diff --git a/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBTechnicalMetadataExtractorMediaConchPlugin.java b/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBTechnicalMetadataExtractorMediaConchPlugin.java
index 36dea068d80470c60520004ef1d858be6a28bf20..f38963808bb089bc90bf33b4196314707eaf4a77 100644
--- a/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBTechnicalMetadataExtractorMediaConchPlugin.java
+++ b/java/org/slub/rosetta/dps/repository/plugin/SLUBTechnicalMetadataExtractorMediaConchPlugin.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class SLUBTechnicalMetadataExtractorMediaConchPlugin implements MDExtract
 
         // mediaconch validation
         try {
-            String execstring = this.mediaconch_binary_path + " " + filePath + " " + this.mediaconch_profile_path;
+            String execstring = this.mediaconch_binary_path + " -p " + this.mediaconch_profile_path + " " + filePath;
             System.out.println("executing: " + execstring);
             Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(execstring);
             p.waitFor();