diff --git a/src/libprs500/__init__.py b/src/libprs500/__init__.py
index 66127b3d38..ed9dacbed1 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/__init__.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ##    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 ##    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 ''' E-book management software'''
-__version__   = "0.3.71"
+__version__   = "0.3.72"
 __docformat__ = "epytext"
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"
 __appname__   = 'libprs500'
diff --git a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
index c92fb8576c..65473c5c76 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
@@ -1411,12 +1411,11 @@ def option_parser(parser=None, usage='''Usage: %prog [options] mybook.[html|rar|
 
 
 
-def parse_options(argv=None, cli=True, parser=None):
+def parse_options(argv=sys.argv[1:], cli=True, parser=None):
     """ CLI for html -> lrf conversions """
     parser = option_parser(parser)
-    if not argv:
-        argv = sys.argv[1:]
-        options, args = parser.parse_args(args=argv)
+    options, args = parser.parse_args(args=argv)
+    
     if len(args) != 1:
         if cli:
             parser.print_help()