diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0f2cbb..35f4e84 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 These are tools I use to use Windows primarily through WSL. A lot of them
 assume you have PowerShell somewhere in your `PATH` as "`pwsh`".
 
+## `dos-var`
+
+Gets Windows environment variables from DOS.
+
 ## `env-share`
 
 A hacked-together utility for sending WSL variables back to Windows
diff --git a/dos-var/Cargo.toml b/dos-var/Cargo.toml
index 5307eea..6744d1f 100644
--- a/dos-var/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dos-var/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 [package]
 name = "dos-var"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.2"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+pico-args = "0.5.0"
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 's'
+codegen-units = 1
+debug = false
+lto = true
+panic = "abort"
+strip = "symbols"
diff --git a/dos-var/src/main.rs b/dos-var/src/main.rs
index 9f4498d..4e74bd5 100644
--- a/dos-var/src/main.rs
+++ b/dos-var/src/main.rs
@@ -1,36 +1,39 @@
-use std::{
-	env::args,
-	process::{
-		Command,
-		Stdio
-	}
-};
+use std::process::Command;
+
+use pico_args::Arguments;
 
 mod error;
 
 const CMD: &str = "/mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe";
 
+const FLAG_PATH: [&str; 2] = [ "-p", "--path" ];
+
 pub fn main() {
-	let args: Vec<String> = args().collect();
-	if args.len() != 2 { error::arg_count(); }
-	let target = &args[1];
+	let mut args = Arguments::from_env();
 
-	let cmd = Command::new(CMD)
-		.current_dir("/mnt/c/")
-		.arg( format!("/C echo %{target}%") )
-		.output();
-	if let Ok(output) = cmd {
-		if let Ok(stdout) = String::from_utf8(output.stdout) {
-			//	trim output
-			let stdout = stdout.trim_end_matches("\"\r\n");
-			//	catch empty variable case
-			if stdout == format!("%{target}%") { error::not_found(&target); }
+	let convert_path = args.contains(FLAG_PATH);
 
-			//	convert and write
-			let path = stdout
-				.replace("\\", "/")
-				.replace("C:/", "/mnt/c/");
-			println!("{path}");
+	if let Ok(Some(target)) = args.subcommand() {
+		let cmd = Command::new(CMD)
+			.current_dir("/mnt/c/")
+			.arg( format!("/C echo %{target}%") )
+			.output();
+		if let Ok(output) = cmd {
+			if let Ok(stdout) = String::from_utf8(output.stdout) {
+				//	trim output
+				let stdout = stdout.trim_end_matches("\"\r\n");
+				//	catch empty variable case
+				if stdout == format!("%{target}%") { error::not_found(&target); }
+
+				//	handle path flag and write
+				let path = 
+					if convert_path {
+						stdout
+						.replace("\\", "/")
+						.replace("C:/", "/mnt/c/")
+					} else { stdout.to_owned() };
+				println!("{path}");
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }