diff --git a/paper b/paper
index a368d58c2..4a50c06ef 100755
--- a/paper
+++ b/paper
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ case "$1" in
     "cu" | "commitup" | "commitupstream" | "upcommit" | "upstreamcommit")
     (
         cd "$basedir"
+        shift
         scripts/upstreamCommit.sh "$@"
     )
     ;;