diff --git a/R/use_crate.R b/R/use_crate.R
index 4103130a..38cfcd5d 100644
--- a/R/use_crate.R
+++ b/R/use_crate.R
@@ -52,31 +52,32 @@ use_crate <- function(
   check_bool(optional)
   check_string(path)
 
+  if (!is.null(version) && !is.null(git)) {
+    cli::cli_abort(
+      "Cannot specify a git URL ('{git}') with a version ('{version}')."
+    )
+  }
+
   if (!is.null(version)) {
     crate <- paste0(crate, "@", version)
   }
 
-  # combine main options
-  cargo_add_opts <- list(
-    "--features" = paste0(features, collapse = " "),
-    "--git" = git,
-    "--optional" = tolower(as.character(optional))
-  )
-
-  # clear empty options
-  is_null_or_empty_string <- function(x) {
-    !nzchar(x) || rlang::is_empty(x)
+  if (!is.null(features)) {
+    features <- c(
+      "--features",
+      paste(crate, features, sep = "/", collapse = ",")
+    )
   }
 
-  cargo_add_opts <- purrr::discard(cargo_add_opts, is_null_or_empty_string)
+  if (!is.null(git)) {
+    git <- c("--git", git)
+  }
 
-  # combine option names and values into single strings
-  adtl_args <- unname(purrr::imap_chr(
-    cargo_add_opts,
-    function(x, i) {
-      paste(i, paste0(x, collapse = " "))
-    }
-  ))
+  if (optional) {
+    optional <- "--optional"
+  } else {
+    optional <- NULL
+  }
 
   # get rust directory in project folder
   root <- rprojroot::find_package_root_file(path = path)
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ use_crate <- function(
   # run the commmand
   processx::run(
     "cargo",
-    c("add", crate, adtl_args),
+    c("add", crate, features, git),
     echo_cmd = TRUE,
     wd = rust_folder
   )
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-use_crate.R b/tests/testthat/test-use_crate.R
index 7254168f..e94815ff 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-use_crate.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-use_crate.R
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ test_that("use_crate() adds dependency to package or workspace", {
 
   use_crate(
     "serde",
-    features = "derive",
-    git = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde",
-    version = "1.0.1"
+    features = "derive",    
+    version = "1.0.1",
+    path = path
   )
 
   metadata <- read_cargo_metadata(path)
@@ -24,7 +24,5 @@ test_that("use_crate() adds dependency to package or workspace", {
 
   expect_equal(dependency[["features"]], "derive")
 
-  expect_equal(dependency[["source"]], "git+https://github.com/serde-rs/serde")
-
   expect_equal(dependency[["req"]], "^1.0.1")
 })