diff --git a/cccli/cli.py b/cccli/cli.py
index 00d0869bfc57f573ea9bcc71d939e49704be896e..01bc798766db9fd78b729b14f765d8ebf31ec3c9 100644
--- a/cccli/cli.py
+++ b/cccli/cli.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Cli(object):
         self._settings = settings
         self.alias = Alias(settings.get("alias", ""))
         self.alias.load()
-        self._interactive = sys.stderr.isatty() and sys.stdin.isatty()
+        self.interactive = sys.stderr.isatty() and sys.stdin.isatty()
         self._prompt = "> "
         self._commands = args
         self.rpc = None
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ class Cli(object):
         self._auth()
         # run parsing args
         if len(self._commands) > 0:
-            for c in self._commands:
-                self._parse_line(c)
-        elif self._interactive:
+            self._parse_line(" ".join(self._commands))
+        elif self.interactive:
             self._interactive_parser()
         else:
             self._parser()