diff --git a/scripts/termux-toast b/scripts/termux-toast
index 368c8ef..528d40f 100755
--- a/scripts/termux-toast
+++ b/scripts/termux-toast
@@ -1,26 +1,35 @@
-#!/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/sh
+#!/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash
 set -e -u
 
 SCRIPTNAME=termux-toast
 show_usage () {
-    echo "Usage: termux-toast [-s] [text]"
+    echo "Usage: termux-toast [-b bgcolor] [-c color] [-g gravity] [-s] [text]"
     echo "Show text in a Toast (a transient popup). The text to show is either supplied as arguments or read from stdin if no arguments are given."
+    echo " -h  show this help"
+    echo " -b  set background color (default: gray)"
+    echo " -c  set text color (default: white)"
+    echo " -g  set position of toast: [top, middle, or bottom] (default: middle)"
     echo " -s  only show the toast for a short while"
+    echo "NOTE: color can be a standard name (i.e. red) or 6 / 8 digit hex value (i.e. \"#FF0000\" or \"#FFFF0000\") where order is (AA)RRGGBB. Invalid color will revert to default value"
     exit 0
 }
 
 PARAMS=""
-while getopts :hs option
+while getopts :hsc:b:g: option
 do
     case "$option" in
         h) show_usage;;
-        s) PARAMS="--ez short true";;
+        s) PARAMS=" --ez short true";;
+        c) PARAMS+=" --es text_color $OPTARG";;
+        b) PARAMS+=" --es background $OPTARG";;
+        g) PARAMS+=" --es gravity $OPTARG";;
         ?) echo "$SCRIPTNAME: illegal option -$OPTARG"; exit 1;
     esac
 done
 shift $(($OPTIND-1))
 
 CMD="/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/libexec/termux-api Toast $PARAMS"
+
 if [ $# = 0 ]; then
     $CMD
 else