diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 7e66050c..9fa85599 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void loadServerConfigFromString(char *config) {
                 err = "argument must be 'yes' or 'no'"; goto loaderr;
             }
         } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],"repl-backlog-size") && argc == 2) {
-            long long size = strtoll(argv[0],NULL,10);
+            long long size = strtoll(argv[1],NULL,10);
             if (size <= 0) {
                 err = "repl-backlog-size must be 1 or greater.";
                 goto loaderr;