diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index ecbb50c..4f94676 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
 )
 
-var preset string
+var presets []string
 var scriptPath string
 var transition bool
 
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ func (s *script) load(path string) error {
 }
 
 func getPresets() []string {
-	var presets []string
-
-	if preset != "" {
-		presets = []string{preset}
-	}
-
 	if scriptPath != "" {
 		var s script
 		s.load(scriptPath)
@@ -170,8 +164,8 @@ func init() {
 	// when this action is called directly.
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&transition, "transition", "t", false, "smoothly transition between presets")
 
-	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&preset, "preset", "p", "", "preset file to use")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&presets, "presets", "p", []string{}, "preset files to use")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&scriptPath, "script", "s", "", "script file to use")
 
-	rootCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("preset", "script")
+	rootCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("presets", "script")
 }