diff --git a/src/CliRunner.class.php b/src/CliRunner.class.php
index d63e7b5..e678781 100644
--- a/src/CliRunner.class.php
+++ b/src/CliRunner.class.php
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ function applyParamsFromFile($file_name)
 
   function setCliParams(array $argv)
   {
-    $this->command = array_shift(self::parseArgs($argv));
+    $parsedArgs = self::parseArgs($argv);
+    $this->command = array_shift( $parsedArgs);
     $this->params = array_slice(self::parseArgs($argv), 1);
   }