diff --git a/bob/bio/base/script/baseline.py b/bob/bio/base/script/baseline.py
index 63758fae181dea04221cf19dab78c614f1731677..e0c2091238b1b7764705d0775df88d296c9841cc 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/script/baseline.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/script/baseline.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("bob.bio.base")
 @click.argument('database', required=True)
 @verbosity_option()
 @click.pass_context
-def baseline(ctx, baseline, database):
+def baseline(ctx, baseline, database, **kwargs):
     """Run a biometric recognition baseline.
 
     \b
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def baseline(ctx, baseline, database):
         sub_directory = os.path.join(database, baseline)
     else:
         sub_directory = baseline
-        
+
     logger.debug('Database groups are %s', database_data["groups"])
 
     # call verify with newly generated config file. We will create a new config
diff --git a/bob/bio/base/script/gen.py b/bob/bio/base/script/gen.py
index 0c4d382756ecdbc703e12281b5717fd46b3f76f1..547c4baa1114c36278e8207208239611b121b38c 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/script/gen.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/script/gen.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def write_scores_to_file(neg, pos, filename, n_sys=1, five_col=False):
 @click.option('-n', '--n-sys', default=1, type=click.INT, show_default=True)
 @click.option('--five-col/--four-col', default=False, show_default=True)
 @verbosity_option()
-def gen(outdir, mean_match, mean_non_match, n_sys, five_col):
+def gen(outdir, mean_match, mean_non_match, n_sys, five_col, **kwargs):
     """Generate random scores.
     Generates random scores in 4col or 5col format. The scores are generated
     using Gaussian distribution whose mean is an input