diff --git a/prsync b/prsync
index 1b61513..2dfbfaf 100755
--- a/prsync
+++ b/prsync
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cat << EOF
 A wrapper around rsync which partitions the input files to blocks of roughly
 equal sizes and transfers them in multiple streams in parallel.
 
-Usage: $(basename $0) [rsync flags] <num_streams> <src>... <dest>
+Usage: $(basename $0) [opt] <src>... <dest>
 Options:
     <num_streams>               Number of blocks/transfer streams.
     <src>                       Source files (potentially multiple files).
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ Options:
     -h, --help                  Print this message.
     -n, --dry-run               Do not transfer any data.
     -r, --recursive             Copy directories recursively
+    -s, --streams <num>         Use <num> parallel streams.
     -v, --verbose               List files as they are transferred.
 EOF
 }
 
 # Parse arguments
 declare -a positional flags_rsync flags_du
+declare -i num_streams=1
 positional=()
 flags_rsync=('-R' '-v' '--info=stats0,misc0,flist0')
 flags_du=('-b')
@@ -49,6 +51,11 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
         flag_recursive=1
         shift
         ;;
+    '-s'|'--streams')
+        num_streams=$2
+        shift
+        shift
+        ;;
     '-v'|'--verbose')
         flag_verbose=1
         shift
@@ -66,13 +73,11 @@ done
 
 declare -i num_args
 num_args=${#positional[@]}
-[[ $num_args -lt 3 ]] && usage && exit 1
+[[ $num_args -lt 2 ]] && usage && exit 1
 
 # Parse <num_streams>
-declare -i num_streams
-num_streams=${positional[0]}
-if [[ $num_streams -eq 0 ]]; then
-    echo "Error: invalid value for <num_streams> (${positional[0]})" >&2
+if [[ $num_streams -lt 1 ]]; then
+    echo "Error: invalid number of streams" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ function walk_dir {
     done
 }
 declare -a src
-for path in "${positional[@]:1:num_args-2}"; do
+for path in "${positional[@]:0:num_args-1}"; do
     if [[ -L ${path} ]] && [[ $flag_copy_links -eq 0 ]]; then
         continue
     elif [[ -f ${path} ]]; then