diff --git a/.changeset/weak-pandas-bow.md b/.changeset/weak-pandas-bow.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf3183c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/weak-pandas-bow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'pockethost': patch
+---
+
+Fixed bug where --extra-plugins was not defaulting to '' correctly
diff --git a/packages/pockethost/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/pockethost/src/cli/index.ts
index 5d9c9267..4241588c 100755
--- a/packages/pockethost/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pockethost/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ export const main = async () => {
 
   const argv = minimist<{ e: string }>(process.argv.slice(2), {
     alias: { e: 'extra-plugins' },
+    default: { e: '' },
   })
   const extraPlugins = argv.e
     .split(/,/)
     .map((s) => s.trim())
     .filter((v) => !!v)
+
   await loadPlugins([pockethost, ...uniq(PH_PLUGINS()), ...extraPlugins])
 
   program