diff --git a/tokenize_args.lua b/tokenize_args.lua
index 16b3b76..bb434e4 100644
--- a/tokenize_args.lua
+++ b/tokenize_args.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function tokenize_args(raw)
     -- '*?' does not work
     -- '|' is not or
     --
-    -- This means we're better of implementing a programatic lexer.
+    -- This means we're better of implementing the lexer with an algorithm.
     local t = {}
     local current = ""
     local in_str = false
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ function tokenize_args(raw)
             current = current .. c
         end
     end
-    table.insert(t, current)
+    if string.len(current) > 0 then
+        table.insert(t, current)
+    end
     return t
 end
 
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ function dump(t)
 end
 
 function main()
-    local mockargs = [[-iab --foo '{"QUX": "BAR"}' --ala=boa]]
+    local mockargs =
+    [[--name "tls_service_rs" --base-dir ${PWD%/*/*} --log-level "TRACE" -j '{ "MODE": "server", "CERT": "data/server.crt", "KEY": "data/server.key", "CHAIN": "data/root.crt", "ADDR": "127.0.0.1:9999", "HOSTNAME": "localhost" }']]
     print(mockargs)
     local split = tokenize_args(mockargs)
     print(dump(split))