diff --git a/scripts/capa2yara.py b/scripts/capa2yara.py
index a4662f70..8206217f 100644
--- a/scripts/capa2yara.py
+++ b/scripts/capa2yara.py
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
     logging.getLogger("capa2yara").setLevel(level)
 
     try:
-        rules = capa.main.get_rules(args.rules, disable_progress=True)
+        rules = capa.main.get_rules([args.rules], disable_progress=True)
         namespaces = capa.rules.index_rules_by_namespace(list(rules))
         rules = capa.rules.RuleSet(rules)
         logger.info("successfully loaded %s rules (including subscope rules which will be ignored)", len(rules))