diff --git a/updater/src/com/intellij/updater/Bootstrap.java b/updater/src/com/intellij/updater/Bootstrap.java
index 9d3c5dbd4571..e749adfa29a6 100644
--- a/updater/src/com/intellij/updater/Bootstrap.java
+++ b/updater/src/com/intellij/updater/Bootstrap.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class Bootstrap {
 
     final Class<?> runner = Bootstrap.class.getClassLoader().loadClass("com.intellij.updater.Runner");
     final Method main = runner.getMethod("main", String[].class);
-    main.invoke(null, (Object) args);
+    main.invoke(null, (Object)new String[]{"apply", args[0]});
   }
 
   private static void cleanUp() {