diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index da71739c4..6a99f6e2d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
                 static QTextStream in(stdin, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
                 password = in.readLine();
             }
+            mainWindow.openDatabase(filename, password, parser.value(keyfileOption));
         }
     }