diff --git a/src/sscocaller.nim b/src/sscocaller.nim
index 83d7b2ad4e84d3f0b56660785ecd7331008e0d71..4624cd6015edf4c038b23987ea9106fc233411ca 100755
--- a/src/sscocaller.nim
+++ b/src/sscocaller.nim
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ Options:
   if($args["--threads"] != "nil"):
       threads = parse_int($args["--threads"])
   if($args["--cellbarcode"] != "nil"):
-      barcodeTag = $args["--barcodeTag"]
+      barcodeTag = $args["--cellbarcode"]
   else: threads = 4
   if($args["--minDP"] != "nil"):
       mindp = parse_int($args["--minDP"])