diff --git a/Userland/Shell/main.cpp b/Userland/Shell/main.cpp
index 8ce039b4b7..42d1ad2a5a 100644
--- a/Userland/Shell/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Shell/main.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     parser.add_positional_argument(file_to_read_from, "File to read commands from", "file", Core::ArgsParser::Required::No);
     parser.add_positional_argument(script_args, "Extra arguments to pass to the script (via $* and co)", "argument", Core::ArgsParser::Required::No);
 
+    parser.set_stop_on_first_non_option(true);
     parser.parse(arguments);
 
     if (format) {