diff --git a/src/youtube2zim/playlists/scraper.py b/src/youtube2zim/playlists/scraper.py
index f03b4fc3..708095ab 100644
--- a/src/youtube2zim/playlists/scraper.py
+++ b/src/youtube2zim/playlists/scraper.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def run_playlist_zim(self, playlist):
             args.append("--debug")
 
         if self.disable_metadata_checks:
-            args.append("--disable-metadatachecks")
+            args.append("--disable-metadata-checks")
 
         # set metadata args for playlist
         metadata = self.metadata.get(playlist_id, {})