diff --git a/solhint.js b/solhint.js
index 2803e869..44341d28 100755
--- a/solhint.js
+++ b/solhint.js
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@ function init() {
     program
         .usage('[options] <file> [...other_files]')
         .option('-f, --formatter [name]', 'report formatter name (stylish, table, tap, unix)')
+        .option('-q, --quiet', 'report errors only - default: false')
         .description('Linter for Solidity programming language')
         .action(execMainAction);
 
-    program
-        .option('-q, --quiet', 'report errors only - default: false');
-
     program
         .command('stdin')
         .description('linting of source code data provided to STDIN')
@@ -43,8 +41,8 @@ function execMainAction() {
     const reports =_.flatten(reportLists);
 
     if (program.quiet) {
-        // Setting int the report list errors only.
-        reports[0].reports  = getErrorResults(reports);
+        // filter the list of reports, to set errors only.
+        reports[0].reports  = reports[0].reports.filter(i => i.severity === 2);
     }
 
     printReports(reports, program.formatter);
@@ -121,17 +119,6 @@ function processPath(path) {
     return linter.processPath(path, readConfig());
 }
 
-
-/**
-     * Returns results that only contains errors.
-     * @param {LintResult[]} reporter The results to filter.
-     * @returns {LintResult[]} The filtered results.
-**/
-function getErrorResults(reporter) {
-    return reporter[0].reports.filter(i => i.severity === 2);
-
-}
-
 function printReports(reports, formatter) {
     const formatterName = formatter || 'stylish';
     const formatterFn = require(`eslint/lib/formatters/${formatterName}`);