diff --git a/Examples/Common/ACTFW/Options/CommonOptions.cpp b/Examples/Common/ACTFW/Options/CommonOptions.cpp
index 9069e599d67acba01e93a8f6525f398a2c7fa828..a7aaed2ad74aa84660b2e158d4dca8a197899c76 100644
--- a/Examples/Common/ACTFW/Options/CommonOptions.cpp
+++ b/Examples/Common/ACTFW/Options/CommonOptions.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ FW::Options::addSequencerOptions(
 {
   // sequencer options
   opt.add_options()("events,n",
-                    value<size_t>()->default_value(1),
+                    value<size_t>(),
                     "The number of events to process. If not given, all "
                     "available events will be processed.")(
       "skip",