diff --git a/dotfiles/bin/secretfiles b/dotfiles/bin/secretfiles
index f625511..ae22c41 100755
--- a/dotfiles/bin/secretfiles
+++ b/dotfiles/bin/secretfiles
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ LONGOPTS=passbase:,file:,help,identity:,key:,output:,path:
 # -temporarily store output to be able to check for errors
 # -activate quoting/enhanced mode (e.g. by writing out “--options”)
 # -pass arguments only via   -- "$@"   to separate them correctly
-! PARSED=$(getopt --options=${OPTIONS} --longoptions=${LONGOPTS} --name "$(basename ${0})" -- "${@}")
+! PARSED=$(getopt --options=${OPTIONS} --longoptions=${LONGOPTS} --name "$(basename ${0})" -- "${@:--h}")
 if [[ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 ]]; then
     # e.g. return value is 1
     #  then getopt has complained about wrong arguments to stdout