diff --git a/common-functions b/common-functions
index 0674f7b..ad0cb04 100755
--- a/common-functions
+++ b/common-functions
@@ -339,6 +339,59 @@ service_logs() {
   docker logs $DOKKU_LOGS_ARGS "$ID"
 }
 
+service_parse_args() {
+  declare desc="cli arg parser"
+  local next_index=1; local skip=false; local args=("$@")
+
+  for arg in "$@"; do
+    shift
+    case "$arg" in
+      "--config-options") set -- "$@" "-c" ;;
+      "--custom-env")     set -- "$@" "-C" ;;
+      "--image")          set -- "$@" "-i" ;;
+      "--image-version")  set -- "$@" "-I" ;;
+      "--password")       set -- "$@" "-p" ;;
+      "--root-password")  set -- "$@" "-r" ;;
+
+      "--alias")          set -- "$@" "-a" ;;
+      "--database")       set -- "$@" "-d" ;;
+      "--memory")         set -- "$@" "-m" ;;
+      "--querystring")    set -- "$@" "-q" ;;
+      "--user")           set -- "$@" "-u" ;;
+      *)                  set -- "$@" "$arg"
+    esac
+  done
+
+  OPTIND=1
+  while getopts "a:c:C:d:i:I:m:p:q:r:u:" opt; do
+    case "$opt" in
+      a) export SERVICE_ALIAS=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+      c) export PLUGIN_CONFIG_OPTIONS=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+      C) export SERVICE_CUSTOM_ENV=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+      d) export SERVICE_DATABASE=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+      i) export PLUGIN_IMAGE=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+      I) export PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+      m) export SERVICE_MEMORY=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+      p) export SERVICE_PASSWORD=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+      q) export SERVICE_QUERYSTRING=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+      r) export SERVICE_ROOT_PASSWORD=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+      u) export SERVICE_USER=$OPTARG
+         ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  shift "$(( OPTIND - 1 ))" # remove options from positional parameters
+}
+
 service_port_expose() {
   declare desc="Wrapper for exposing service ports"
   declare SERVICE="$1"
diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 632018a..4e47aa8 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ service_create() {
   [[ ! -d "$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE" ]] || dokku_log_fail "$PLUGIN_SERVICE service $SERVICE already exists"
   SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"; LINKS_FILE="$SERVICE_ROOT/LINKS"
 
+  service_parse_args "${@:2}"
+
   if ! docker images | grep -e "^$PLUGIN_IMAGE " | grep -q " $PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION " ; then
     docker pull "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION" || dokku_log_fail "$PLUGIN_SERVICE image $PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION pull failed"
   fi
@@ -22,10 +24,15 @@ service_create() {
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service directory"
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT/data" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service data directory"
   touch "$LINKS_FILE"
-  password=$(openssl rand -hex 16)
-  echo "$password" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD"
+  PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -hex 16)
+  if [[ -n "$SERVICE_PASSWORD" ]]; then
+    PASSWORD="$SERVICE_PASSWORD"
+    dokku_log_warn "Specified password may not be as secure as the auto-generated password"
+  fi
+  echo "$PASSWORD" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD"
   chmod 640 "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD"
 
+  [[ -n "$SERVICE_CUSTOM_ENV" ]] && POSTGRES_CUSTOM_ENV="$SERVICE_CUSTOM_ENV"
   if [[ -n $POSTGRES_CUSTOM_ENV ]]; then
     echo "$POSTGRES_CUSTOM_ENV" | tr ';' "\n" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/ENV"
   else
diff --git a/subcommands/clone b/subcommands/clone
index bb4e303..f92ead1 100755
--- a/subcommands/clone
+++ b/subcommands/clone
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ postgres-clone-cmd() {
   PLUGIN_IMAGE=$(service_version "$SERVICE" |  grep -o "^.*:" | sed -r "s/://g")
   PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION=$(service_version "$SERVICE" |  grep -o ":.*$" | sed -r "s/://g")
 
-  service_create "$NEW_SERVICE"
+  service_create "$NEW_SERVICE" "${@:3}"
   dokku_log_info1 "Copying data from $SERVICE to $NEW_SERVICE"
   service_export "$SERVICE" | service_import "$NEW_SERVICE" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
   dokku_log_info1 "Done"
diff --git a/subcommands/create b/subcommands/create
index 56ef58a..77eae5b 100755
--- a/subcommands/create
+++ b/subcommands/create
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ postgres-create-cmd() {
   local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:create" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
   declare SERVICE="$1"
 
-  service_create "$SERVICE"
+  service_create "$SERVICE" "${@:2}"
 }
 
 postgres-create-cmd "$@"