diff --git a/coordinator/Processor.py b/coordinator/Processor.py
index f62dd700a6c089a56c920ea36524fd1e53e51cd0..20e9c01bdbf1fd4431cb6456dddbc18ada1bbfbc 100755
--- a/coordinator/Processor.py
+++ b/coordinator/Processor.py
@@ -255,14 +255,14 @@ class Processor:
         # positional arguments do not start with - or -- and are always required
         # optional arguments start with - or -- and default is required = False
 
-        # my_parser.add_argument(
-        #         '-p', '--component',
-        #         type = str,
-        #         choices = list(short_name.keys()),
-        #         required = True,
-        #         dest = 'component',
-        #         help = '''Name of EWS component to process, which must be present
-        #         in the config file.''')
+        my_parser.add_argument(
+                '-p', '--component',
+                type = str,
+                choices = list(short_name.keys()),
+                required = False,
+                dest = 'component',
+                help = '''Name of EWS component to process, which must be present
+                in the config file.''')
 
         my_parser.add_argument(
                 '-c', '--config',