diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 35fea6b..d4057ec 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ fn app_args<'a> () -> clap::ArgMatches<'a> {
     .arg(Arg::with_name("reverse")
                 .help("Reverse the order for assigned hints")
                 .long("reverse")
-                .short("r")
-                .takes_value(true))
+                .short("r"))
     .arg(Arg::with_name("excluded")
                 .help("Excluded keys from the alphabet")
                 .long("excluded")
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ fn app_args<'a> () -> clap::ArgMatches<'a> {
 fn main() {
   let args = app_args();
   let alphabet = args.value_of("alphabet").unwrap_or("querty");
+  let reverse = args.is_present("reverse");
 
   let execution = exec_command(format!("tmux capture-pane -e -J -p"));
   let output = String::from_utf8_lossy(&execution.stdout);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ fn main() {
   }
 
   let mut typed_hint: String = "".to_owned();
-  let matches = state.matches();
+  let matches = state.matches(reverse);
   let longest_hint = matches.last().unwrap().hint.clone().unwrap().len();
 
   loop {
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index 0d221e4..1aec3b2 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
     }
   }
 
-  pub fn matches(&self) -> Vec<Match<'a>> {
+  pub fn matches(&self, reverse: bool) -> Vec<Match<'a>> {
     let mut matches = Vec::new();
     let mut patterns = Vec::new();
 
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
     let alphabet = super::alphabets::get_alphabet(self.alphabet);
     let mut hints = alphabet.hints(matches.len());
 
+    if reverse {
+      hints.reverse();
+    }
+
     for mat in &mut matches {
       if let Some(hint) = hints.pop() {
         mat.hint = Some(hint.to_string().clone())
diff --git a/tmux-thumbs.sh b/tmux-thumbs.sh
index ffdd04c..6b24b71 100755
--- a/tmux-thumbs.sh
+++ b/tmux-thumbs.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-/home/ubuntu/dev/tmux-thumbs/target/debug/tmux-thumbs -a qwerty
+/home/ubuntu/dev/tmux-thumbs/target/debug/tmux-thumbs -a qwerty -r