diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 364d483..ad1b7a8 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ export default function (options = {}, callback = function noop () {}) {
 
     let protractorArgs = [protractorBinPath].concat(parsedOptions.protractorArgs)
     let output = ''
-
     if (specFiles.length) {
-      protractorArgs = protractorArgs.filter((arg) => !/^--(suite|specs)/.test(arg))
+      protractorArgs = protractorArgs.filter((arg) => !/^--suite=/.test(arg))
+      let specIndex = protractorArgs.indexOf('--specs')
+      if (specIndex > -1) {
+        protractorArgs.splice(specIndex, 2)
+      }
       protractorArgs.push('--specs', specFiles.join(','))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/parsers/cucumber.multi.js b/src/parsers/cucumber.multi.js
index 94cbfcb..e601d89 100644
--- a/src/parsers/cucumber.multi.js
+++ b/src/parsers/cucumber.multi.js
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ export default {
     let match = null
     let failedSpecs = []
     let testsOutput = output.split('------------------------------------')
-    let RESULT_FAIL = /Failures:.*/g
+    let RESULT_FAIL = 'Failures:'
     let SPECFILE_REG = /Specs:\s(.*\.feature)/g
     testsOutput.forEach(function (test) {
       let specfile
       let result = 'passed'
       // only check specs when RESULT_FAIL, ` Specs: ` is always printed when at least multiple features on 1 instance
       // are run with `shardTestFiles: true`
-      if (RESULT_FAIL.exec(test)) { // eslint-disable-line no-cond-assign
+      if (test.indexOf(RESULT_FAIL) > -1) { // eslint-disable-line no-cond-assign
         while (match = SPECFILE_REG.exec(test)) { // eslint-disable-line no-cond-assign
           specfile = match[1]
           result = 'failed'
diff --git a/test/unit/index.test.js b/test/unit/index.test.js
index 686a3d0..503e3fa 100644
--- a/test/unit/index.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/index.test.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ describe('Protractor Flake', () => {
       it('removes --specs argument from protractorArgs if it is passed', () => {
         protractorFlake({
           maxAttempts: 3,
-          protractorArgs: ['--specs=specs/fail']
+          protractorArgs: ['--specs', '/specs/fail']
         })
 
         spawnStub.dataCallback(failedShardedTestOutput)
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ describe('Protractor Flake', () => {
       it('does not remove --specs for first test run', () => {
         protractorFlake({
           maxAttempts: 3,
-          protractorArgs: ['--specs=specs/fail']
+          protractorArgs: ['--specs', '/specs/fail']
         })
 
-        expect(spawnStub).to.have.been.calledWith('node', [pathToProtractor(), '--specs=specs/fail'])
+        expect(spawnStub).to.have.been.calledWith('node', [pathToProtractor(), '--specs', '/specs/fail'])
       })
     })
   })