optarg);
 				break;
 
-			case 6:   /* force */
+			case 4:   /* force */
 				force = true;
 				break;
 
diff --git a/src/tincd.c b/src/tincd.c
index 333a207a..5f1447e6 100644
--- a/src/tincd.c
+++ b/src/tincd.c
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ static bool parse_options(int argc, char **argv) {
 				break;
 #endif
 
-			case 'd': /* inc debug level */
+			case 'd': /* increase debug level */
+				if(!optarg && optind < argc && *argv[optind] != '-')
+					optarg = argv[optind++];
 				if(optarg)
 					debug_level = atoi(optarg);
 				else
@@ -214,6 +216,8 @@ static bool parse_options(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 			case 4:   /* write log entries to a file */
 				use_logfile = true;
+				if(!optarg && optind < argc && *argv[optind] != '-')
+					optarg = argv[optind++];
 				if(optarg)
 					logfilename = xstrdup(optarg);
 				break;
@@ -231,6 +235,12 @@ static bool parse_options(int argc, char **argv) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if(optind < argc) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: unrecognized argument '%s'\n", argv[0], argv[optind]);
+		usage(true);
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	if(!netname && (netname = getenv("NETNAME")))
 		netname = xstrdup(netname);