diff --git a/processors/shacl-validator-kt/src/main/kotlin/SHACLValidator.kt b/processors/shacl-validator-kt/src/main/kotlin/SHACLValidator.kt
index e9888c7..6165ff7 100644
--- a/processors/shacl-validator-kt/src/main/kotlin/SHACLValidator.kt
+++ b/processors/shacl-validator-kt/src/main/kotlin/SHACLValidator.kt
@@ -17,30 +17,30 @@ class SHACLValidator(args: Arguments) : Processor(args) {
   private val errorIsFatalDefault = false
 
   /** Arguments. */
-  private val fatal: Boolean? = arguments["validation_is_fatal"]
-  private val incoming: ReceiveChannel<ByteArray> = arguments["incoming"]
-  private val outgoing: SendChannel<ByteArray> = arguments["outgoing"]
-  private val report: SendChannel<ByteArray>? = arguments["report"]
-  private val path: String = arguments["shapes"]
+  private val fatal: Boolean? by args
+  private val incoming: ReceiveChannel<ByteArray> by args
+  private val outgoing: SendChannel<ByteArray> by args
+  private val report: SendChannel<ByteArray>? by args
+  private val shapes: String by args
 
   /** Runtime fields. */
-  private val shapes: Graph
+  private val shapesGraph: Graph
   private val validator = ShaclValidator.get()
 
   init {
     // Initialize the shape graph and validator.
-    Log.shared.debug { "Loading: $path" }
+    Log.shared.debug { "Loading: $shapes" }
 
-    // Create a new model with the SHACL shapes.
+    // Create a new model with the SHACL shapesGraph.
     val model = ModelFactory.createOntologyModel(OntModelSpec.OWL_MEM)
     try {
-      model.read(path, "TURTLE")
+      model.read(shapes, "TURTLE")
     } catch (e: RiotException) {
-      Log.shared.fatal("Failed to read SHACL shapes from file://$path")
+      Log.shared.fatal("Failed to read SHACL shapesGraph from file://$shapes")
     }
 
-    // Assign its graph to the shapes field.
-    this.shapes = model.graph
+    // Assign its graph to the shapesGraph field.
+    this.shapesGraph = model.graph
   }
 
   /** Read incoming data, validate it, and output it. */
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class SHACLValidator(args: Arguments) : Processor(args) {
       }
 
       // Validate the model.
-      val report = validator.validate(shapes, model.graph)
+      val report = validator.validate(shapesGraph, model.graph)
 
       if (report.conforms()) {
         Log.shared.debug { "Validation successful." }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/runner/impl/jvm/Arguments.kt b/src/main/kotlin/runner/impl/jvm/Arguments.kt
index b1daa2d..b073354 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/runner/impl/jvm/Arguments.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/runner/impl/jvm/Arguments.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package technology.idlab.runner.impl.jvm
 
+import kotlin.reflect.KProperty
 import kotlin.reflect.KType
 import kotlin.reflect.full.isSubclassOf
 import kotlin.reflect.full.isSuperclassOf
@@ -105,6 +106,10 @@ data class Arguments(
     }
   }
 
+  inline operator fun <reified T> getValue(thisRef: Any, property: KProperty<*>): T {
+    return this.get<T>(property.name)
+  }
+
   companion object {
     /**
      * Parse a (nested) map into type-safe arguments. This method calls itself recursively for all
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/runner/impl/jvm/ArgumentsTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/runner/impl/jvm/ArgumentsTest.kt
index 57f07c0..e556d86 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/runner/impl/jvm/ArgumentsTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/runner/impl/jvm/ArgumentsTest.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,25 @@ class ArgumentsTest {
     Log.shared.setFatalMode(Log.FatalMode.EXCEPTION)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun delegation() {
+    val args =
+        Arguments(
+            mapOf(
+                "words" to listOf("the", "a"),
+                "present" to listOf(true),
+            ))
+    val obj =
+        object {
+          val words: List<String> by args
+          val present: Boolean? by args
+          val nulled: Boolean? by args
+        }
+    assertEquals(listOf("the", "a"), obj.words)
+    assertEquals(true, obj.present)
+    assertEquals(null, obj.nulled)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun single() {
     val args = Arguments(mapOf("key" to listOf("value")))