diff --git a/calibre-plugin/fff_plugin.py b/calibre-plugin/fff_plugin.py
index 5f97f136..787430b7 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/fff_plugin.py
+++ b/calibre-plugin/fff_plugin.py
@@ -2382,14 +2382,9 @@ class FanFicFarePlugin(InterfaceAction):
 
     def convert_url_to_book(self, url):
         book = self.make_book()
-        # look here for [\d,\d] at end of url, and remove?
-        mc = re.match(r"^(?P<url>.*?)(?:\[(?P<begin>\d+)?(?P<comma>[,-])?(?P<end>\d+)?\])?$",url)
-        #print("url:(%s) begin:(%s) end:(%s)"%(mc.group('url'),mc.group('begin'),mc.group('end')))
-        url = mc.group('url')
-        book['begin'] = mc.group('begin')
-        book['end'] = mc.group('end')
-        if book['begin'] and not mc.group('comma'):
-            book['end'] = book['begin']
+        # Allow chapter range with URL.
+        # like test1.com?sid=5[4-6] or [4,6]
+        url,book['begin'],book['end'] = adapters.get_url_chapter_range(url)
 
         self.set_book_url_and_comment(book,url) # normalizes book[url]
         # for case of trying to download book by sections. url[1-5], url[6-10], etc.
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/__init__.py b/fanficfare/adapters/__init__.py
index 89c53fbc..89375ba1 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/__init__.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/__init__.py
@@ -200,6 +200,18 @@ for x in imports():
             l.append(cls)
             __domain_map[site]=l
 
+def get_url_chapter_range(url_in):
+    # Allow chapter range with URL.
+    # like test1.com?sid=5[4-6] or [4,6]
+    mc = re.match(r"^(?P<url>.*?)(?:\[(?P<begin>\d+)?(?P<comma>[,-])?(?P<end>\d+)?\])?$",url_in)
+    #print("url:(%s) begin:(%s) end:(%s)"%(mc.group('url'),mc.group('begin'),mc.group('end')))
+    url = mc.group('url')
+    ch_begin = mc.group('begin')
+    ch_end = mc.group('end')
+    if ch_begin and not mc.group('comma'):
+        ch_end = ch_begin
+    return url,ch_begin,ch_end
+
 def getNormalStoryURL(url):
     r = getNormalStoryURLSite(url)
     if r:
diff --git a/fanficfare/cli.py b/fanficfare/cli.py
index af53d3f3..71ce1113 100644
--- a/fanficfare/cli.py
+++ b/fanficfare/cli.py
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ def main(argv=None,
         parser = OptionParser('usage: %prog [options] [STORYURL]...')
     parser.add_option('-f', '--format', dest='format', default='epub',
                       help='write story as FORMAT, epub(default), mobi, txt or html', metavar='FORMAT')
-
     if passed_defaultsini:
         config_help = 'read config from specified file(s) in addition to calibre plugin personal.ini, ~/.fanficfare/personal.ini, and ./personal.ini'
     else:
@@ -86,10 +85,11 @@ def main(argv=None,
     parser.add_option('-c', '--config',
                       action='append', dest='configfile', default=None,
                       help=config_help, metavar='CONFIG')
+    range_help = '  --begin and --end will be overridden by a chapter range on the STORYURL like STORYURL[1-2], STORYURL[-3], STORYURL[3-] or STORYURL[3]'
     parser.add_option('-b', '--begin', dest='begin', default=None,
-                      help='Begin with Chapter START', metavar='START')
+                      help='Begin with Chapter START.'+range_help, metavar='START')
     parser.add_option('-e', '--end', dest='end', default=None,
-                      help='End with Chapter END', metavar='END')
+                      help='End with Chapter END.'+range_help, metavar='END')
     parser.add_option('-o', '--option',
                       action='append', dest='options',
                       help='set an option NAME=VALUE', metavar='NAME=VALUE')
@@ -314,6 +314,11 @@ def do_download(arg,
                                       output_filename)
 
     try:
+        # Allow chapter range with URL.
+        # like test1.com?sid=5[4-6] or [4,6]
+        # Overrides CLI options if present.
+        url,ch_begin,ch_end = adapters.get_url_chapter_range(url)
+
         adapter = adapters.getAdapter(configuration, url)
 
         ## Share pagecache and cookiejar between multiple downloads.
@@ -324,7 +329,11 @@ def do_download(arg,
         configuration.set_pagecache(options.pagecache)
         configuration.set_cookiejar(options.cookiejar)
 
-        adapter.setChaptersRange(options.begin, options.end)
+        # url[begin-end] overrides CLI option if present.
+        if ch_begin or ch_end:
+            adapter.setChaptersRange(ch_begin, ch_end)
+        else:
+            adapter.setChaptersRange(options.begin, options.end)
 
         # check for updating from URL (vs from file)
         if options.update and not chaptercount:
diff --git a/webservice/main.py b/webservice/main.py
index 6c1b0275..a94b281c 100644
--- a/webservice/main.py
+++ b/webservice/main.py
@@ -353,14 +353,8 @@ class FanfictionDownloader(UserConfigServer):
             return
 
         # Allow chapter range with URL.
-        # test1.com?sid=5[4-6]
-        mc = re.match(r"^(?P<url>.*?)(?:\[(?P<begin>\d+)?(?P<comma>[,-])?(?P<end>\d+)?\])?$",url)
-        #print("url:(%s) begin:(%s) end:(%s)"%(mc.group('url'),mc.group('begin'),mc.group('end')))
-        url = mc.group('url')
-        ch_begin = mc.group('begin')
-        ch_end = mc.group('end')
-        if ch_begin and not mc.group('comma'):
-            ch_end = ch_begin
+        # like test1.com?sid=5[4-6] or [4,6]
+        url,ch_begin,ch_end = adapters.get_url_chapter_range(url)
 
         logging.info("Queuing Download: %s" % url)
         login = self.request.get('login')