diff --git a/flags.go b/flags.go
index 01400f9..54f5e56 100644
--- a/flags.go
+++ b/flags.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-var commandLine = flag.NewFlagSet("gocommon", flag.ExitOnError)
+var commandLine = flag.NewFlagSet("gocommon", flag.ContinueOnError)
 var devflag = commandLine.Bool("dev", false, "")
 var configfileflag = commandLine.String("config", "", "")
 var PrefixPtr = commandLine.String("prefix", "", "'")