diff --git a/bin/core/imag-store/src/retrieve.rs b/bin/core/imag-store/src/retrieve.rs
index 19c85b16..5c664f93 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag-store/src/retrieve.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag-store/src/retrieve.rs
@@ -31,21 +31,19 @@ pub fn retrieve(rt: &Runtime) {
     rt.cli()
         .subcommand_matches("retrieve")
         .map(|scmd| {
-            scmd.value_of("id")
-                .map(|id| {
-                    let path = PathBuf::from(id);
-                    let path = try!(StoreId::new(Some(rt.store().path().clone()), path)
-                                    .map_err_trace_exit(1));
-                    debug!("path = {:?}", path);
+            // unwrap() is safe as arg is required
+            let id    = scmd.value_of("id").unwrap();
+            let path  = PathBuf::from(id);
+            let store = Some(rt.store().path().clone());
+            let path  = try!(StoreId::new(store, path).map_err_trace_exit(1));
+            debug!("path = {:?}", path);
 
-                    rt.store()
-                        // "id" must be present, enforced via clap spec
-                        .retrieve(path)
-                        .map(|e| print_entry(rt, scmd, e))
-                        .map_dbg_str("No entry")
-                        .map_dbg(|e| format!("{:?}", e))
-                        .map_err_trace()
-                })
+            rt.store()
+                .retrieve(path)
+                .map(|e| print_entry(rt, scmd, e))
+                .map_dbg_str("No entry")
+                .map_dbg(|e| format!("{:?}", e))
+                .map_err_trace()
         });
 }
 
diff --git a/bin/core/imag-store/src/ui.rs b/bin/core/imag-store/src/ui.rs
index b8620c46..ff014f25 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag-store/src/ui.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag-store/src/ui.rs
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ pub fn build_ui<'a>(app: App<'a, 'a>) -> App<'a, 'a> {
                    .about("Retrieve an entry from the store (implicitely creates the entry)")
                    .version("0.1")
                    .arg(Arg::with_name("id")
-                        .long("id")
-                        .short("i")
+                        .index(1)
                         .takes_value(true)
                         .required(true)
                         .help("Retreive by Store Path, where root (/) is the store itself"))