diff --git a/basis/bootstrap/finish-staging.factor b/basis/bootstrap/finish-staging.factor
index 4512d84053..5dd6d4cd53 100644
--- a/basis/bootstrap/finish-staging.factor
+++ b/basis/bootstrap/finish-staging.factor
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-USING: init command-line system namespaces kernel vocabs.loader io ;
+USING: command-line init io kernel namespaces sequences system
+vocabs.loader ;
 
 [
     boot
     do-startup-hooks
-    (command-line) parse-command-line
+    (command-line) rest parse-command-line
     "run" get run
     output-stream get [ stream-flush ] when*
     0 exit