diff --git a/gooey/gui/cli.py b/gooey/gui/cli.py
index 7234936..813ab65 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/cli.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/cli.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def buildCliString(target, cmd, positional, optional):
     if positionals:
         positionals.insert(0, "--")
 
-    cmd_string = ' '.join(compact(chain(optional, positional)))
+    cmd_string = ' '.join(compact(chain(optional, positionals)))
 
     if cmd != '::gooey/default':
         cmd_string = u'{} {}'.format(cmd, cmd_string)