diff --git a/src/plugins/ruby/weechat-ruby.c b/src/plugins/ruby/weechat-ruby.c
index 1f928c1e5..64242e3b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ruby/weechat-ruby.c
+++ b/src/plugins/ruby/weechat-ruby.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ struct t_plugin_script *
 weechat_ruby_load (const char *filename, const char *code)
 {
     char modname[64];
-    VALUE ruby_retcode, err, argv[1];
+    VALUE ruby_retcode, err, argv[2];
     int ruby_error;
     struct stat buf;