diff --git a/cli/cli.v b/cli/cli.v
index 2afd5d4c..686762a6 100644
--- a/cli/cli.v
+++ b/cli/cli.v
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ pub fn input_from_args(arguments []string) (string, []string) {
 	opts, unmatched := options_from_arguments(args, Options{}) or { Options{}, args }
 	mut input := opts.input
 	if unmatched.len > 0 && (os.is_dir(unmatched[0]) || os.is_file(unmatched[0])) {
-		input = unmatched[0]
-		args.delete(args.index(input))
+		if unmatched[0] != args[0] or { '' } {
+			input = unmatched[0]
+			args.delete(args.index(input))
+		}
 	} else if opts.input != '' {
 		args.delete(args.index(opts.input))
 	}