diff --git a/scripts/Bootstrap/Pmodules/modulecmd.in b/scripts/Bootstrap/Pmodules/modulecmd.in
index bf4e6ed..c5b97ea 100755
--- a/scripts/Bootstrap/Pmodules/modulecmd.in
+++ b/scripts/Bootstrap/Pmodules/modulecmd.in
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ subcommand_search() {
 				use_releases="${available_releases}"
 				;;
 			--src )
-				src_prefix=$1
+				src_prefix=$2
 				check_pmodules_directories "${src_prefix}"
 				shift
 				;;