diff --git a/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_file.py b/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_file.py
index ff3fb070..8df011a2 100644
--- a/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_file.py
+++ b/sat_frontends/jp/cmd_file.py
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class ShareList(base.CommandBase):
 
     def add_parser_options(self):
         self.parser.add_argument("-d", "--path", default=u'', help=_(u"path to the directory containing the files"))
-        self.parser.add_argument("jid", type=base.unicode_decoder, nargs='?',  help=_("jid of sharing entity (nothing to check our own jid)"))
+        self.parser.add_argument("jid", type=base.unicode_decoder, nargs='?', default='', help=_("jid of sharing entity (nothing to check our own jid)"))
 
     def file_gen(self, files_data):
         for file_data in files_data: