diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/download_args_parser.py b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/download_args_parser.py
index 72c5540e..95d086ef 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/download_args_parser.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/download_args_parser.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from typing import Tuple
 
 from mergedeep import mergedeep
 
+from ytdl_sub.cli.main_args_parser import MainArgs
 from ytdl_sub.config.config_file import ConfigOptions
 from ytdl_sub.utils.exceptions import InvalidDlArguments
 
@@ -30,10 +31,21 @@ class DownloadArgsParser:
           List of extra arguments from argparse
         config_options
           Configuration portion of config.yaml
+
+        Raises
+        ------
+        InvalidDlArguments
+            If extra arguments contains a ytdl-sub arg
         """
         self._unknown_arguments = extra_arguments
         self._config_options = config_options
 
+        for arg in extra_arguments:
+            if arg in MainArgs.all():
+                raise InvalidDlArguments(
+                    f"'{arg}' is a ytdl-sub argument and must placed behind 'dl'"
+                )
+
     @property
     def _argument_exception(self) -> InvalidDlArguments:
         """
diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py
index e3177b74..6c712166 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/cli/main_args_parser.py
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
 import argparse
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import List
 
 from ytdl_sub.utils.logger import LoggerLevels
 
+
+class MainArgs(Enum):
+    CONFIG = "--config"
+    DRY_RUN = "--dry-run"
+    LOG_LEVEL = "--log-level"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def all(cls) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Returns
+        -------
+        List of all args used in main CLI
+        """
+        return list(map(lambda arg: arg.value, cls))
+
+
 ###################################################################################################
 # GLOBAL PARSER
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -9,19 +27,19 @@ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
 )
 parser.add_argument(
     "-c",
-    "--config",
+    MainArgs.CONFIG.value,
     metavar="CONFIGPATH",
     type=str,
     help="path to the config yaml, uses config.yaml if not provided",
     default="config.yaml",
 )
 parser.add_argument(
-    "--dry-run",
+    MainArgs.DRY_RUN.value,
     action="store_true",
     help="does not perform any video downloads or writes to output directories",
 )
 parser.add_argument(
-    "--log-level",
+    MainArgs.LOG_LEVEL.value,
     metavar="|".join(LoggerLevels.names()),
     type=str,
     help="level of logs to print to console, defaults to info",
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/test_download_args_parser.py b/tests/unit/cli/test_download_args_parser.py
index ab175030..1388e7dc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/test_download_args_parser.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/test_download_args_parser.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 import pytest
 
 from ytdl_sub.cli.download_args_parser import DownloadArgsParser
+from ytdl_sub.cli.main_args_parser import MainArgs
 from ytdl_sub.cli.main_args_parser import parser
 from ytdl_sub.config.config_file import ConfigOptions
 from ytdl_sub.utils.exceptions import InvalidDlArguments
@@ -149,3 +150,14 @@ class TestDownloadArgsParser:
             DownloadArgsParser(
                 extra_arguments=extra_args, config_options=config_options
             ).to_subscription_dict()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("main_argument", MainArgs.all())
+    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}")
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            InvalidDlArguments,
+            match=f"'{main_argument}' is a ytdl-sub argument and must placed behind 'dl'",
+        ):
+            DownloadArgsParser(extra_arguments=extra_args, config_options=config_options)