diff --git a/src/core/command/console.py b/src/core/command/console.py
index 98a2727e10d199d6e9820a7fb6f96eba86cc4725..343a5ceebe155ca904e6cd9050710d28ee69c467 100755
--- a/src/core/command/console.py
+++ b/src/core/command/console.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class Console(object):
                                 action="store",
                                 type=int,
                                 dest="iteration",
-                                default="",
+                                default=1,
                                 help="Number of iterations"
                                 )
             parser.add_argument("-hl", "--historylist",