diff --git a/airline-core/src/main/java/com/github/rvesse/airline/parser/ParseState.java b/airline-core/src/main/java/com/github/rvesse/airline/parser/ParseState.java
index a9a973ddc..9b476480f 100644
--- a/airline-core/src/main/java/com/github/rvesse/airline/parser/ParseState.java
+++ b/airline-core/src/main/java/com/github/rvesse/airline/parser/ParseState.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.github.rvesse.airline.model.OptionMetadata;
 import com.github.rvesse.airline.model.ParserMetadata;
 import com.github.rvesse.airline.parser.errors.ParseException;
+import com.github.rvesse.airline.restrictions.AbstractCommonRestriction;
 import com.github.rvesse.airline.restrictions.ArgumentsRestriction;
 import com.github.rvesse.airline.restrictions.OptionRestriction;
 import com.github.rvesse.airline.types.TypeConverter;
@@ -166,12 +167,12 @@ public ParseState<T> withArgument(List<PositionalArgumentMetadata> positionalArg
             String rawValue) {
         // Are we still parsing positional arguments or are we on non-positional
         // arguments?
-        boolean positional = positionalArgs.size() > 0 && parsedArguments.size() < positionalArgs.size();
-        int posIndex = positional ? parsedArguments.size() : -1;
+        boolean positional = positionalArgs.size() > 0 && parsedPositionalArgs.size() < positionalArgs.size();
+        int posIndex = positional ? parsedPositionalArgs.size() : -1;
         if (!positional && arguments == null) {
             return withUnparsedInput(rawValue);
         }
-        PositionalArgumentMetadata posArg = positionalArgs.get(posIndex);
+        PositionalArgumentMetadata posArg = positional ? positionalArgs.get(posIndex) : null;
         List<ArgumentsRestriction> restrictions = positional ? posArg.getRestrictions() : arguments.getRestrictions();
 
         // Pre-validate
@@ -191,8 +192,9 @@ public ParseState<T> withArgument(List<PositionalArgumentMetadata> positionalArg
         try {
             TypeConverter converter = positional ? posArg.getTypeConverterProvider().getTypeConverter(posArg, this)
                     : arguments.getTypeConverterProvider().getTypeConverter(arguments, this);
-            Object value = converter.convert(positional ? posArg.getTitle() : arguments.getTitle().get(0),
-                    arguments.getJavaType(), rawValue);
+            Class<?> javaType = positional ? posArg.getJavaType() : arguments.getJavaType();
+            String title = positional ? posArg.getTitle() : AbstractCommonRestriction.getArgumentTitle(this, arguments);
+            Object value = converter.convert(title, javaType, rawValue);
 
             // Post-validate
             for (ArgumentsRestriction restriction : restrictions) {
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ public OptionMetadata getCurrentOption() {
     public List<Pair<OptionMetadata, Object>> getParsedOptions() {
         return parsedOptions;
     }
-    
+
     public List<Pair<PositionalArgumentMetadata, Object>> getParsedPositionalArguments() {
         return parsedPositionalArgs;
     }
diff --git a/airline-core/src/test/java/com/github/rvesse/airline/TestPositionalArgs.java b/airline-core/src/test/java/com/github/rvesse/airline/TestPositionalArgs.java
index 6bd8dd992..fc669bee4 100644
--- a/airline-core/src/test/java/com/github/rvesse/airline/TestPositionalArgs.java
+++ b/airline-core/src/test/java/com/github/rvesse/airline/TestPositionalArgs.java
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 import com.github.rvesse.airline.args.ArgsPositional;
 import com.github.rvesse.airline.args.ArgsPositionalGap;
 import com.github.rvesse.airline.model.PositionalArgumentMetadata;
-import com.github.rvesse.airline.parser.command.SingleCommandParser;
-
 import static com.github.rvesse.airline.TestingUtil.singleCommandParser;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -13,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class TestPositionalArgs {
 
     @Test
@@ -20,19 +19,27 @@ public void positional_args_01() {
         SingleCommand<ArgsPositional> parser = singleCommandParser(ArgsPositional.class);
         assertFalse(parser.getCommandMetadata().getPositionalArguments().isEmpty());
         assertEquals(parser.getCommandMetadata().getPositionalArguments().size(), 2);
-        
+
         PositionalArgumentMetadata posArg = parser.getCommandMetadata().getPositionalArguments().get(0);
         assertEquals(posArg.getZeroBasedPosition(), 0);
         assertEquals(posArg.getOneBasedPosition(), 1);
         assertEquals(posArg.getJavaType(), String.class);
-        
+        assertEquals(posArg.getTitle(), "File");
+
         posArg = parser.getCommandMetadata().getPositionalArguments().get(1);
         assertEquals(posArg.getZeroBasedPosition(), 1);
         assertEquals(posArg.getOneBasedPosition(), 2);
         assertEquals(posArg.getJavaType(), Integer.class);
-        
+        assertEquals(posArg.getTitle(), "Mode");
+
+        ArgsPositional cmd = parser.parse("example.txt", "600", "extra");
+        assertEquals(cmd.file, "example.txt");
+        assertEquals(cmd.mode, new Integer(600));
+        assertEquals(cmd.parameters.size(), 1);
+        assertEquals(cmd.parameters.get(0), "extra");
+
     }
-    
+
     @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalStateException.class)
     public void positional_args_gap_01() {
         singleCommandParser(ArgsPositionalGap.class);