diff --git a/DDG4/examples/SiDSim.py b/DDG4/examples/SiDSim.py
index 167ebce327d90f94e9ed6b1f8384e9722fa87328..130c080d7859638c71c0f6dc429f07d8b115491f 100644
--- a/DDG4/examples/SiDSim.py
+++ b/DDG4/examples/SiDSim.py
@@ -39,13 +39,12 @@ def help():
   logging.info("                                Macro file is optional")
   logging.info("       -macro <file>            Start G4 macro        ")
   logging.info("       -batch                   Batch execution       ")
-  logging.info("       -events <number>         If batch: number of events to be executed");
+  logging.info("       -events <number>         If batch: number of events to be executed")
 
 
 def run():
   args = DDG4.CommandLine()
   #
-
   if args.help:
     help()
     sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/DDG4/python/DDG4.py b/DDG4/python/DDG4.py
index 190f720f93cf874e854d1dfe35972b20aa2ef198..7d000ba214537578fd594a870143a325777b0568 100644
--- a/DDG4/python/DDG4.py
+++ b/DDG4/python/DDG4.py
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ class CommandLine:
   def __init__(self, help=None):
     import sys
     self.data = {}
+    help_call = help
     have_help = False
     for i in range(len(sys.argv)):
       if sys.argv[i][0] == '-':