diff --git a/mc b/mc
index ad34d56..bb69eda 100755
--- a/mc
+++ b/mc
@@ -137,18 +137,20 @@ function usage() {
 }
 
 function call_api() {
+    local command="$1"
+    local args=("${@}")
     # remove command from arg list while preserving quoted strings.
-    local args=("${ARGS[@]:1}")
+    local args=("${args[@]:1}")
 
     # Check if key does NOT exists in command array
-    if [[ ! -v commands[$1] ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -v commands[$command] ]]; then
         printf "${0}: invalid option -- $1\n\n"
         usage
         exit 1
     fi
 
     local endpoint method body description
-    read -r endpoint method body description <<<"${commands[$1]}"
+    read -r endpoint method body description <<<"${commands[$command]}"
  
     case "${method}" in
         "POST")