diff --git a/cmd/nowplaying.go b/cmd/nowplaying.go
index 4974a39..69f64f0 100644
--- a/cmd/nowplaying.go
+++ b/cmd/nowplaying.go
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ var nowPlayingCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Aliases: []string{"now"},
 	Short:   "Shows song and artist of currently playing song",
 	Long:    `Shows song and artist of currently playing song, useful for scripting`,
+	Args:    cobra.MatchAll(cobra.RangeArgs(0, 1)),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		commands.NowPlaying(ctx)
+		commands.NowPlaying(ctx, args)
 	},
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/commands.go b/src/commands/commands.go
index 0e3dc3d..479c46e 100644
--- a/src/commands/commands.go
+++ b/src/commands/commands.go
@@ -962,7 +962,18 @@ func (c *Commands) LinkContext(ctx *gctx.Context) (string, error) {
 	return state.PlaybackContext.ExternalURLs["spotify"], nil
 }
 
-func (c *Commands) NowPlaying(ctx *gctx.Context) error {
+func (c *Commands) NowPlaying(ctx *gctx.Context, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) > 0 {
+		if args[0] == "force" {
+			current, err := c.Client().PlayerCurrentlyPlaying(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			str := FormatSong(current)
+			fmt.Println(str)
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
 	song, err := cache.DefaultCache().GetOrDo("now_playing", func() (string, error) {
 		current, err := c.Client().PlayerCurrentlyPlaying(ctx)
 		if err != nil {