diff --git a/src/command_manager.cc b/src/command_manager.cc
index d5307032..fa970d74 100644
--- a/src/command_manager.cc
+++ b/src/command_manager.cc
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ void CommandManager::execute_single_command(CommandParameters params,
     if (params.empty())
         return;
 
-    ConstArrayView<String> param_view(params.begin()+1, params.end());
+    ParameterList param_view(params.begin()+1, params.end());
     auto command_it = find_command(context, params[0]);
     if (command_it == m_commands.end())
         throw command_not_found(params[0]);
diff --git a/src/parameters_parser.cc b/src/parameters_parser.cc
index 1633aa6b..697f1407 100644
--- a/src/parameters_parser.cc
+++ b/src/parameters_parser.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ParametersParser::ParametersParser(ParameterList params,
     {
         if (not only_pos and params[i] == "--")
             only_pos = true;
-        else if (not only_pos and params[i][0_byte] == '-')
+        else if (not only_pos and params[i].length() > 0 and params[i][0_byte] == '-')
         {
             auto it = m_desc.switches.find(params[i].substr(1_byte));
             if (it == m_desc.switches.end())
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ParametersParser::ParametersParser(ParameterList params,
                    throw missing_option_value(it->key);
             }
         }
-        else
+        else // positional
         {
             if (desc.flags & ParameterDesc::Flags::SwitchesOnlyAtStart)
                 only_pos = true;