diff --git a/tiramisu_cmdline_parser.py b/tiramisu_cmdline_parser.py
index 1730be1..31cc8e5 100644
--- a/tiramisu_cmdline_parser.py
+++ b/tiramisu_cmdline_parser.py
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ class TiramisuCmdlineParser(ArgumentParser):
                 elif option.type() == 'int':
                     kwargs['type'] = int
                 elif option.issymlinkoption():
-                    option = option.impl_getopt()
-                    actions[option.impl_getname()][0].insert(0, args[0])
+                    actions[option.name(follow_symlink=True)][0].insert(0, args[0])
                     continue
                 elif option.type() == 'choice':
                     kwargs['choices'] = obj.value.list()