diff --git a/bin/ioccc-status.sh b/bin/ioccc-status.sh
index fd5949d96..42b84d2db 100755
--- a/bin/ioccc-status.sh
+++ b/bin/ioccc-status.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #
 # The -G option lets one set the path to grep(1).
 #
-export IOCCC_STATUS_SCRIPT_VERSION="0.0.3-0 2024-01-15" # major.minor.release-patch YYYY-MM-DD
+export IOCCC_STATUS_SCRIPT_VERSION="0.0.4-0 2024-01-22" # major.minor.release-patch YYYY-MM-DD
 
 SED="$(type -P sed)"
 GREP="$(type -P grep)"
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ shift $(( OPTIND - 1 ));
 
 # verify arg count
 #
-if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
+if [[ $# != 1 ]]; then
     echo "$0: ERROR: expected no more than 1 arg, found: $#" 1>&2
+    echo 1>&2
     echo "$USAGE" 1>&2
     exit 3
 fi