diff --git a/src/node/cli.ts b/src/node/cli.ts
index 144e45485..a2fac4180 100644
--- a/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ export const parse = (
     if (opts?.configFile) {
       msg = `error reading ${opts.configFile}: ${msg}`
     }
+
     return new Error(msg)
   }
 
@@ -286,6 +287,13 @@ export const parse = (
         const split = splitOnFirstEquals(arg.replace(/^--/, ""))
         key = split[0] as keyof Args
         value = split[1]
+      } else {
+        const short = arg.replace(/^-/, "")
+        const pair = Object.entries(options).find(([, v]) => v.short === short)
+        if (pair) {
+          key = pair[0] as keyof Args
+        }
+      }
 
       if (!key || !options[key]) {
         throw error(`Unknown option ${arg}`)
diff --git a/src/node/util.ts b/src/node/util.ts
index 6fbabd0f7..1b7bcd2c8 100644
--- a/src/node/util.ts
+++ b/src/node/util.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ export const hash = async (password: string): Promise<string> => {
  * Used to verify if the password matches the hash
  */
 export const isHashMatch = async (password: string, hash: string) => {
+  if (password === "" || hash === "") {
+    return false
+  }
   try {
     return await argon2.verify(hash, password)
   } catch (error) {
@@ -209,11 +212,12 @@ type HandlePasswordValidationArgs = {
  * Checks if a password is valid and also returns the hash
  * using the PasswordMethod
  */
-export async function handlePasswordValidation(
-  passwordValidationArgs: HandlePasswordValidationArgs,
-): Promise<PasswordValidation> {
-  const { passwordMethod, passwordFromArgs, passwordFromRequestBody, hashedPasswordFromArgs } = passwordValidationArgs
-  // TODO implement
+export async function handlePasswordValidation({
+  passwordMethod,
+  passwordFromArgs,
+  passwordFromRequestBody,
+  hashedPasswordFromArgs,
+}: HandlePasswordValidationArgs): Promise<PasswordValidation> {
   const passwordValidation = <PasswordValidation>{
     isPasswordValid: false,
     hashedPassword: "",
@@ -257,10 +261,14 @@ export type IsCookieValidArgs = {
 }
 
 /** Checks if a req.cookies.key is valid using the PasswordMethod */
-export async function isCookieValid(isCookieValidArgs: IsCookieValidArgs): Promise<boolean> {
+export async function isCookieValid({
+  passwordFromArgs = "",
+  cookieKey,
+  hashedPasswordFromArgs = "",
+  passwordMethod,
+}: IsCookieValidArgs): Promise<boolean> {
   let isValid = false
-  const { passwordFromArgs = "", cookieKey, hashedPasswordFromArgs = "" } = isCookieValidArgs
-  switch (isCookieValidArgs.passwordMethod) {
+  switch (passwordMethod) {
     case "PLAIN_TEXT":
       isValid = await isHashMatch(passwordFromArgs, cookieKey)
       break
diff --git a/test/unit/node/util.test.ts b/test/unit/node/util.test.ts
index 14a674455..a06791776 100644
--- a/test/unit/node/util.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/node/util.test.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,18 @@ describe("isHashMatch", () => {
     const actual = await isHashMatch(password, _hash)
     expect(actual).toBe(true)
   })
+  it("should return false if the password is empty", async () => {
+    const password = ""
+    const _hash = "$argon2i$v=19$m=4096,t=3,p=1$EAoczTxVki21JDfIZpTUxg$rkXgyrW4RDGoDYrxBFD4H2DlSMEhP4h+Api1hXnGnFY"
+    const actual = await isHashMatch(password, _hash)
+    expect(actual).toBe(false)
+  })
+  it("should return false if the hash is empty", async () => {
+    const password = "hellowpasssword"
+    const _hash = ""
+    const actual = await isHashMatch(password, _hash)
+    expect(actual).toBe(false)
+  })
 })
 
 describe("hashLegacy", () => {
@@ -325,7 +337,7 @@ describe("handlePasswordValidation", () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe.only("isCookieValid", () => {
+describe("isCookieValid", () => {
   it("should be valid if hashed-password for SHA256 matches cookie.key", async () => {
     const isValid = await isCookieValid({
       passwordMethod: "SHA256",
@@ -384,7 +396,7 @@ describe.only("isCookieValid", () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe.only("sanitizeString", () => {
+describe("sanitizeString", () => {
   it("should return an empty string if passed a type other than a string", () => {
     expect(sanitizeString({} as string)).toBe("")
   })
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c20711040..677b8fab0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@iarna/toml/-/toml-2.2.5.tgz#b32366c89b43c6f8cefbdefac778b9c828e3ba8c"
   integrity sha512-trnsAYxU3xnS1gPHPyU961coFyLkh4gAD/0zQ5mymY4yOZ+CYvsPqUbOFSw0aDM4y0tV7tiFxL/1XfXPNC6IPg==
 
-"@mapbox/node-pre-gyp@^1.0.0", "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp@^1.0.1":
+"@mapbox/node-pre-gyp@^1.0.1":
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@mapbox/node-pre-gyp/-/node-pre-gyp-1.0.5.tgz#2a0b32fcb416fb3f2250fd24cb2a81421a4f5950"
   integrity sha512-4srsKPXWlIxp5Vbqz5uLfBN+du2fJChBoYn/f2h991WLdk7jUvcSk/McVLSv/X+xQIPI8eGD5GjrnygdyHnhPA==
@@ -1059,13 +1059,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tsconfig/node16/-/node16-1.0.1.tgz#a6ca6a9a0ff366af433f42f5f0e124794ff6b8f1"
   integrity sha512-FTgBI767POY/lKNDNbIzgAX6miIDBs6NTCbdlDb8TrWovHsSvaVIZDlTqym29C6UqhzwcJx4CYr+AlrMywA0cA==
 
-"@types/bcrypt@^5.0.0":
-  version "5.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/bcrypt/-/bcrypt-5.0.0.tgz#a835afa2882d165aff5690893db314eaa98b9f20"
-  integrity sha512-agtcFKaruL8TmcvqbndlqHPSJgsolhf/qPWchFlgnW1gECTN/nKbFcoFnvKAQRFfKbh+BO6A3SWdJu9t+xF3Lw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node" "*"
-
 "@types/body-parser@*", "@types/body-parser@^1.19.0":
   version "1.19.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.19.0.tgz#0685b3c47eb3006ffed117cdd55164b61f80538f"
@@ -1773,14 +1766,6 @@ bcrypt-pbkdf@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     tweetnacl "^0.14.3"
 
-bcrypt@^5.0.1:
-  version "5.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bcrypt/-/bcrypt-5.0.1.tgz#f1a2c20f208e2ccdceea4433df0c8b2c54ecdf71"
-  integrity sha512-9BTgmrhZM2t1bNuDtrtIMVSmmxZBrJ71n8Wg+YgdjHuIWYF7SjjmCPZFB+/5i/o/PIeRpwVJR3P+NrpIItUjqw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp" "^1.0.0"
-    node-addon-api "^3.1.0"
-
 binary-extensions@^1.0.0:
   version "1.13.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-1.13.1.tgz#598afe54755b2868a5330d2aff9d4ebb53209b65"
@@ -5432,11 +5417,6 @@ node-addon-api@^3.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-addon-api/-/node-addon-api-3.2.1.tgz#81325e0a2117789c0128dab65e7e38f07ceba161"
   integrity sha512-mmcei9JghVNDYydghQmeDX8KoAm0FAiYyIcUt/N4nhyAipB17pllZQDOJD2fotxABnt4Mdz+dKTO7eftLg4d0A==
 
-node-addon-api@^3.1.0:
-  version "3.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-addon-api/-/node-addon-api-3.2.0.tgz#7028b56a7eb572b73873aed731a7f9c9365f5ee4"
-  integrity sha512-kcwSAWhPi4+QzAtsL2+2s/awvDo2GKLsvMCwNRxb5BUshteXU8U97NCyvQDsGKs/m0He9WcG4YWew/BnuLx++w==
-
 node-fetch@^2.6.1:
   version "2.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz#045bd323631f76ed2e2b55573394416b639a0052"