diff --git a/app/cli.c b/app/cli.c
index 3d9fa5c7..2009d585 100644
--- a/app/cli.c
+++ b/app/cli.c
@@ -478,9 +478,11 @@ int ZSV_CLI_MAIN(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
         };
         if(help_builtin->main)
           return help_builtin->main(2, argv_tmp);
-        else if(help_builtin->cmd)
-          return help_builtin->cmd(2, argv_tmp, NULL, NULL);
-        else
+        else if(help_builtin->cmd) {
+          char opts_used[ZSV_OPTS_SIZE_MAX] = { 0 };
+          struct zsv_opts opts = { 0 };
+          return help_builtin->cmd(2, argv_tmp, &opts, opts_used);
+        } else
           return fprintf(stderr, "Unexpected syntax!\n");
       } else {
         const char *ext_cmd = extension_cmd_from_arg(argv[2]);
diff --git a/app/test/Makefile b/app/test/Makefile
index 434afc22..12d76e35 100644
--- a/app/test/Makefile
+++ b/app/test/Makefile
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ test-cli: ${CLI}
 	@[ "${CLI}" = "" ] && echo 1>&2 'test-cli: missing CLI env var' && exit 1 || exit 0 
 	@$< help select 2>&1 > ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out
 	@[ "`head -1 ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out`" = "select: streaming CSV parser" ] && [ $$(( `cat ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out | wc -l` )) = "35" ] && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL}
+	@$< help count 2>&1 > ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out
+	@[ "`head -1 ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out`" = "Usage: count [options]" ] && [ $$(( `cat ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out | wc -l` )) = "5" ] && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL}
 
 test-1-count test-1-count-pull: test-1-% : ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_%${EXE} worldcitiespop_mil.csv
 	@${TEST_INIT}