diff --git a/git-flow-release b/git-flow-release
index aea6e42..05815bc 100644
--- a/git-flow-release
+++ b/git-flow-release
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 	eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
 
 	# read arguments into global variables
-	VERSION=$(last_arg "$@")
+	VERSION=$1
 	BRANCH=$PREFIX$VERSION
 }