diff --git a/interactive-clap-derive/src/derives/interactive_clap/mod.rs b/interactive-clap-derive/src/derives/interactive_clap/mod.rs
index 271bc67..8124376 100644
--- a/interactive-clap-derive/src/derives/interactive_clap/mod.rs
+++ b/interactive-clap-derive/src/derives/interactive_clap/mod.rs
@@ -199,8 +199,12 @@ pub fn impl_interactive_clap(ast: &syn::DeriveInput) -> TokenStream {
                         <#cli_name as clap::Parser>::parse()
                     }
 
-                    pub fn try_parse_from(s: &str) -> Result<#cli_name, clap::Error> {
-                        <#cli_name as clap::Parser>::try_parse_from(s.split(" "))
+                    pub fn try_parse_from<I, T>(itr: I) -> Result<#cli_name, clap::Error>
+                    where
+                        I: ::std::iter::IntoIterator<Item = T>,
+                        T: ::std::convert::Into<::std::ffi::OsString> + ::std::clone::Clone,
+                    {
+                        <#cli_name as clap::Parser>::try_parse_from(itr)
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -337,8 +341,12 @@ pub fn impl_interactive_clap(ast: &syn::DeriveInput) -> TokenStream {
                         <#cli_name as clap::Parser>::parse()
                     }
 
-                    pub fn try_parse_from(s: &str) -> Result<#cli_name, clap::Error> {
-                        <#cli_name as clap::Parser>::try_parse_from(s.split(" "))
+                    pub fn try_parse_from<I, T>(itr: I) -> Result<#cli_name, clap::Error>
+                    where
+                        I: ::std::iter::IntoIterator<Item = T>,
+                        T: ::std::convert::Into<::std::ffi::OsString> + ::std::clone::Clone,
+                    {
+                        <#cli_name as clap::Parser>::try_parse_from(itr)
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/interactive-clap-derive/src/tests/snapshots/interactive_clap_derive__tests__test_simple_struct__flag.snap b/interactive-clap-derive/src/tests/snapshots/interactive_clap_derive__tests__test_simple_struct__flag.snap
index 128cfcb..5dcb81d 100644
--- a/interactive-clap-derive/src/tests/snapshots/interactive_clap_derive__tests__test_simple_struct__flag.snap
+++ b/interactive-clap-derive/src/tests/snapshots/interactive_clap_derive__tests__test_simple_struct__flag.snap
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl interactive_clap::FromCli for Args {
     where
         Self: Sized + interactive_clap::ToCli,
     {
-        let mut clap_variant = optional_clap_variant.unwrap_or_default();
+        let mut clap_variant = optional_clap_variant.clone().unwrap_or_default();
         let offline = clap_variant.offline.clone();
         let new_context_scope = InteractiveClapContextScopeForArgs {
             offline: offline.into(),
@@ -49,12 +49,19 @@ impl Args {
             Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
         }
     }
-    fn try_parse() -> Result<CliArgs, clap::Error> {
+    pub fn try_parse() -> Result<CliArgs, clap::Error> {
         <CliArgs as clap::Parser>::try_parse()
     }
-    fn parse() -> CliArgs {
+    pub fn parse() -> CliArgs {
         <CliArgs as clap::Parser>::parse()
     }
+    pub fn try_parse_from<I, T>(itr: I) -> Result<CliArgs, clap::Error>
+    where
+        I: ::std::iter::IntoIterator<Item = T>,
+        T: ::std::convert::Into<::std::ffi::OsString> + ::std::clone::Clone,
+    {
+        <CliArgs as clap::Parser>::try_parse_from(itr)
+    }
 }
 impl From<Args> for CliArgs {
     fn from(args: Args) -> Self {
@@ -63,4 +70,3 @@ impl From<Args> for CliArgs {
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/interactive-clap-derive/src/tests/snapshots/interactive_clap_derive__tests__test_simple_struct__simple_struct.snap b/interactive-clap-derive/src/tests/snapshots/interactive_clap_derive__tests__test_simple_struct__simple_struct.snap
index f5a3daf..8b00ce9 100644
--- a/interactive-clap-derive/src/tests/snapshots/interactive_clap_derive__tests__test_simple_struct__simple_struct.snap
+++ b/interactive-clap-derive/src/tests/snapshots/interactive_clap_derive__tests__test_simple_struct__simple_struct.snap
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl interactive_clap::FromCli for Args {
     where
         Self: Sized + interactive_clap::ToCli,
     {
-        let mut clap_variant = optional_clap_variant.unwrap_or_default();
+        let mut clap_variant = optional_clap_variant.clone().unwrap_or_default();
         if clap_variant.age.is_none() {
             clap_variant
                 .age = match Self::input_age(&context) {
@@ -112,12 +112,19 @@ impl Args {
             Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
         }
     }
-    fn try_parse() -> Result<CliArgs, clap::Error> {
+    pub fn try_parse() -> Result<CliArgs, clap::Error> {
         <CliArgs as clap::Parser>::try_parse()
     }
-    fn parse() -> CliArgs {
+    pub fn parse() -> CliArgs {
         <CliArgs as clap::Parser>::parse()
     }
+    pub fn try_parse_from<I, T>(itr: I) -> Result<CliArgs, clap::Error>
+    where
+        I: ::std::iter::IntoIterator<Item = T>,
+        T: ::std::convert::Into<::std::ffi::OsString> + ::std::clone::Clone,
+    {
+        <CliArgs as clap::Parser>::try_parse_from(itr)
+    }
 }
 impl From<Args> for CliArgs {
     fn from(args: Args) -> Self {
@@ -128,4 +135,3 @@ impl From<Args> for CliArgs {
         }
     }
 }
-