diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 43a5383c0..5e16213b9 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -957,6 +957,9 @@ void MainWindow::processParams(const QStringList& params) {
   const bool useTorrentAdditionDialog = pref.useAdditionDialog();
   foreach (QString param, params) {
     param = param.trimmed();
+    if (param.startsWith("--"))
+      continue;
+
     if (misc::isUrl(param)) {
       QBtSession::instance()->downloadFromUrl(param);
     }else{