diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 5ee38dc..1516f34 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/simontheleg/konf-go/config"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ Afterwards switch between different kubeconfigs via 'konf set'
 // This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
 func Execute() error {
 	initPersistentFlags()
+	flag.Parse()
 
 	if err := initConfig(); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/testhelper/shellwrapper.sh b/testhelper/shellwrapper.sh
index 67043d8..0e01e82 100755
--- a/testhelper/shellwrapper.sh
+++ b/testhelper/shellwrapper.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This script tests the compatibility of the konf-go shellwrappe with different shells
+# This script tests the compatibility of the konf-go shellwrapper with different shells
 # Therefore it has no shebang line and is intended to be executed directly by the shell to test
 
 set -o errexit