diff --git a/bin/semver.js b/bin/semver.js
index 8d1b5572..97757314 100755
--- a/bin/semver.js
+++ b/bin/semver.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ let rtl = false
 let identifier
 
 const semver = require('../')
+const parseOptions = require('../internal/parse-options')
 
 let reverse = false
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ const main = () => {
     }
   }
 
-  options = { loose: loose, includePrerelease: includePrerelease, rtl: rtl }
+  options = parseOptions({ loose, includePrerelease, rtl })
 
   versions = versions.map((v) => {
     return coerce ? (semver.coerce(v, options) || { version: v }).version : v
diff --git a/classes/comparator.js b/classes/comparator.js
index 62cd204d..1762b1f1 100644
--- a/classes/comparator.js
+++ b/classes/comparator.js
@@ -78,12 +78,7 @@ class Comparator {
       throw new TypeError('a Comparator is required')
     }
 
-    if (!options || typeof options !== 'object') {
-      options = {
-        loose: !!options,
-        includePrerelease: false,
-      }
-    }
+    options = parseOptions(options)
 
     if (this.operator === '') {
       if (this.value === '') {
diff --git a/functions/parse.js b/functions/parse.js
index a66663aa..988f2e87 100644
--- a/functions/parse.js
+++ b/functions/parse.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ const SemVer = require('../classes/semver')
 
 const parseOptions = require('../internal/parse-options')
 const parse = (version, options) => {
-  options = parseOptions(options)
-
   if (version instanceof SemVer) {
     return version
   }
@@ -18,6 +16,7 @@ const parse = (version, options) => {
     return null
   }
 
+  options = parseOptions(options)
   const r = options.loose ? re[t.LOOSE] : re[t.FULL]
   if (!r.test(version)) {
     return null
diff --git a/ranges/intersects.js b/ranges/intersects.js
index 3d1a6f31..5157ad6a 100644
--- a/ranges/intersects.js
+++ b/ranges/intersects.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const Range = require('../classes/range')
+const parseOptions = require('../internal/parse-options')
 const intersects = (r1, r2, options) => {
+  options = parseOptions(options)
   r1 = new Range(r1, options)
   r2 = new Range(r2, options)
   return r1.intersects(r2)
diff --git a/ranges/max-satisfying.js b/ranges/max-satisfying.js
index 6e3d993c..d4eb7251 100644
--- a/ranges/max-satisfying.js
+++ b/ranges/max-satisfying.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 const SemVer = require('../classes/semver')
 const Range = require('../classes/range')
+const parseOptions = require('../internal/parse-options')
 
 const maxSatisfying = (versions, range, options) => {
   let max = null
   let maxSV = null
   let rangeObj = null
+  options = parseOptions(options)
   try {
     rangeObj = new Range(range, options)
   } catch (er) {
diff --git a/ranges/min-satisfying.js b/ranges/min-satisfying.js
index 9b60974e..aa9e5af6 100644
--- a/ranges/min-satisfying.js
+++ b/ranges/min-satisfying.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 const SemVer = require('../classes/semver')
 const Range = require('../classes/range')
+const parseOptions = require('../internal/parse-options')
 const minSatisfying = (versions, range, options) => {
   let min = null
   let minSV = null
   let rangeObj = null
+  options = parseOptions(options)
   try {
     rangeObj = new Range(range, options)
   } catch (er) {
diff --git a/ranges/outside.js b/ranges/outside.js
index ae99b10a..4fce1e40 100644
--- a/ranges/outside.js
+++ b/ranges/outside.js
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ const gt = require('../functions/gt')
 const lt = require('../functions/lt')
 const lte = require('../functions/lte')
 const gte = require('../functions/gte')
+const parseOptions = require('../internal/parse-options')
 
 const outside = (version, range, hilo, options) => {
+  options = parseOptions(options)
   version = new SemVer(version, options)
   range = new Range(range, options)
 
diff --git a/ranges/simplify.js b/ranges/simplify.js
index 618d5b62..03753d6a 100644
--- a/ranges/simplify.js
+++ b/ranges/simplify.js
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 // If the original range is shorter than the simplified one, return that.
 const satisfies = require('../functions/satisfies.js')
 const compare = require('../functions/compare.js')
+const parseOptions = require('../internal/parse-options.js')
 module.exports = (versions, range, options) => {
+  options = parseOptions(options)
   const set = []
   let first = null
   let prev = null
diff --git a/ranges/subset.js b/ranges/subset.js
index e0dea43c..db915d8c 100644
--- a/ranges/subset.js
+++ b/ranges/subset.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const Comparator = require('../classes/comparator.js')
 const { ANY } = Comparator
 const satisfies = require('../functions/satisfies.js')
 const compare = require('../functions/compare.js')
+const parseOptions = require('../internal/parse-options.js')
 
 // Complex range `r1 || r2 || ...` is a subset of `R1 || R2 || ...` iff:
 // - Every simple range `r1, r2, ...` is a null set, OR
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ const subset = (sub, dom, options = {}) => {
     return true
   }
 
+  options = parseOptions(options)
   sub = new Range(sub, options)
   dom = new Range(dom, options)
   let sawNonNull = false