diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 659cefd..168c812 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ This command will then ask you to log in. If successful, it will return a token
 Grabbing vms:
 
 ```
-floaty get centos-7,debian-7,windows-10 --token mytokenstring --url https://vmpooler.mycompany.net
+floaty get centos-7-x86_64=2 debian-7-x86_64=1 windows-10=3 --token mytokenstring --url https://vmpooler.mycompany.net
 ```
 
 ### vmfloaty dotfile
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty.rb b/lib/vmfloaty.rb
index 4e89705..9b459e7 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ class Vmfloaty
     config = Conf.read_config
 
     command :get do |c|
-      c.syntax = 'floaty get [hostname,...]'
+      c.syntax = 'floaty get os_type1=x ox_type2=y ...'
       c.summary = 'Gets a vm or vms based on the os flag'
       c.description = ''
-      c.example 'Gets 3 vms', 'floaty get centos,centos,debian --user brian --url http://vmpooler.example.com'
+      c.example 'Gets 3 vms', 'floaty get centos=3 debian=1 --user brian --url http://vmpooler.example.com'
       c.option '--verbose', 'Enables verbose output'
       c.option '--user STRING', String, 'User to authenticate with'
       c.option '--url STRING', String, 'URL of vmpooler'
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ class Vmfloaty
         token = options.token || config['token']
         user = options.user ||= config['user']
         url = options.url ||= config['url']
-        os_types = args[0]
+
+        os_types = {}
+        args.each do |arg|
+          os_arr = arg.split("=")
+          os_types[os_arr[0]] = os_arr[1].to_i
+        end
+
         no_token = options.notoken
 
         if no_token
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/pooler.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/pooler.rb
index 2c82e6c..0be14a9 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/pooler.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/pooler.rb
@@ -19,13 +19,21 @@ class Pooler
   end
 
   def self.retrieve(verbose, os_type, token, url)
-    os = os_type.gsub(',','+')
     conn = Http.get_conn(verbose, url)
     if token
       conn.headers['X-AUTH-TOKEN'] = token
     end
 
-    response = conn.post "/vm/#{os}"
+    os_string = ""
+    os_type.each do |os,num|
+      num.times do |i|
+        os_string << os+"+"
+      end
+    end
+
+    os_string = os_string.chomp("+")
+
+    response = conn.post "/vm/#{os_string}"
 
     res_body = JSON.parse(response.body)
     res_body
diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/version.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/version.rb
index 2e021a9..cb841ee 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 class Version
-  @version = '0.2.6'
+  @version = '0.2.7'
 
   def self.get
     @version
diff --git a/vmfloaty.gemspec b/vmfloaty.gemspec
index 9b703a0..2a6f877 100644
--- a/vmfloaty.gemspec
+++ b/vmfloaty.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'vmfloaty'
-  s.version = '0.2.6'
+  s.version = '0.2.7'
   s.authors = ['Brian Cain']
   s.email = ['brian.cain@puppetlabs.com']
   s.license = 'Apache'