diff --git a/scripts/labkey_to_snakemake.py b/scripts/labkey_to_snakemake.py
index f5388959dfa07b880049e1bf4f8c3b7a2c983c54..4456e0089d4aba1b3fc3407a767dd9a0a648fedb 100755
--- a/scripts/labkey_to_snakemake.py
+++ b/scripts/labkey_to_snakemake.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def main():
     parser = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__,
                             formatter_class=RawTextHelpFormatter)
 
-    parser.add_argument("--genomes_path",
+    parser.add_argument("genomes_path",
                         help="Path containing the FASTA and GTF " +
                         " files for all organisms",
                         metavar="GENOMES PATH")
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("--trim_polya",
                         type=int,
                         choices=[True, False],
+                        default=True,
                         help="Trim poly-As option")
 
     parser.add_argument("--multimappers",