diff --git a/do_backup_knucles.sh b/do_backup_knucles.sh
index 0eea3ed..d53fd51 100755
--- a/do_backup_knucles.sh
+++ b/do_backup_knucles.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/bash
 
 source ~/.restic-env
-~/restic_many.py backup
\ No newline at end of file
+~/restic_many.py backup --resticbin /home/restic/bin/restic
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/restic_many.py b/restic_many.py
index 8d03d21..b7ea87e 100755
--- a/restic_many.py
+++ b/restic_many.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import socket
 import traceback
 import time
 
-restic_bin = '/home/restic/bin/restic'
+restic_bin = 'restic'
 
 init_command = "restic -r %s init"
 command = "restic -r %s backup --verbose %s"
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ def cmd_list():
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = "backup or mount many paths using restic")
 parser.add_argument('command', help='command to run (backup, mount, umount)')
+parser.add_argument('--resticbin', help='restic binary location, if not on PATH')
 
-args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:2]) # this kinda sucks. there has to be a betterw ay
+args = parser.parse_args()
 
 # call function with the name.
 fn_name = "cmd_" + args.command
@@ -119,4 +120,8 @@ if not fn_name in globals():
     print("Command doesn't exist")
     parser.print_help()
     exit(1)
+
+if args.resticbin:
+    restic_bin = args.resticbin
+
 globals()[fn_name]()