diff --git a/music-sync.sh b/music-sync.sh
index ea0462f..597202f 100755
--- a/music-sync.sh
+++ b/music-sync.sh
@@ -141,9 +141,8 @@ GetOptions() {
 				verbose=2
 				if [[ $2 != "" ]]; then
 					verbose=${2}
-					shift
 				fi
-				shift
+				shift 2
 				;;
 			-h|--help)
 				help=true
@@ -173,10 +172,9 @@ GetOptions() {
 				bitrate=192
 				if [[ $2 != "" ]]; then
 					bitrate=${2}
-					shift
 				fi
 				VerboseOutput 1 "Converted bitrate is ${bitrate}"
-				shift
+				shift 2
 				;;
 			-a|--resize-art)
 				VerboseOutput 0 "--resize-art given"
@@ -184,9 +182,8 @@ GetOptions() {
 				coverartsize=200
 				if [[ $2 != "" ]]; then
 					coverartsize=${2}
-					shift
 				fi
-				shift
+				shift 2
 				VerboseOutput 1 "Album art will ${coverartsize}px wide"
 				;;
 			-j|--jobs)
@@ -195,9 +192,8 @@ GetOptions() {
 				jobcount="-2"
 				if [[ $2 != "" ]]; then
 					jobcount=${2}
-					shift
 				fi
-				shift
+				shift 2
 				VerboseOutput 1 "multithreading will use ${jobcount} threads"
 				;;
 			--)