diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index ae9e3af9..5392b998 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -3226,6 +3226,7 @@ getargs() {
             ;;
 
             --ascii_distro)
+                image="ascii"
                 ascii_distro="$2"
                 case "$2" in "-"* | "") ascii_distro="$distro" ;; esac
             ;;