diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbscon.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbscon.c
index 9bb4440ef41931e80ed65586f1d83858aed8957e..2380adc217ec4ef2ca8b1331928b12f16d5fbae8 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbscon.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbscon.c
@@ -802,6 +802,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		arg=argv[i];
 		while(*arg=='-')
 			arg++;
+		if(strchr(arg,BACKSLASH))	/* ini_file name */
+			continue;
 		if(!stricmp(arg,"defaults")) {
 			printf("Default settings:\n");
 			printf("\n");