diff --git a/qdls/Program.cs b/qdls/Program.cs
index 9dd3bb1..1a83465 100644
--- a/qdls/Program.cs
+++ b/qdls/Program.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 
 using Qdls;
 
-//	collect args; no args becomes working directory
-string[] arguments;
-if(args.Length == 0)
-	arguments = ["."];
-else
-	arguments = args;
+//	collect args and consume flags
+List<string> arguments = args.ToList();
 
-//	flags
-bool showHidden = false;
+bool showHidden = Util.CheckFlag(arguments, "-a", "--all", "-A");
+
+//	default to "." if no target args
+if(arguments.Count == 0)
+	arguments = ["."];
 
 //	run on targets
 foreach(var arg in arguments) {
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ foreach(var arg in arguments) {
 
 	//	fetch children
 	var children = Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(arg);
+	//	exclude hidden files where applicable
 	if(!showHidden) { children = children.Where(f => !Util.IsHidden(f)).ToArray(); }
 
 	//	state vars
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ foreach(var arg in arguments) {
 	foreach(var child in children) {
 		var name = Path.GetFileName(child);
 
-		//	skip or format hidden files
+		//	format hidden files
 		if(Util.IsHidden(child))
 			buffer += Format.Hidden;
 
diff --git a/qdls/Util.cs b/qdls/Util.cs
index 6b3200a..103f34c 100644
--- a/qdls/Util.cs
+++ b/qdls/Util.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ public static class Util {
 			( File.GetAttributes(path) & FileAttributes.Hidden ) == FileAttributes.Hidden;
 	}
 
+	public static bool CheckFlag(List<String> args, params string[] forms) {
+		var found = args.RemoveAll(forms.Contains);
+		return found > 0;
+	}
+
 }
 
 public static class Format {