diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index f46ec4d7..0b179aec 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+2.5.8
+=======
+
+
+- Corrected forgotten --d CLI shortcut
+
 2.5.7
 =======
 2022-11-07
 
-- Import of ZF1 invoices (thanks to Stefan Schmaltz https://github.com/ZUGFeRD/mustangproject/pull/292) 
+- Import of ZF1 invoices (thanks to Stefan Schmaltz https://github.com/ZUGFeRD/mustangproject/pull/292)
 - works again in Java 1.8 (#286)
 - updated Jackson https://github.com/ZUGFeRD/mustangproject/pull/293
 - now also running EN16931 checks on Basic, which apparently is also a CIUS 
diff --git a/Mustang-CLI/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/commandline/Main.java b/Mustang-CLI/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/commandline/Main.java
index 048dff03..97084b41 100755
--- a/Mustang-CLI/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/commandline/Main.java
+++ b/Mustang-CLI/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/commandline/Main.java
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ public class Main {
 			options.addOption(new Option("", "out",true, "which output file to write to"));
 			options.addOption(new Option("", "no-notices",false, "suppress non-fatal errors"));
 			options.addOption(new Option("", "logAppend",true, "freeform text to be appended to log messages"));
-			options.addOption(new Option("", "directory",true, "which directory to operate on"));
+			options.addOption(new Option("d", "directory",true, "which directory to operate on"));
 			options.addOption(new Option("i", "ignorefileextension",false, "ignore non-matching file extensions"));
 			options.addOption(new Option("l", "listfromstdin",false, "take list of files from commandline"));
 			boolean optionsRecognized=false;