diff --git a/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp b/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp
index d20dc168..713d1646 100644
--- a/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp
+++ b/base/vulkanexamplebase.cpp
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ VulkanExampleBase::VulkanExampleBase(bool enableValidation)
 		settings.vsync = true;
 	}
 	if (commandLineParser.isSet("height")) {
-		height = commandLineParser.getValueAsInt("height", width);
+		height = commandLineParser.getValueAsInt("height", height);
 	}
 	if (commandLineParser.isSet("width")) {
 		width = commandLineParser.getValueAsInt("width", width);