diff --git a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_parse.c b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_parse.c
index 4fedfc06927ae37d43ea92c799b8e7c01b1a63bc..db1a6849219652095f404d894c5408299f87c5a2 100644
--- a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_parse.c
+++ b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_parse.c
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ int ssexec_parse(int argc, char const *const *argv, ssexec_t *info)
 
         for (;;)
         {
-            int opt = getopt_args(argc,argv, ">" OPTS_PARSE, &l) ;
+            int opt = subgetopt_r(argc,argv, OPTS_PARSE, &l) ;
             if (opt == -1) break ;
-            if (opt == -2) log_die(LOG_EXIT_USER, "options must be set first") ;
+
             switch (opt)
             {
                 case 'f' :