diff --git a/configuration_flags.go b/configuration_flags.go
index d297d78..a8dc0d5 100644
--- a/configuration_flags.go
+++ b/configuration_flags.go
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ func (c *Configuration) CheckFlags() error {
 	flag.BoolVar(&c.RingBufferPersistStore, "ringBufferPersistStore", fc.RingBufferPersistStore, "true/false for enabling the persisting of ringbuffer to disk")
 	flag.IntVar(&c.RingBufferSize, "ringBufferSize", fc.RingBufferSize, "size of the ringbuffer")
 	flag.StringVar(&c.SocketFolder, "socketFolder", fc.SocketFolder, "folder who contains the socket file. Defaults to ./tmp/. If other folder is used this flag must be specified at startup.")
-	flag.StringVar(&c.ReadFolder, "readfolder", fc.ReadFolder, "folder who contains the readfolder. Defaults to ./readfolder/. If other folder is used this flag must be specified at startup.")
+	flag.StringVar(&c.ReadFolder, "readFolder", fc.ReadFolder, "folder who contains the readfolder. Defaults to ./readfolder/. If other folder is used this flag must be specified at startup.")
 	flag.StringVar(&c.TCPListener, "tcpListener", fc.TCPListener, "start up a TCP listener in addition to the Unix Socket, to give messages to the system. e.g. localhost:8888. No value means not to start the listener, which is default. NB: You probably don't want to start this on any other interface than localhost")
 	flag.StringVar(&c.HTTPListener, "httpListener", fc.HTTPListener, "start up a HTTP listener in addition to the Unix Socket, to give messages to the system. e.g. localhost:8888. No value means not to start the listener, which is default. NB: You probably don't want to start this on any other interface than localhost")
 	flag.StringVar(&c.DatabaseFolder, "databaseFolder", fc.DatabaseFolder, "folder who contains the database file. Defaults to ./var/lib/. If other folder is used this flag must be specified at startup.")