diff --git a/lib/SLUB/LZA/Rosetta/TA/Command/init.pm b/lib/SLUB/LZA/Rosetta/TA/Command/init.pm
index 774bec86741975cdca8da0d873d506f14c9fa54b..867f01187d12eb2fbd561e7adda14f2e6f4b7381 100644
--- a/lib/SLUB/LZA/Rosetta/TA/Command/init.pm
+++ b/lib/SLUB/LZA/Rosetta/TA/Command/init.pm
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ sub opt_spec {
         ["verbose|v" => "enable verbose output"],
         ["rosettahost|r=s" => "host adress where Rosetta runs", {required=>1}],
         ["logdir|l=s" => "logdir where rosetta stores it server log files", {required=>1}],
-        ["authentication|a" => "enable authentification (needed if Rosetta's general parameter 'sru_authentication=true'), password is stored salted only in config file!", {required=>0}],
-        ["httponly" => "with this flag only HTTP (instead HTTPS) is used", {required=>0}],
+        ["authentication|a" => "enable authentification (needed if Rosetta's general parameter 'sru_authentication=true'), password is stored salted only in config file!"],
+        ["httponly" => "with this flag only HTTP (instead HTTPS) is used"],
     );
 }
 sub validate_args {