diff --git a/src/lib/options.test.ts b/src/lib/options.test.ts
index 9e72e01..efe9e1f 100644
--- a/src/lib/options.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/options.test.ts
@@ -42,15 +42,21 @@ describe("getOpt", () => {
     expectOpts("cmd -unsolicited", {}).toEqual([
       { error: "cmd: -unsolicited is not a switch this command knows about" },
     ]));
+  it("doesn't count quoted words as switches", () =>
+    expectOpts('cmd "-purple"', { purple: 0 }).toEqual([
+      { purple: false },
+      "-purple",
+    ]));
 
   it("doesn't count switches as positional arguments", () =>
     expectOpts("cmd -yellow banana", { $min: 1, $max: 1, yellow: 0 }).toEqual([
       { yellow: true },
       "banana",
     ]));
-  it("doesn't count quoted words as switches", () =>
-    expectOpts('cmd "-purple"', { purple: 0 }).toEqual([
-      { purple: false },
-      "-purple",
+  it("can mix positional and switch arguments", () =>
+    expectOpts("cmd early -lunch noon evening", { lunch: 1 }).toEqual([
+      { lunch: ["noon"] },
+      "early",
+      "evening",
     ]));
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/options.ts b/src/lib/options.ts
index 410d14b..2935d2c 100644
--- a/src/lib/options.ts
+++ b/src/lib/options.ts
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ function getOptCore<P extends Options>(
       ];
     } else {
       const takeUntil = i + switchArgCount;
-      for (i++; i <= takeUntil; i++) {
-        (flags[switchName] as TextPiece[]).push(textPieces[i]);
+      for (; i < takeUntil; i++) {
+        (flags[switchName] as TextPiece[]).push(textPieces[i + 1]);
       }
     }
   }