diff --git a/TOOLS/youtube-dl_mpv.sh b/TOOLS/youtube-dl_mpv.sh
index b16a054a5e..a29928b8b9 100755
--- a/TOOLS/youtube-dl_mpv.sh
+++ b/TOOLS/youtube-dl_mpv.sh
@@ -14,14 +14,12 @@ video_url="$(youtube-dl \
     --user-agent="$user_agent" \
     --cookies="$cookies_file" \
     --get-url \
-    "$1")"
-
-shift
+    "$@")"
 
 $MPV \
     --cookies \
     --cookies-file="$cookies_file" \
     --user-agent="$user_agent" \
-    "$@" -- $video_url
+    -- $video_url
 
 rm -rf "$cookies_dir"