diff --git a/base/src/redempt/ordinate/component/argument/VariableLengthArgumentComponent.java b/base/src/redempt/ordinate/component/argument/VariableLengthArgumentComponent.java
index 5b5df65..fc0ebf5 100644
--- a/base/src/redempt/ordinate/component/argument/VariableLengthArgumentComponent.java
+++ b/base/src/redempt/ordinate/component/argument/VariableLengthArgumentComponent.java
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ public CommandResult<T> parse(CommandContext<T> context) {
 
 	@Override
 	public CommandResult<T> complete(CommandContext<T> context, Set<String> completions) {
-		parse(context);
 		if (context.getArguments().size() == 1) {
 			completions.addAll(getType().complete(context, context.peekArg().getValue()));
 		}
+		parse(context);
 		return success();
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/res/ordinate-test.ordn b/test/res/ordinate-test.ordn
index 0dd9deb..0258f1e 100644
--- a/test/res/ordinate-test.ordn
+++ b/test/res/ordinate-test.ordn
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ consuming string...:arg {
 optionalConsuming string...:arg? {
 	hook
 }
-vararg int[]:nums {
+vararg boolean[]:bools {
 	hook
 }
 optionalVararg int[]:nums? {
diff --git a/test/src/redempt/ordinate/test/OrdinateTest.java b/test/src/redempt/ordinate/test/OrdinateTest.java
index 917d589..62d7ede 100644
--- a/test/src/redempt/ordinate/test/OrdinateTest.java
+++ b/test/src/redempt/ordinate/test/OrdinateTest.java
@@ -114,10 +114,11 @@ public void consumingTest() {
 	
 	@Test
 	public void varargTest() {
-		tester.expect("vararg 1 2 3", Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3));
+		tester.expect("vararg true false true", Arrays.asList(true, false, true));
 		tester.expectFailure("vararg");
 		tester.expect("optionalVararg 1 2 3", Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3));
 		tester.expect("optionalVararg", Collections.emptyList());
+		tester.expectCompletions("vararg ", "true", "false");
 	}
 	
 }