@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static struct option longopts[] = {{"show-matches", required_argument, NULL, 'e'

 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

 	int benchmark = 0;

-	const char *initial_query = NULL;

+	const char *filter = NULL;

 	const char *tty_filename = "/dev/tty";

 	char c;

 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "vhse:l:t:p:", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

 				flag_show_scores = 1;

 				break;

 			case 'e':

-				initial_query = optarg;

+				filter = optarg;

 				break;

 			case 'b':

 				if (optarg) {

@@ -256,14 +256,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

 		num_lines = choices.size;

 	if (benchmark) {

-		if (!initial_query) {

+		if (!filter) {

 			fprintf(stderr, "Must specify -e/--show-matches with --benchmark\n");

 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

 		}

 		for (int i = 0; i < benchmark; i++)

-			choices_search(&choices, initial_query);

-	} else if (initial_query) {

-		choices_search(&choices, initial_query);

+			choices_search(&choices, filter);

+	} else if (filter) {

+		choices_search(&choices, filter);

 		for (size_t i = 0; i < choices_available(&choices); i++) {

 			if (flag_show_scores)

 				printf("%f\t", choices_getscore(&choices, i));