diff --git a/lib/msf/ui/console/driver.rb b/lib/msf/ui/console/driver.rb
index 00547a5aed..eac24a576d 100644
--- a/lib/msf/ui/console/driver.rb
+++ b/lib/msf/ui/console/driver.rb
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ class Driver < Msf::Ui::Driver
 		end
 
 		# Process any additional startup commands
-		if opts['SCommands'] and opts['SCommands'].kind_of? Array
-			opts['SCommands'].each { |c|
+		if opts['XCommands'] and opts['XCommands'].kind_of? Array
+			opts['XCommands'].each { |c|
 				run_single(c)
 			}
 		end
diff --git a/msfconsole b/msfconsole
index 17296a4c30..ea8add619e 100755
--- a/msfconsole
+++ b/msfconsole
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ class OptsConsole
 				options['DisableBanner'] = true
 			end
 
-			opts.on("-s", "-s <string>", "Execute the specified string as console commands") do |s|
-				options['SCommands'] ||= []
-				options['SCommands'] += s.split('\n')
+			opts.on("-x", "-x <command>", "Execute the specified string as console commands (use ; for multiples)") do |s|
+				options['XCommands'] ||= []
+				options['XCommands'] += s.split(/\s*;\s*/)
 			end
 
 			opts.separator ""