diff --git a/pysegcnn/core/cli.py b/pysegcnn/core/cli.py
index 5d734df9a425ca2f78858e747a56a85a218bb4e0..9576209e62a85c9eeb966d10ad32831eaf54056d 100644
--- a/pysegcnn/core/cli.py
+++ b/pysegcnn/core/cli.py
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ def structure_parser():
     # optional argument: whether to copy or move extracted files
     parser.add_argument('-r', '--remove', type=bool,
                         help='Remove original dataset {}'.format(default),
-                        default=False, nargs='?', const=True, metavar='')
+                        default=True, nargs='?', const=True, metavar='')
 
     return parser