diff --git a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/runtime/main/MainStarter.java b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/runtime/main/MainStarter.java
index bfdb763d6..559fe202f 100644
--- a/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/runtime/main/MainStarter.java
+++ b/li.strolch.agent/src/main/java/li/strolch/runtime/main/MainStarter.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
-import org.apache.commons.cli.GnuParser;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.HelpFormatter;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class MainStarter {
 	public int parseArgs(String[] args) {
 
 		// create the parser
-		CommandLineParser parser = new GnuParser();
+		CommandLineParser parser = new DefaultParser();
 		CommandLine line;
 		try {
 			// parse the command line arguments