diff --git a/bin/clean_tags b/bin/clean_tags
index 30b57285c9..23faf428b4 100755
--- a/bin/clean_tags
+++ b/bin/clean_tags
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ while getopts "n" options; do
   esac
 done
 
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+
 if [[ -n $1 ]]; then
     repo=$1
     shift