diff --git a/jgo/jgo.py b/jgo/jgo.py
index 5d71243..0b1b78f 100644
--- a/jgo/jgo.py
+++ b/jgo/jgo.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def find_endpoint(argv, shortcuts={}):
     pattern = re.compile('.*https?://.*')
     indices = []
     for index, arg in enumerate(argv):
-        if arg in shortcuts or (Endpoint.is_endpoint(arg) and not pattern.match(arg)):
+        if any(a in shortcuts for a in arg.split('+')) or (Endpoint.is_endpoint(arg) and not pattern.match(arg)):
             indices.append(index)
     return -1 if len(indices) == 0 else indices[-1]
 
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ def split_endpoint_string(endpoint_string):
     return endpoint_strings
 
 def endpoints_from_strings(endpoint_strings, shortcuts={}):
+    _logger.debug('Creating endpoints from strings %s with shortcuts %s', endpoint_strings, shortcuts)
     return [Endpoint.parse_endpoint(expand_coordinate(ep, shortcuts=shortcuts)) for ep in endpoint_strings]
 
 def coordinates_from_endpoints(endpoints):
diff --git a/tests/test_shortcut_expansion.py b/tests/test_shortcut_expansion.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ce95ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_shortcut_expansion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import jgo
+import pathlib
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+import logging
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class ExpansionTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_groovy_issue_46(self):
+        shortcuts = {'groovy': 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-groovysh:org.codehaus.groovy.tools.shell.Main+commons-cli:commons-cli:1.3.1'}
+
+        tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='jgo-test-cache-dir')
+        m2_repo = pathlib.Path.home() / '.m2' / 'repository'
+
+        primary_endpoint, workspace = jgo.resolve_dependencies(
+            'groovy',
+            cache_dir    = tmp_dir,
+            m2_repo      = m2_repo,
+            update_cache = True,
+            shortcuts    = shortcuts,
+            verbose      = 1)
+        _logger.debug('Got primary_endpoint %s and workspace %s', primary_endpoint, workspace)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    unittest.main()
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