diff --git a/src/ptbench/scripts/train.py b/src/ptbench/scripts/train.py
index e331108db6ec48aaf42fd3593bc0b0abb379849a..8f2f51c923c176a2929a9c78baf1049b43ed53ee 100644
--- a/src/ptbench/scripts/train.py
+++ b/src/ptbench/scripts/train.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ logger = setup(__name__.split(".")[0], format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s")
 )
 @click.option(
     "--device",
-    "-d",
+    "-x",
     help='A string indicating the device to use (e.g. "cpu" or "cuda:0")',
     show_default=True,
     required=True,