diff --git a/src/activate/activate.c b/src/activate/activate.c
index a24c66ae3..da93dbf99 100644
--- a/src/activate/activate.c
+++ b/src/activate/activate.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         assert(argc >= 0);
         assert(argv);
 
-        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hl:saE:", options, NULL)) >= 0)
+        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+hl:aE:", options, NULL)) >= 0)
                 switch(c) {
                 case 'h':
                         help();