diff --git a/src/utils/PugsUtils.cpp b/src/utils/PugsUtils.cpp
index 1d2d6d57d34dc19564787a4eae27fe9fbd32d847..1ac38b32696417d887e91205715b9fc80d9f81af 100644
--- a/src/utils/PugsUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/PugsUtils.cpp
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ initialize(int& argc, char* argv[])
 
     app.add_option("filename", filename, "pugs script file")->check(CLI::ExistingFile)->required();
 
-    bool is_resuming = false;
-    app.add_flag("--resume", is_resuming, "Resume at checkpoint");
-
     app.set_version_flag("-v,--version", []() {
       ConsoleManager::init(true);
       std::stringstream os;
@@ -138,6 +135,9 @@ initialize(int& argc, char* argv[])
     app.add_flag("--reproducible-sums,!--no-reproducible-sums", reproducible_sums,
                  "Special treatment of array sums to ensure reproducibility [default: true]");
 
+    bool is_resuming = false;
+    app.add_flag("--resume", is_resuming, "Resume at checkpoint");
+
     app.add_flag("--parallel-output", parallel_output, "All MPI processes output to console [default: false]");
 
     std::map<std::string, ParallelChecker::Mode> pc_mode_map{{"auto", ParallelChecker::Mode::automatic},