diff --git a/src/main/java/simpaths/experiment/SimPathsMultiRun.java b/src/main/java/simpaths/experiment/SimPathsMultiRun.java
index 49b305b32..f4a90ca56 100644
--- a/src/main/java/simpaths/experiment/SimPathsMultiRun.java
+++ b/src/main/java/simpaths/experiment/SimPathsMultiRun.java
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ private static boolean parseCommandLineArgs(String[] args) {
 						log.info("Not persisting processed data");
 						persist_population = false;
 						persist_root = false;
+						break;
 					default:
 						System.out.println("Persist option `" + cmd.getOptionValue("P") + "` not recognised. Valid values: `none`, `root`, `run`. Persisting processed data to run folder");
 						persist_population = true;