diff --git a/src/common/options.h b/src/common/options.h
--- a/src/common/options.h
+++ b/src/common/options.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct options_common
   \param argc the argc that was passed to main()
   \param argv the argv that was passed to main()
  */
-int options_init(int argc, char *argv[], cfg_t **mycfg, cfg_opt_t *myopts, const char *myname, struct options_common **allopts);
+int options_init(int argc, char *argv[], cfg_t **mycfg, cfg_opt_t *myopts, char *myname, struct options_common **allopts);
 
 /**
    Frees the struct options_common. This should be run before the program exits.