diff --git a/tunnelkeeper b/tunnelkeeper
index e9c0211..f8e340e 100755
--- a/tunnelkeeper
+++ b/tunnelkeeper
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function dbg () {
 
 function connect () {
   bo="$(debugopt $1)"
-  ssh -F "${SSHCONF}" $bo -o -S "$BASEDIR/var/$1.tksock" -N $1 '#tunnelkeeper' 2>&1 | dbg $1
+  ssh -F "${SSHCONF}" $bo -S "$BASEDIR/var/$1.tksock" -N $1 '#tunnelkeeper' 2>&1 | dbg $1
 }