diff --git a/src/im_mad/remotes/ec2.d/poll b/src/im_mad/remotes/ec2.d/poll
index 5ecdc0c7cc..27aa4561fa 100755
--- a/src/im_mad/remotes/ec2.d/poll
+++ b/src/im_mad/remotes/ec2.d/poll
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../vmm/ec2')
 
 require 'ec2_driver'
 
-host = ARGV[2]
+host = ARGV[-1]
 ec2_drv = EC2Driver.new(host)
 
 ec2_drv.monitor_all_vms