diff --git a/ntuple_nuVeto_small.py b/ntuple_nuVeto_small.py
index c5dc16e..a6c2c26 100644
--- a/ntuple_nuVeto_small.py
+++ b/ntuple_nuVeto_small.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 # Parse commandline inputs
 try:
-    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "n:t:f:o:v:", ['--Ethr='])
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "n:t:f:o:v:", ['Ethr='])
 except getopt.GetoptError:
     # print help information and exit:
     print '\tUSAGE: -f inputfile.root -o outputfile.root -t sampleType (sig, nuBg or cosmics) -n maxevents -v verbose (0 or 1)'