diff --git a/tracefile/tracefile b/tracefile/tracefile
index 3b6ded0..b57bbff 100755
--- a/tracefile/tracefile
+++ b/tracefile/tracefile
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ use Getopt::Long;
 
 $Global::progname = "tracefile";
 
-Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling","pass_through");
+Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling","require_order");
 get_options_from_array(\@ARGV) || die_usage();
 
 if(not ($opt::exists or $opt::nonexists or $opt::all or $opt::dir or $opt::file)) {