diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/base.py b/frontends/src/jp/base.py
index cad36385..728ef84d 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/base.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/base.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Jp(object):
 
         profile_parent = self.parents['profile'] = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
         profile_parent.add_argument("-p", "--profile", action="store", type=str, default='@DEFAULT@', help=_("Use PROFILE profile key (default: %(default)s)"))
-        profile_parent.add_argument("-c", "--connect", action="store_true", help=_("Connect the profile before doing anything else"))
+        profile_parent.add_argument("-c", "--connect", action="store", type=str, nargs='?', const='', default=None, metavar='PASSWORD', help=_("Connect the profile before doing anything else"))
 
         progress_parent = self.parents['progress'] = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
         if progressbar:
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ class Jp(object):
             error(_("The profile [%s] doesn't exist") % self.args.profile)
             self.quit(1)
 
-        if self.args.connect: #if connection is asked, we connect the profile
-            self.bridge.asyncConnect(self.profile, callback, cant_connect)
+        if self.args.connect is not None:  # if connection is asked, we connect the profile
+            self.bridge.asyncConnect(self.profile, self.args.connect, lambda dummy: callback(), cant_connect)
             self._auto_loop = True
             return
 
diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_profile.py b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_profile.py
index 109278bb..41fc617c 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_profile.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_profile.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class ProfileCreate(base.CommandBase):
         if self.args.profile in self.host.bridge.getProfilesList():
             error("Profile %s already exists." % self.args.profile)
             self.host.quit(1)
-        self.host.bridge.asyncCreateProfile(self.args.profile, self._profile_created, None)
+        self.host.bridge.asyncCreateProfile(self.args.profile, callback=self._profile_created, errback=None)
 
 
 class Profile(base.CommandBase):