diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index ba235d70449..b9022d12275 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var packageName string
 var modelPackageName string
 
 func init() {
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&configFilename, "config", "", "the file to configuration to")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configFilename, "config", "c", "", "the file to configuration to")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "show logs")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&output, "out", "", "the file to write to")
diff --git a/example/todo/todo.go b/example/todo/todo.go
index edcfee356e3..a3667e7e76d 100644
--- a/example/todo/todo.go
+++ b/example/todo/todo.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:generate gorunpkg github.com/vektah/gqlgen -out generated.go
+//go:generate gorunpkg github.com/vektah/gqlgen --out generated.go
 
 package todo
 
diff --git a/test/resolvers_test.go b/test/resolvers_test.go
index 7f4c04bf615..9aacd7a050a 100644
--- a/test/resolvers_test.go
+++ b/test/resolvers_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:generate gorunpkg github.com/vektah/gqlgen -config config.yaml
+//go:generate gorunpkg github.com/vektah/gqlgen --config config.yaml
 
 package test