diff --git a/mapper.go b/mapper.go
index e6c6ad7..244dcb3 100644
--- a/mapper.go
+++ b/mapper.go
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ func (r *Registry) RegisterDefaults() *Registry {
 		RegisterKind(reflect.Float32, floatDecoder(32)).
 		RegisterKind(reflect.Float64, floatDecoder(64)).
 		RegisterKind(reflect.String, MapperFunc(func(ctx *DecodeContext, target reflect.Value) error {
-			target.SetString(ctx.Scan.PopValue("string"))
+			token := ctx.Scan.PopValue("string")
+			target.SetString(token)
 			return nil
 		})).
 		RegisterKind(reflect.Bool, boolMapper{}).
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ func sliceDecoder(r *Registry) MapperFunc {
 			childScanner = Scan(SplitEscaped(ctx.Scan.PopValue("list"), sep)...)
 		} else {
 			tokens := ctx.Scan.PopWhile(func(t Token) bool { return t.IsValue() })
-			childScanner = Scan(tokens...)
+			childScanner = ScanFromTokens(tokens...)
 		}
 		childDecoder := r.ForNamedType(ctx.Value.Tag.Type, el)
 		if childDecoder == nil {
diff --git a/mapper_test.go b/mapper_test.go
index 66fc679..12e982f 100644
--- a/mapper_test.go
+++ b/mapper_test.go
@@ -110,3 +110,13 @@ func TestURLMapper(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = p.Parse([]string{":foo"})
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestSliceConsumesRemainingPositionalArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	var cli struct {
+		Remainder []string `arg:""`
+	}
+	p := mustNew(t, &cli)
+	_, err := p.Parse([]string{"--", "ls", "-lart"})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"ls", "-lart"}, cli.Remainder)
+}
diff --git a/scanner.go b/scanner.go
index 765f3b3..acab5e3 100644
--- a/scanner.go
+++ b/scanner.go
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ func Scan(args ...string) *Scanner {
 	return s
 }
 
+// ScanFromTokens creates a new Scanner from a slice of tokens.
+func ScanFromTokens(tokens ...Token) *Scanner {
+	return &Scanner{args: tokens}
+}
+
 // Len returns the number of input arguments.
 func (s *Scanner) Len() int {
 	return len(s.args)
@@ -114,17 +119,17 @@ func (s *Scanner) PopValue(context string) string {
 }
 
 // PopWhile predicate returns true.
-func (s *Scanner) PopWhile(predicate func(Token) bool) (values []string) {
+func (s *Scanner) PopWhile(predicate func(Token) bool) (values []Token) {
 	for predicate(s.Peek()) {
-		values = append(values, s.Pop().Value)
+		values = append(values, s.Pop())
 	}
 	return
 }
 
 // PopUntil predicate returns true.
-func (s *Scanner) PopUntil(predicate func(Token) bool) (values []string) {
+func (s *Scanner) PopUntil(predicate func(Token) bool) (values []Token) {
 	for !predicate(s.Peek()) {
-		values = append(values, s.Pop().Value)
+		values = append(values, s.Pop())
 	}
 	return
 }