diff --git a/src/manage/commands.py b/src/manage/commands.py
index 74b773b..7c2ca25 100644
--- a/src/manage/commands.py
+++ b/src/manage/commands.py
@@ -919,6 +919,8 @@ class HelpWithErrorCommand(HelpCommand):
     def __init__(self, args, root=None):
         # Essentially disable argument processing for this command
         super().__init__(args[:1], root)
+        # First argument was "**help_with_error", so ignore it.
+        # Subsequent arguments should be what was originally passed
         self.args = args[1:]
 
     def execute(self):
diff --git a/src/pymanager/main.cpp b/src/pymanager/main.cpp
index 8df8ce6..95512bc 100644
--- a/src/pymanager/main.cpp
+++ b/src/pymanager/main.cpp
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ wmain(int argc, wchar_t **argv)
 
     // Use the default command if we have one
     if (default_cmd) {
-        if (!wcscmp(default_cmd, L"__help_with_error")) {
+        if (!wcscmp(default_cmd, L"**help_with_error")) {
             const wchar_t *new_argv[] = {argv[0], default_cmd, argv[1]};
             return run_command(3, new_argv);
         }