diff --git a/tools/miaou-destroy b/tools/miaou-destroy
index 5b1fe7e..94badda 100755
--- a/tools/miaou-destroy
+++ b/tools/miaou-destroy
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@ function usage {
 	echo "$(basename "$0") <CONTAINER_NAME>... [--yes|-y] [--force|-f]"
 }
 
+function flatten_short_options {
+	local -n result=$1
+	shift
+	result=()
+	for word in "$@"; do
+		[[ $word == -- ]] && break
+		if [[ $word =~ ^-[a-z][a-z] ]]; then
+			word=${word:1}
+			for ((i = 0; i < ${#word}; i++)); do result+=("-${word:i:1}"); done
+		else
+			result+=("$word")
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
 function parse_options {
 	while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 		case "$1" in
@@ -62,5 +77,6 @@ function destroy {
 # MAIN
 
 set -Eue
-parse_options $*
+flatten_short_options flat "$@"
+parse_options "${flat[@]}"
 destroy