diff --git a/lib/cli/cli.js b/lib/cli/cli.js
index b51c2a1973..4fd8b18cd7 100755
--- a/lib/cli/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli/cli.js
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ exports.main = (argv = process.argv.slice(2)) => {
       `
     )
     .parserConfiguration(YARGS_PARSER_CONFIG)
-    .parse(argv, loadOptions(argv));
+    .config(loadOptions(argv))
+    .parse(argv);
 };
 
 // allow direct execution