diff --git a/getopts.php b/getopts.php
index a3aa344..18cd6df 100644
--- a/getopts.php
+++ b/getopts.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class getopts
       else
         $long = array ();
     }
-    if ($short[0] === ":")
+    if (substr ($short, 0, 1) !== false && $short[0] === ":")
       throw new \Exception ("Short option can't start by semi-colon", 500);
     if ((strpos ($short, ":") !== false ||
          strpos (implode ($long), ":") !== false) &&
@@ -248,9 +248,10 @@ class getopts
         $token = "$prevToken$token";
         $prevToken = "";
       }
-      if ($this->restOfLine !== null)
-        $this->restOfLine[] = $token;
-      elseif (trim ($token) !== "")
+      //if ($this->restOfLine !== null)
+      //  $this->restOfLine[] = $token;
+      //elseif (trim ($token) !== "")
+      if (trim ($token) !== "")
         $tokens[] = $token;
       $offset = $end + 1;
     }
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ class getopts
 
     // Analyze the tokens to fill the $this->parameters
     if ($this->restOfLine === null)
-      $this->restOfLine = "";
+      $this->restOfLine = array ();
     if (! array_key_exists (0, $tokens))
       throw new \Exception ("Can not find the program name (\$argv[0]", 500);
     $this->programName = array_shift ($tokens);
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@ class getopts
             $paramOptional = false;
           if ($i > 0)
             $d .= ", ";
-          $d .= $option;
+          $d .= str_replace (":", "", $option);
           if ($param)
           {
             $d .= " ";