diff --git a/scripts/commands/playlist/format.ts b/scripts/commands/playlist/format.ts
index 5f587403a0..345789bc28 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/playlist/format.ts
+++ b/scripts/commands/playlist/format.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import { Stream, Playlist } from '../../models'
 import { program } from 'commander'
 import { DataLoaderData } from '../../types/dataLoader'
 import { DataProcessorData } from '../../types/dataProcessor'
+import path from 'node:path'
 
-program.argument('[filepath]', 'Path to file to validate').parse(process.argv)
+program.argument('[filepath...]', 'Path to file to format').parse(process.argv)
 
 async function main() {
   const logger = new Logger()
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ async function main() {
     feedsGroupedByChannelId,
     logosGroupedByStreamId
   })
-  const files = program.args.length ? program.args : await streamsStorage.list('**/*.m3u')
+  let files = program.args.length ? program.args : await streamsStorage.list('**/*.m3u')
+  files = files.map((filepath: string) => path.basename(filepath))
   let streams = await parser.parse(files)
 
   logger.info(`found ${streams.count()} streams`)
diff --git a/scripts/commands/playlist/test.ts b/scripts/commands/playlist/test.ts
index af398acf96..714758f242 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/playlist/test.ts
+++ b/scripts/commands/playlist/test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let streams = new Collection()
 let isLiveUpdateEnabled = true
 
 program
-  .argument('[filepath]', 'Path to file to validate')
+  .argument('[filepath...]', 'Path to file to test')
   .option(
     '-p, --parallel <number>',
     'Batch size of streams to test concurrently',
diff --git a/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.ts b/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.ts
index 27f6be0c4e..823acec73f 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.ts
+++ b/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { BlocklistRecord, Stream } from '../../models'
 import { program } from 'commander'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
 
-program.argument('[filepath]', 'Path to file to validate').parse(process.argv)
+program.argument('[filepath...]', 'Path to file to validate').parse(process.argv)
 
 type LogItem = {
   type: string