diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 942bd5d4..cc42640e 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ View Options
 -----------------
 .. code-block::
 
-   ytdl-sub view [URL]
+   ytdl-sub view [-sc] [URL]
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+  -sc, --split-chapters
+                        View source variables after splitting by chapters
+
 
 Preview the source variables for a given URL. Helps when creating new configs.
diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/download_args_parser.py b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/download_args_parser.py
index 4a1afb95..bac6bf15 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/download_args_parser.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/download_args_parser.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class DownloadArgsParser:
         self._config_options = config_options
 
         for arg in extra_arguments:
-            if arg in MainArguments.all():
+            if arg in MainArguments.all_arguments():
                 raise InvalidDlArguments(
                     f"'{arg}' is a ytdl-sub argument and must placed behind 'dl'"
                 )
diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main.py b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main.py
index 85042164..00564b99 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main.py
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ from typing import List
 from typing import Tuple
 
 from ytdl_sub.cli.download_args_parser import DownloadArgsParser
-from ytdl_sub.cli.main_args_parser import MainArguments
 from ytdl_sub.cli.main_args_parser import parser
 from ytdl_sub.config.config_file import ConfigFile
 from ytdl_sub.subscriptions.subscription import Subscription
-from ytdl_sub.utils.exceptions import ValidationException
 from ytdl_sub.utils.file_handler import FileHandlerTransactionLog
 from ytdl_sub.utils.file_lock import working_directory_lock
 from ytdl_sub.utils.logger import Logger
@@ -46,10 +44,6 @@ def _download_subscriptions_from_yaml_files(
     subscriptions: List[Subscription] = []
     output: List[Tuple[Subscription, FileHandlerTransactionLog]] = []
 
-    # Make sure no main args are passed as a subscription path
-    if main_argument := MainArguments.get_argument_if_exists(subscription_paths) is not None:
-        raise ValidationException(f"The argument '{main_argument}' must be passed before 'sub'")
-
     # Load all the subscriptions first to perform all validation before downloading
     for path in subscription_paths:
         subscriptions += Subscription.from_file_path(config=config, subscription_path=path)
diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py
index 5b03355e..bd697521 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py
@@ -71,42 +71,59 @@ class MainArguments:
         return None
 
 
+###################################################################################################
+# SHARED OPTIONS
+def _add_shared_arguments(arg_parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, suppress_defaults: bool) -> None:
+    """
+    Add shared arguments to sub parsers
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    arg_parser
+        The parser to add shared args to
+    suppress_defaults
+        bool. Suppress sub parser defaults so they do not override the defaults in the parent parser
+    """
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        MainArguments.CONFIG.short,
+        MainArguments.CONFIG.long,
+        metavar="CONFIGPATH",
+        type=str,
+        help="path to the config yaml, uses config.yaml if not provided",
+        default=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppress_defaults else "config.yaml",
+    )
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        MainArguments.DRY_RUN.short,
+        MainArguments.DRY_RUN.long,
+        action="store_true",
+        help="preview what a download would output, "
+        "does not perform any video downloads or writes to output directories",
+    )
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        MainArguments.LOG_LEVEL.short,
+        MainArguments.LOG_LEVEL.long,
+        metavar="|".join(LoggerLevels.names()),
+        type=str,
+        help="level of logs to print to console, defaults to info",
+        default=argparse.SUPPRESS if suppress_defaults else LoggerLevels.INFO.name,
+        choices=LoggerLevels.names(),
+        dest="ytdl_sub_log_level",
+    )
+
+
 ###################################################################################################
 # GLOBAL PARSER
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-    description="ytdl-sub: Automate download and adding metadata with YoutubeDL"
+    description="ytdl-sub: Automate download and adding metadata with YoutubeDL",
 )
 parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s " + __local_version__)
-parser.add_argument(
-    MainArguments.CONFIG.short,
-    MainArguments.CONFIG.long,
-    metavar="CONFIGPATH",
-    type=str,
-    help="path to the config yaml, uses config.yaml if not provided",
-    default="config.yaml",
-)
-parser.add_argument(
-    MainArguments.DRY_RUN.short,
-    MainArguments.DRY_RUN.long,
-    action="store_true",
-    help="preview what a download would output, "
-    "does not perform any video downloads or writes to output directories",
-)
-parser.add_argument(
-    MainArguments.LOG_LEVEL.short,
-    MainArguments.LOG_LEVEL.long,
-    metavar="|".join(LoggerLevels.names()),
-    type=str,
-    help="level of logs to print to console, defaults to info",
-    default=LoggerLevels.INFO.name,
-    choices=LoggerLevels.names(),
-    dest="ytdl_sub_log_level",
-)
+_add_shared_arguments(parser, suppress_defaults=False)
 
 subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="subparser")
 ###################################################################################################
 # SUBSCRIPTION PARSER
 subscription_parser = subparsers.add_parser("sub")
+_add_shared_arguments(subscription_parser, suppress_defaults=True)
 subscription_parser.add_argument(
     "subscription_paths",
     metavar="SUBPATH",
@@ -135,6 +152,7 @@ class ViewArgs(Enum):
 
 
 view_parser = subparsers.add_parser("view")
+_add_shared_arguments(view_parser, suppress_defaults=True)
 view_parser.add_argument(
     "-sc",
     ViewArgs.SPLIT_CHAPTERS.value,
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/test_download_args_parser.py b/tests/unit/cli/test_download_args_parser.py
index 149397b4..bb03d090 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/test_download_args_parser.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/test_download_args_parser.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class TestDownloadArgsParser:
                 extra_arguments=extra_args, config_options=config_options
             ).to_subscription_dict()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("main_argument", MainArguments.all())
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("main_argument", MainArguments.all_arguments())
     def test_error_uses_main_args(self, main_argument, config_options_generator):
         config_options = config_options_generator()
         extra_args = _get_extra_arguments(cmd_string=f"dl {main_argument}")
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/test_main.py b/tests/unit/cli/test_main.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7e700d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/test_main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import sys
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from ytdl_sub.cli.main import main
+from ytdl_sub.utils.exceptions import ValidationException
+
+
+def test_args_after_sub_work():
+    with patch.object(
+        sys,
+        "argv",
+        ["ytdl-sub", "-c", "examples/tv_show_config.yaml", "sub", "--log-level", "debug"],
+    ), patch("ytdl_sub.cli.main._download_subscriptions_from_yaml_files") as mock_sub:
+        main()
+
+        assert mock_sub.call_count == 1
+        assert mock_sub.call_args.kwargs["args"].config == "examples/tv_show_config.yaml"
+        assert mock_sub.call_args.kwargs["args"].subscription_paths == ["subscriptions.yaml"]
+        assert mock_sub.call_args.kwargs["args"].ytdl_sub_log_level == "debug"