diff --git a/frontend/main.c b/frontend/main.c
index e7f1fa11..7b4292f4 100644
--- a/frontend/main.c
+++ b/frontend/main.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             {"mirror", 0, 0, 0},
             {"dotty", 0, 0, 0},
             {"dotsize", 1, 0, 0},
-            {"eci", 1, 0, 'e'},
+            {"eci", 1, 0, 0},
             {"filetype", 1, 0, 0},
             {0, 0, 0, 0}
         };