diff --git a/AMDiS/src/AMDiS.cc b/AMDiS/src/AMDiS.cc
index 76803315dbc3892a436d3e10950a61882ab9bcf4..1448c59b9f7a4ba4510704006110cd25521e1784 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/AMDiS.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/AMDiS.cc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace AMDiS {
 
     TEST_EXIT(argc >= 2)("No init file!\n");
 
-    Parameters::init(string(argv[2]));
+    Parameters::init(string(argv[1]));
     Parameters::readArgv(argc, argv);
   }