diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index c026122f..f14e6447 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -343,12 +343,12 @@ static struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_base_options[] = {
 	{"chdir", required_argument, 0, "chdir to specified directory before apps loading", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uwsgi.chdir, 0},
 	{"chdir2", required_argument, 0, "chdir to specified directory after apps loading", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uwsgi.chdir2, 0},
 	{"lazy", no_argument, 0, "set lazy mode (load apps in workers instead of master)", uwsgi_opt_true, &uwsgi.lazy, 0},
-	{"cheap", no_argument, 0, "set cheap mode (spawn workers only after the first request)", uwsgi_opt_true, &uwsgi.cheap, 0},
+	{"cheap", no_argument, 0, "set cheap mode (spawn workers only after the first request)", uwsgi_opt_true, &uwsgi.cheap, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER},
 	{"cheaper", required_argument, 0, "set cheaper mode (adaptive process spawning)", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &uwsgi.cheaper_count, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER|UWSGI_OPT_CHEAPER},
 	{"cheaper-algo", required_argument, 0, "choose to algorithm used for adaptive process spawning)", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uwsgi.requested_cheaper_algo, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER},
 	{"cheaper-step", required_argument, 0, "number of additional processes to spawn at each overload", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &uwsgi.cheaper_step, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER|UWSGI_OPT_CHEAPER},
 	{"cheaper-overload", required_argument, 0, "increase workers after specified overload", uwsgi_opt_set_64bit, &uwsgi.cheaper_overload, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER|UWSGI_OPT_CHEAPER},
-	{"idle", required_argument, 0, "set idle mode (put uWSGI in cheap mode after inactivity)", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &uwsgi.idle, 0},
+	{"idle", required_argument, 0, "set idle mode (put uWSGI in cheap mode after inactivity)", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &uwsgi.idle, UWSGI_OPT_MASTER},
 	{"die-on-idle", no_argument, 0, "shutdown uWSGI when idle", uwsgi_opt_true, &uwsgi.die_on_idle, 0},
 	{"mount", required_argument, 0, "load application under mountpoint", uwsgi_opt_add_app, NULL,0},
 #ifdef UWSGI_PCRE