diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/MediaFilterScript.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/MediaFilterScript.java
index 71c0d6e14d..e76feada03 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/MediaFilterScript.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/MediaFilterScript.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class MediaFilterScript extends DSpaceRunnable<MediaFilterScriptConfigura
             skipIds = commandLine.getOptionValues('s');
         }
 
-        if (commandLine.hasOption('f')) {
+        if (commandLine.hasOption('d')) {
             fromDate = LocalDate.parse(commandLine.getOptionValue('f'));
         }
 
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/MediaFilterScriptConfiguration.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/MediaFilterScriptConfiguration.java
index 9f62f19e83..c9f61292d6 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/MediaFilterScriptConfiguration.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/MediaFilterScriptConfiguration.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class MediaFilterScriptConfiguration<T extends MediaFilterScript> extends
                                     .build();
         options.addOption(pluginOption);
 
-        options.addOption("fd", "fromdate", true, "Process only item from specified last modified date");
+        options.addOption("d", "fromdate", true, "Process only item from specified last modified date");
 
         Option skipOption = Option.builder("s")
                                   .longOpt("skip")