diff --git a/heavy_script.sh b/heavy_script.sh
index 2f3623fa..3431c131 100644
--- a/heavy_script.sh
+++ b/heavy_script.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 
 
-ARGS="$@" ; echo "$ARGS" | sed -e 's/[[:space:]]?--self-update[[:space:]]?//'
+ARGS="$@" ; echo "$ARGS" | sed -E 's/[[:space:]]?--self-update[[:space:]]?//g'
 SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
 SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
 SCRIPTNAME="$0"