diff --git a/plugins/ps/subcommands/restore b/plugins/ps/subcommands/restore
index 5dc244aba..a363477d1 100755
--- a/plugins/ps/subcommands/restore
+++ b/plugins/ps/subcommands/restore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/ps/functions"
 ps_restore_cmd() {
   declare desc="starts all apps with DOKKU_APP_RESTORE not set to 0 via command line"
   local cmd="ps:restore"
-  local APP="$1"
+  local APP="$2"
 
   if [[ -n "$APP" ]]; then
     DOKKU_APP_RESTORE="$(config_get "$APP" DOKKU_APP_RESTORE || true)"