diff --git a/README b/README
index 9ca1c74..183e433 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ The following tools are implemented ('*' == finished, '#' == UTF-8 support,
     sort            no                           -m, -o, -d, -f, -i
 =*| split           yes                          none
 =*| sponge          non-posix                    none
-#*  strings         yes                          none
+#*| strings         yes                          none
 =*  sync            non-posix                    none
 =*  tail            yes                          none
 =*  tar             non-posix                    none
diff --git a/strings.c b/strings.c
index 4a7f685..8c6c094 100644
--- a/strings.c
+++ b/strings.c
@@ -75,18 +75,19 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		usage();
 	} ARGEND;
 
-	if (argc == 0) {
+	if (!argc) {
 		strings(stdin, "<stdin>", len);
 	} else {
-		for (; argc > 0; argc--, argv++) {
-			if (!(fp = fopen(argv[0], "r"))) {
-				weprintf("fopen %s:", argv[0]);
+		for (; *argv; argc--, argv++) {
+			if (!(fp = fopen(*argv, "r"))) {
+				weprintf("fopen %s:", *argv);
 				ret = 1;
 				continue;
 			}
-			strings(fp, argv[0], len);
+			strings(fp, *argv, len);
 			fclose(fp);
 		}
 	}
+
 	return ret;
 }