1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/emaint b/bin/emaint
index 3fdd03f2..7f991d9b 100755
--- a/bin/emaint
+++ b/bin/emaint
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def exclusive(option, unused1, unused2, unused3, var=None):
 		raise ValueError("var not specified to exclusive()")
 	if getattr(parser, var, ""):
 		raise OptionValueError("%s and %s are exclusive options" % (getattr(parser, var), value))
-	setattr(parser, var, option)
+	setattr(parser, var, str(option))
 
 
 usage = "usage: emaint [options] " + " | ".join(module_names)