diff --git a/contrib/filter-repo-demos/clean-ignore b/contrib/filter-repo-demos/clean-ignore
index d2d2c12..06823ee 100755
--- a/contrib/filter-repo-demos/clean-ignore
+++ b/contrib/filter-repo-demos/clean-ignore
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class CheckIgnores:
 
 def main():
   checker = CheckIgnores()
-  args = fr.FilteringOptions.default_options()
+  args = fr.FilteringOptions.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
   filter = fr.RepoFilter(args, commit_callback=checker.skip_ignores)
   filter.run()