diff --git a/src/usr/bin/url-shortener b/src/usr/bin/url-shortener
index 7f11d5f..6ad99f0 100755
--- a/src/usr/bin/url-shortener
+++ b/src/usr/bin/url-shortener
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 . /etc/url-shortener/conf.sh
-action=$1
-shift
-hostname=$1
-shift
+read -r action hostname HASH <<< "${@}"
 base=${URL_SHORTENER_CACHE_BASE}/$hostname
-HASH=$1
 
 set -e