diff --git a/check_ntp.mkp b/check_ntp.mkp
index 5abc21ac265a4be7c9138457bb0fa11b8b79e8d5..918b8d4c8e196d2a8f14a4c369d82d4af49d2542 100644
Binary files a/check_ntp.mkp and b/check_ntp.mkp differ
diff --git a/checks/check_ntp b/checks/check_ntp
index 878c0c8a99b65928b0953055db0708457532e507..620b90235d3920023148c377076cb6157edd7936 100644
--- a/checks/check_ntp
+++ b/checks/check_ntp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Date  : 2022-10-04
 # File  : checks/active_checks_ntp
 #
-#
+# 2022-11-15: changed to use short options, doesn't work with long options
 
 def check_ntp_arguments(params):
     args = []
@@ -21,30 +21,30 @@ def check_ntp_arguments(params):
         args.append(f'-t {params["timeout"]}')
 
     if 'server' in params:
-        args.append(f'-s {params["server"]}')
+        args.append(f'-H {params["server"]}')
     else:
-        args.append('-s $HOSTADDRESS$')
+        args.append('-H $HOSTADDRESS$')
 
     if 'version' in params:
-        args.append(f'-v {params["version"]}')
-
-    if 'state_not_synchronized' in params:
-        args.append(f'--state_not_synchronized {params["state_not_synchronized"]}')
+        args.append(f'-V {params["version"]}')
 
     if 'offset_levels' in params:
-        args.append(f'--offset{params["offset_levels"][0]},{params["offset_levels"][1]}')
+        args.append(f'-o {params["offset_levels"][0]},{params["offset_levels"][1]}')
 
     if 'stratum_levels' in params:
-        args.append(f'--stratum {params["stratum_levels"][0]},{params["stratum_levels"][1]}')
+        args.append(f'-s {params["stratum_levels"][0]},{params["stratum_levels"][1]}')
 
     if 'dispersion_levels' in params:
-        args.append(f'--dispersion {params["dispersion_levels"][0]},{params["dispersion_levels"][1]}')
+        args.append(f'-D {params["dispersion_levels"][0]},{params["dispersion_levels"][1]}')
 
     if 'delay_levels' in params:
-        args.append(f'--delay {params["dispersion_levels"][0]},{params["dispersion_levels"][1]}')
+        args.append(f'-d {params["dispersion_levels"][0]},{params["dispersion_levels"][1]}')
+
+    if 'state_not_synchronized' in params:
+        args.append(f'-n {params["state_not_synchronized"]}')
 
     if 'state_no_response' in params:
-        args.append(f'--state_no_response {params["state_no_response"]}')
+        args.append(f'-r {params["state_no_response"]}')
 
     return args
 
diff --git a/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ntp b/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ntp
index d746afe3154157da60a44c2d1a64544964a24940..40d821f05f572a7fea59c3c8bb5b9fc8986f26c0 100755
--- a/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ntp
+++ b/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ntp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #
 # 2022-10-13: added exception handling for ntp request
 # 2022-11-14: made state on no response configurable
-#
+# 2022-11-15: added short options
 
 from typing import Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 from ipaddress import IPv4Address
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ def _ntp_decode_ref_id(stratum: int, ref_id: int):
 
 
 def parse_arguments(argv: Sequence[str]) -> argparse.Namespace:
+
     def _warn_crit(arg: str) -> Optional[Tuple[int, int]]:
         arg = arg.strip('(').strip(')').split(',')
         warn, crit = arg
@@ -146,39 +147,38 @@ def parse_arguments(argv: Sequence[str]) -> argparse.Namespace:
                'To use this check plugin you need to install the python "ntplib" in your CMK python environment.'
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--server', '-s', required=True,
+        '-H', '--host', required=True,
         help='Host to query (required)')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--port', '-p', type=int, default=123,
+        '-p', '--port', type=int, default=123,
         help='UDP port to use.')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--timeout', '-t', type=int, default=2,
+        '-t', '--timeout', type=int, default=2,
         help='Request timeout in seconds.')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--version', '-v', type=int, default=4, choices=[1, 2, 3, 4],
+        '-V', '--version', type=int, default=4, choices=[1, 2, 3, 4],
         help='NTP version to use.')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--state_not_synchronized', type=int, default=2, choices=[0, 1, 2, 3],
+        '-n', '--state_not_synchronized', type=int, default=2, choices=[0, 1, 2, 3],
         help='Monitoring state if not synchronized.')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--state_no_response', type=int, default=2, choices=[0, 1, 2, 3],
+        '-r', '--state_no_response', type=int, default=2, choices=[0, 1, 2, 3],
         help='Monitoring state if response (timeout) received.')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--stratum', type=_warn_crit, default=(10, 15),
+        '-s', '--stratum', type=_warn_crit, default=(10, 15),
         help='WARN,CRIT levels for stratum. Use values > 16 to disable.')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--offset', type=_warn_crit, default=(200, 500),
+        '-o', '--offset', type=_warn_crit, default=(200, 500),
         help='WARN,CRIT levels for offset in milliseconds.')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--delay', type=_warn_crit, default=(200, 500),
+        '-d', '--delay', type=_warn_crit, default=(200, 500),
         help='WARN,CRIT levels for delay in milliseconds.')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--dispersion', type=_warn_crit, default=(200, 500),
+        '-D', '--dispersion', type=_warn_crit, default=(200, 500),
         help='WARN,CRIT levels for dispersion in seconds.')
 
     args = parser.parse_args(argv)
-    args.server = args.server.strip(' ')
-
+    args.host = args.host.strip(' ')
     return args
 
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def main(args=None):
         )
         sys.exit(3)
 
-    ntp_time = get_ntp_time(args.server, args.port, args.timeout, args.version, args.state_no_response)
+    ntp_time = get_ntp_time(args.host, args.port, args.timeout, args.version, args.state_no_response)
 
     server_time = ctime(ntp_time.tx_time)
     stratum = int(ntp_time.stratum)
diff --git a/packages/check_ntp b/packages/check_ntp
index 8f6ec73d12ad0035fa1b0acf426256bb54c51239..764eb202f2b5c7adf29dd5c6d016db90780ea256 100644
--- a/packages/check_ntp
+++ b/packages/check_ntp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  'name': 'check_ntp',
  'num_files': 4,
  'title': 'Active check NTP',
- 'version': '20221114.v.0.0.2',
+ 'version': '20221115.v.0.0.2a',
  'version.min_required': '2.0.0',
  'version.packaged': '2021.09.20',
  'version.usable_until': None}
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