diff --git a/bin/muse b/bin/muse
index 33d8cf7..1056138 100755
--- a/bin/muse
+++ b/bin/muse
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ NETVM_BIN="$(cd -P "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_SRC")" && pwd)"
 VALID_ACCOUNTS=("muse" "pip" "646" "opm" "def" "dev")
 
 show_usage() {
-    echo "Usage: muse --account <name> <command> [arguments...]"
-    echo "       muse -a <name> <command> [arguments...]"
-    echo ""
-    echo "Required:"
-    echo "  -a, --account <name>    Target NetVM account / node identity"
+    echo "Usage: muse <account> <command> [arguments...]"
+    echo "       muse -a <account> <command> [arguments...]"
     echo ""
     echo "Available accounts:"
     for acct in "${VALID_ACCOUNTS[@]}"; do
@@ -42,6 +39,17 @@ show_usage() {
 ACCOUNT=""
 POSITIONAL=()
 
+# Pre-check if first argument is a valid account name (e.g. 'muse 646 ...')
+if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
+    for acct in "${VALID_ACCOUNTS[@]}"; do
+        if [[ "$1" == "$acct" ]]; then
+            ACCOUNT="$1"
+            shift
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+fi
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case "$1" in
         -a|--account)
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 done
 
 if [[ -z "$ACCOUNT" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: No account specified. Please specify an account with -a or --account." >&2
+    echo "Error: No account specified. Specify account as first argument or with -a/--account." >&2
     echo ""
     show_usage
     exit 1
diff --git a/bin/muse-cli-inner.py b/bin/muse-cli-inner.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1f93485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/muse-cli-inner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+node = sys.argv[1]
+conf_dir = os.path.expanduser(f"~/.config/muse-cli/{node}")
+os.environ["MUSE_CONFIG_DIR"] = conf_dir
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.expanduser("~/.local/lib/python3.14/site-packages"))
+import muse_cli.cli as cli
+
+cli.CONFIG_DIR = conf_dir
+cli.CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join(conf_dir, "config.json")
+cli.COOKIES_FILE = os.path.join(conf_dir, "cookies.txt")
+
+sys.argv = [sys.argv[0]] + sys.argv[2:]
+
+try:
+    cli.main()
+except SystemExit as e:
+    sys.exit(e.code)
diff --git a/bin/muse-cli-node b/bin/muse-cli-node
index 1f416d3..573bd96 100755
--- a/bin/muse-cli-node
+++ b/bin/muse-cli-node
@@ -14,18 +14,7 @@ mkdir -p "$CONF_DIR"
 
 run_cli() {
     export MUSE_CONFIG_DIR="$CONF_DIR"
-    "$NETVM_BIN/netvm-exec.sh" "$NODE" -- python3 -c "
-import os, sys
-os.environ['MUSE_CONFIG_DIR'] = '$CONF_DIR'
-import muse_cli.cli as cli
-cli.CONFIG_DIR = '$CONF_DIR'
-cli.CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join('$CONF_DIR', 'config.json')
-cli.COOKIES_FILE = os.path.join('$CONF_DIR', 'cookies.txt')
-try:
-    cli.main()
-except SystemExit as e:
-    sys.exit(e.code)
-" "$@"
+    "$NETVM_BIN/netvm-exec.sh" "$NODE" -- python3 "$NETVM_BIN/muse-cli-inner.py" "$NODE" "$@"
 }
 
 # First attempt