diff --git a/ttynvt.c b/ttynvt.c
index 4af1416..c281000 100644
--- a/ttynvt.c
+++ b/ttynvt.c
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ static struct ttynvt_param {
     unsigned int    major;
     unsigned int    minor;
     const char     *dev_name;
-    char           *host;
-    unsigned int    port;
+    char           *server;
     unsigned int    debug;
+    /* Derived */
+    char            host[64];
+    unsigned int    port;
 } ttynvt_param;
 
 typedef struct ttynvt {
@@ -799,10 +801,8 @@ static const struct fuse_opt ttynvt_opts[] = {
     TTYNET_OPT("--min=%u", minor, 1),
     TTYNET_OPT("-n %s", dev_name, 0),
     TTYNET_OPT("--name=%s", dev_name, 0),
-    TTYNET_OPT("-s %s", host, 0),
-    TTYNET_OPT("--server=%s", host, 0),
-    TTYNET_OPT("-p %u", port, 0),
-    TTYNET_OPT("--port=%u", port, 0),
+    TTYNET_OPT("-S %s", server, 0),
+    TTYNET_OPT("--server=%s", server, 0),
     FUSE_OPT_KEY("-h", 0),
     FUSE_OPT_KEY("--help", 0),
     FUSE_OPT_END
@@ -816,8 +816,7 @@ static void print_help(void)
             "\t-m minor, --min=minor\n"
             "\t-n name, --name=name (default: ttyNVT0)\n"
             "\t\tDevice will be created in /dev/$name.\n"
-            "\t-s server, --server=host name or IP address\n"
-            "\t-p port, --port=host port number\n" "\n");
+            "\t-S server, --server=host:port\n");
 }
 
 static int
@@ -835,6 +834,7 @@ process_arg(void *data, const char *arg, int key, struct fuse_args *outargs)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    int             rc;
     struct fuse_args args = FUSE_ARGS_INIT(argc, argv);
 
     char            dev_name[128];
@@ -851,6 +851,26 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     if (!ttynvt_param.dev_name)
         ttynvt_param.dev_name = "ttyNVT0";
 
+    if (!ttynvt_param.server)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Server must be specified\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    rc = sscanf(ttynvt_param.server, "%63[^:]:%u", ttynvt_param.host,
+                &ttynvt_param.port);
+    if (rc <= 1)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Bad server specification: '%s'\n",
+                ttynvt_param.server);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (ttynvt_param.port == 0)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Bad server port: %u\n", ttynvt_param.port);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     snprintf(dev_name, sizeof(dev_name), "DEVNAME=%s", ttynvt_param.dev_name);
 
     struct cuse_info ci = {