diff --git a/git-flow-hotfix b/git-flow-hotfix
index 545b5e7..5660131 100644
--- a/git-flow-hotfix
+++ b/git-flow-hotfix
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 	eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
 
 	# read arguments into global variables
-	VERSION=$(last_arg "$@")
+	VERSION=$1
 	BRANCH=$PREFIX$VERSION
 }