diff --git a/src/scripts/logtail.sh b/src/scripts/logtail.sh
index f3fc123d1..1b6f06e28 100755
--- a/src/scripts/logtail.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/logtail.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ while true; do
 done
 
 # first sort the existing log lines
-tail --quiet --lines=${lines} -- "$@"  | sort -k1 || true # ignore error if files are missing
+tail --quiet --lines=${lines} "$@"  | sort -k1 || true # ignore error if files are missing
 
 exec tail ${follow} --lines=0 "$@"