diff --git a/beat/web/backend/management/commands/qsetup.py b/beat/web/backend/management/commands/qsetup.py
index 5c57beeafdd735e5c034292a184615a4bb629c6e..080d869647301e62cc08f5b61cb68893a66aa140 100644
--- a/beat/web/backend/management/commands/qsetup.py
+++ b/beat/web/backend/management/commands/qsetup.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 default=False, help='Delete all environment/worker/queues ' \
                         'before setting the given configuration')
 
-        parser.add_argument('qconfig', type=str, nargs='?',
+        parser.add_argument('config', type=str, nargs='?',
                 help='Optional custom queue configuration to use. If not ' \
                         'passed, uses an internal default with a single ' \
                         'queue/worker/%d slots' % CORES)
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             setup_backend(RESET_CONFIGURATION)
 
         config = None
-        if arguments['qconfig']:
-            with open(arguments['qconfig'], 'rb') as f:
+        if arguments['config']:
+            with open(arguments['config'], 'rb') as f:
                 config = simplejson.load(f)
 
         setup_backend(config or DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION)