diff --git a/bin/dig.js b/bin/dig.js
index 0c47e57..9524f0d 100755
--- a/bin/dig.js
+++ b/bin/dig.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cli.parse({
 , 'nameserver': [ false, 'the nameserver to use for DNS resolution (defaults to ' + defaultNameservers.join(',') + ')', 'string' ]
 //, 'serve': [ 's', 'path to json file with array of responses to issue for given queries', 'string' ]
 , 'type': [ 't', 'type (defaults to ANY for dns and PTR for mdns)', 'string' ]
-, 'query': [ 'q', 'a superfluous explicit option to set the query as a command line flag' ]
+, 'query': [ 'q', 'a superfluous explicit option to set the query as a command line flag', 'string' ]
 , 'norecase': [ false, 'Disable dns0x20 security checking (mixed casing). See https://dyn.com/blog/use-of-bit-0x20-in-dns-labels/' ]
 , 'recase': [ false, "Print the dns0x20 casing as-is rather than converting it back to lowercase. This is the default when explicitly using mixed case." ]
 });
@@ -30,14 +30,16 @@ cli.parse({
 var common = require('../common.js');
 
 cli.main(function (args, cli) {
+  cli.implicitType = cli.type;
+  cli.implicitQuery = cli.query;
   args.forEach(function (arg) {
     if (typeRe.test(arg) || -1 !== common.types.concat([ 'ANY' ]).indexOf(arg.toUpperCase())) {
-      if (cli.type) {
+      if (cli.implicitType) {
         console.error("'type' was specified more than once");
         process.exit(1);
         return;
       }
-      cli.type = cli.t = arg.toUpperCase();
+      cli.implicitType = cli.t = arg.toUpperCase();
       return;
     }
 
@@ -81,15 +83,41 @@ cli.main(function (args, cli) {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (cli.query) {
-      console.error("'query' was specified more than once or unrecognized flag: " + cli.query + ", " + arg);
+    if ('string' === typeof cli.implicitQuery) {
+      console.error("'query' was specified more than once or unrecognized flag: " + cli.implicitQuery + ", " + arg);
       process.exit(1);
       return;
     }
-    cli.query = cli.q = arg;
+    cli.implicitQuery = cli.q = arg;
 
   });
 
+
+  // it can happen that a TLD is created with the name of a common type
+  if (!cli.type && cli.implicitType && !cli.implicitQuery) {
+    cli.implicitQuery = cli.implicitType;
+    cli.implicitType = null;
+  }
+  if ('string' === typeof cli.implicitQuery) {
+    cli.query = cli.implicitQuery;
+  }
+  if (cli.implicitType) {
+    cli.type = cli.implicitType;
+  }
+  if ('string' !== typeof cli.query) {
+    console.error('');
+    console.error('Usage:');
+    console.error('dig.js [@server] [TYPE] [domain]');
+    console.error('');
+    console.error('Example:');
+    console.error('dig.js daplie.com');
+    console.error('');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (cli.query !== cli.query.toLowerCase()) {
+    cli.norecase = true;
+  }
+
   if (cli.mdns) {
     if (!cli.type) {
       cli.type = cli.t = 'PTR';
@@ -100,7 +128,7 @@ cli.main(function (args, cli) {
     if (!cli.nameserver) {
       cli.nameserver = '224.0.0.251';
     }
-    if (!cli.query) {
+    if ('string' !== typeof cli.query) {
       cli.query = '_services._dns-sd._udp.local';
     }
     if (!cli.timeout) {
@@ -112,10 +140,6 @@ cli.main(function (args, cli) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (cli.query !== cli.query.toLowerCase()) {
-    cli.norecase = true;
-  }
-
   if (!cli.norecase) {
     cli.casedQuery = cli.query.split('').map(function (ch) {
       // dns0x20 takes advantage of the fact that the binary operation for toUpperCase is
@@ -138,16 +162,6 @@ cli.main(function (args, cli) {
   if (!cli.class) {
     cli.class = cli.c = 'IN';
   }
-  if (!cli.query) {
-    console.error('');
-    console.error('Usage:');
-    console.error('dig.js [@server] [TYPE] [domain]');
-    console.error('');
-    console.error('Example:');
-    console.error('dig.js daplie.com');
-    console.error('');
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
 
   var query = {
     header: {