diff --git a/src/router/router.go b/src/router/router.go
index aee75c08c..3169a365a 100644
--- a/src/router/router.go
+++ b/src/router/router.go
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ func main() {
 	var configFile string
 	var env string
 	flag.StringVar(&configFile, "c", "", "Config file name")
-	flag.StringVar(&env, "e", "development", "environment")
+	// when this was e, it was erroring out.
+	flag.StringVar(&env, "e2", "development", "environment")
 
 	flag.Parse() // Scans the arg list and sets up flags