diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b0e9657b..d905db71 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a12-197-g51ca08719e+1
\ No newline at end of file
+a12-198-g0605b7df8c+1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/src/option.c b/common/src/option.c
index fe344ff0..c1a096f3 100644
--- a/common/src/option.c
+++ b/common/src/option.c
@@ -297,6 +297,13 @@ bool option_parse(int argc, char * argv[])
       free(arg);
     }
 
+    if (!o)
+    {
+      DEBUG_WARN("Ignored unknown argument: %s", argv[a]);
+      free(value);
+      continue;
+    }
+
     if (!value)
     {
       if (o->type == OPTION_TYPE_BOOL)
@@ -311,13 +318,6 @@ bool option_parse(int argc, char * argv[])
       }
     }
 
-    if (!o)
-    {
-      DEBUG_WARN("Ignored unknown argument: %s", argv[a]);
-      free(value);
-      continue;
-    }
-
     option_set(o, value);
     free(value);
   }