diff --git a/bash.go b/bash.go
index 908cde7..118a635 100644
--- a/bash.go
+++ b/bash.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func makeBashCompletionText(argname string) string {
 	out += fmt.Sprintf("	all=${COMP_WORDS[@]}\n")
 	out += fmt.Sprintf("\n")
 	out += fmt.Sprintf("	# this is where we generate the go-arg output\n")
-	out += fmt.Sprintf("        GOARGS=$(%s --auto-complete \\'$prev\\' \\'$cur\\' $all)\n", argname)
+	out += fmt.Sprintf("        GOARGS=$(%s --auto-complete $prev \\'$cur\\' $all)\n", argname)
 	out += fmt.Sprintf("\n")
 	out += fmt.Sprintf("	# this compares the command line input from the user\n")
 	out += fmt.Sprintf("	# to whatever strings we output\n")
diff --git a/gui.go b/gui.go
index 73109fb..d731b3f 100644
--- a/gui.go
+++ b/gui.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package prep
 // initializes logging and command line options
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 )
@@ -53,6 +55,10 @@ func postMustParse(s string) string {
 }
 
 func Gui() *gui.Node {
+	if len(os.Args) > 1 && os.Args[1] == "--gui-check-plugin" {
+		gui.TestPluginAndExitNew(os.Args[2])
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
 	arg.Register(&argGui)
 
 	return gui.PreInit(postMustParse)