diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 38e1f24..8b73a24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 [Cherry](https://github.com/squint-cljs/cherry): Experimental ClojureScript to ES6 module compiler
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Fix `cherry compile` CLI command not receiving file arguments
+
 ## 0.5.33 (2025-11-27)
 
 - Fix [#163](https://github.com/squint-cljs/cherry/issues/163): Add assert to macros ([@willcohen](https://github.com/willcohen))
diff --git a/bb/integration_tests.clj b/bb/integration_tests.clj
index 64ec550..13aeb06 100644
--- a/bb/integration_tests.clj
+++ b/bb/integration_tests.clj
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
   (let [out (:out (p/shell {:out :string} "node test-resources/js_api.mjs"))]
     (is (= ["1" "1"]  (str/split-lines out)))))
 
+(deftest compile-test
+  (let [tmp-file "/tmp/cherry-compile-test.cljs"
+        out-file "/tmp/cherry-compile-test.mjs"]
+    (spit tmp-file "(ns compile-test)\n(defn hello [] (js/console.log \"hello\"))")
+    (shell "rm" "-f" out-file)
+    (sh "npx" "cherry" "compile" tmp-file)
+    (is (.exists (java.io.File. out-file)) "compile should create output file")))
+
 (defn run-tests []
   (shell {:dir "test-resources/test_project"} "npm install")
   (let [{:keys [fail error]} (t/run-tests 'integration-tests)]
diff --git a/src/cherry/internal/cli.cljs b/src/cherry/internal/cli.cljs
index 555ce53..9412a12 100644
--- a/src/cherry/internal/cli.cljs
+++ b/src/cherry/internal/cli.cljs
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ Options:
 
 (def table
   [{:cmds ["run"]        :fn run :args->opts [:file]}
-   {:cmds ["compile"]    :fn (fn [{:keys [opts rest-cmds]}]
-                               (compile-files opts rest-cmds))}
+   {:cmds ["compile"]    :fn (fn [{:keys [opts args]}]
+                               (compile-files opts args))}
    {:cmds []             :fn fallback}])
 
 (defn init []