diff --git a/src/wsman.c b/src/wsman.c
index d314acd..d20c1a5 100644
--- a/src/wsman.c
+++ b/src/wsman.c
@@ -633,6 +633,10 @@
 	filter_t *filter = NULL;
 
 
+	if (!wsman_parse_options(argc, argv)) {
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
 	filename = (char *) config_file;
 
 	if (filename) {
@@ -646,9 +650,6 @@
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 	}
-	if (!wsman_parse_options(argc, argv)) {
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
 	initialize_logging();
 	//      wsmc_transport_init(NULL);
 	options = wsmc_options_init();