1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/audiobook.py b/audiobook.py
index 5569070..f95e1d3 100755
--- a/audiobook.py
+++ b/audiobook.py
@@ -371,11 +371,14 @@ Examples:
         if args.backend != BACKEND_AUDIOCPP:
             parser.error("--option requires --backend audiocpp; the options "
                          "are passed through to the audio.cpp model")
-        for item in args.option:
-            key, sep, value = item.partition("=")
-            if not sep or not key.strip():
-                parser.error(f"--option expects KEY=VALUE (got {item!r})")
-            request_options[key.strip()] = value
+        from backends.common import parse_request_options
+        try:
+            # Joined with spaces so both "--option a=1 --option b=2" and a
+            # single quoted "a=1, b=2" parse identically (the shared parser
+            # splits on commas or whitespace).
+            request_options = parse_request_options(" ".join(args.option))
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            parser.error(str(exc))
 
     api_url = None
     if args.api_url is not None: