diff --git a/cmd/abci-cli/abci-cli.go b/cmd/abci-cli/abci-cli.go
index 294c88cfb..1beb08507 100644
--- a/cmd/abci-cli/abci-cli.go
+++ b/cmd/abci-cli/abci-cli.go
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ var batchCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "batch",
 	Short: "Run a batch of abci commands against an application",
 	Long:  "",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdBatch(cmd, args)
 	},
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ var consoleCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:       "console",
 	Short:     "Start an interactive abci console for multiple commands",
 	Long:      "",
+	Args:      cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 	ValidArgs: []string{"batch", "echo", "info", "set_option", "deliver_tx", "check_tx", "commit", "query"},
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdConsole(cmd, args)
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ var echoCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "echo",
 	Short: "Have the application echo a message",
 	Long:  "",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdEcho(cmd, args)
 	},
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ var infoCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "info",
 	Short: "Get some info about the application",
 	Long:  "",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdInfo(cmd, args)
 	},
@@ -179,6 +183,7 @@ var setOptionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "set_option",
 	Short: "Set an option on the application",
 	Long:  "",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(2),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdSetOption(cmd, args)
 	},
@@ -188,6 +193,7 @@ var deliverTxCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "deliver_tx",
 	Short: "Deliver a new transaction to the application",
 	Long:  "",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdDeliverTx(cmd, args)
 	},
@@ -197,6 +203,7 @@ var checkTxCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "check_tx",
 	Short: "Validate a transaction",
 	Long:  "",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdCheckTx(cmd, args)
 	},
@@ -206,6 +213,7 @@ var commitCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "commit",
 	Short: "Commit the application state and return the Merkle root hash",
 	Long:  "",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdCommit(cmd, args)
 	},
@@ -215,6 +223,7 @@ var queryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "query",
 	Short: "Query the application state",
 	Long:  "",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdQuery(cmd, args)
 	},
@@ -224,6 +233,7 @@ var counterCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "counter",
 	Short: "ABCI demo example",
 	Long:  "",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdCounter(cmd, args)
 	},
@@ -233,6 +243,7 @@ var dummyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "dummy",
 	Short: "ABCI demo example",
 	Long:  "",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return cmdDummy(cmd, args)
 	},
@@ -302,9 +313,6 @@ func cmdConsole(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 // Have the application echo a message
 func cmdEcho(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) != 1 {
-		return errors.New("Command echo takes only 1 argument")
-	}
 	resEcho := client.EchoSync(args[0])
 	printResponse(cmd, args, response{
 		Data: resEcho.Data,
@@ -330,9 +338,6 @@ func cmdInfo(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 // Set an option on the application
 func cmdSetOption(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) != 2 {
-		return errors.New("Command set_option takes exactly 2 arguments (key, value)")
-	}
 	resSetOption := client.SetOptionSync(args[0], args[1])
 	printResponse(cmd, args, response{
 		Log: resSetOption.Log,
@@ -342,9 +347,6 @@ func cmdSetOption(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 // Append a new tx to application
 func cmdDeliverTx(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) != 1 {
-		return errors.New("Command deliver_tx takes only 1 argument")
-	}
 	txBytes, err := stringOrHexToBytes(args[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -360,9 +362,6 @@ func cmdDeliverTx(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 // Validate a tx
 func cmdCheckTx(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) != 1 {
-		return errors.New("Command check_tx takes only 1 argument")
-	}
 	txBytes, err := stringOrHexToBytes(args[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -389,10 +388,6 @@ func cmdCommit(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 // Query application state
 func cmdQuery(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) != 1 {
-		return errors.New("Command query takes only 1 argument, the query bytes")
-	}
-
 	queryBytes, err := stringOrHexToBytes(args[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index 49795959b..8ee12dc75 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-hash: 1530ad93695fa2861f1572e3e1eef1b6604beb548fd4832985f6c6350260c2b3
-updated: 2017-10-18T14:27:16.428209213-04:00
+hash: 3c8680f0a289567a29f737be5f1d5f242c7e2afd84bdd023dd74596b88508fc2
+updated: 2017-10-26T08:45:51.300025559-04:00
 imports:
 - name: github.com/btcsuite/btcd
   version: b8df516b4b267acf2de46be593a9d948d1d2c420
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ imports:
 - name: github.com/pkg/errors
   version: 645ef00459ed84a119197bfb8d8205042c6df63d
 - name: github.com/spf13/cobra
-  version: 4cdb38c072b86bf795d2c81de50784d9fdd6eb77
+  version: 2df9a531813370438a4d79bfc33e21f58063ed87
 - name: github.com/spf13/pflag
   version: e57e3eeb33f795204c1ca35f56c44f83227c6e66
 - name: github.com/syndtr/goleveldb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ imports:
   subpackages:
   - data
 - name: github.com/tendermint/iavl
-  version: 721710e7aa59f61dbfbf558943a207ba3fe6b926
+  version: 595f3dcd5b6cd4a292e90757ae6d367fd7a6e653
 - name: github.com/tendermint/tmlibs
   version: 8e5266a9ef2527e68a1571f932db8228a331b556
   subpackages:
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index cd8c994ce..ccd41cdc3 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import:
   - merkle
   - process
 - package: github.com/spf13/cobra
+  version: master
 - package: golang.org/x/net
   subpackages:
   - context