diff --git a/include/cronhooks.php b/include/cronhooks.php
index 37541f013e..27cf642b22 100644
--- a/include/cronhooks.php
+++ b/include/cronhooks.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require_once("boot.php");
 
 
-function cronhooks_run($argv, $argc){
+function cronhooks_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	global $a, $db;
 
 	if(is_null($a)) {
diff --git a/include/directory.php b/include/directory.php
index 45386183c6..356118bb08 100644
--- a/include/directory.php
+++ b/include/directory.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 require_once("boot.php");
 
-function directory_run($argv, $argc){
+function directory_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	global $a, $db;
 
 	if(is_null($a)) {
diff --git a/include/expire.php b/include/expire.php
index 755cd2494b..373ebf55fe 100644
--- a/include/expire.php
+++ b/include/expire.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require_once("boot.php");
 
-function expire_run($argv, $argc){
+function expire_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	global $a, $db;
 
 	if(is_null($a)) {
diff --git a/include/gprobe.php b/include/gprobe.php
index 5ca42729a7..88e6bad4a4 100644
--- a/include/gprobe.php
+++ b/include/gprobe.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require_once("boot.php");
 require_once('include/Scrape.php');
 require_once('include/socgraph.php');
 
-function gprobe_run($argv, $argc){
+function gprobe_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	global $a, $db;
 
 	if(is_null($a)) {
diff --git a/include/onepoll.php b/include/onepoll.php
index 17588d183f..b7199deb61 100644
--- a/include/onepoll.php
+++ b/include/onepoll.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require_once("boot.php");
 
-function onepoll_run($argv, $argc){
+function onepoll_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	global $a, $db;
 
 	if(is_null($a)) {
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index fefc9b381d..235603979d 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require_once("boot.php");
 
 
-function poller_run($argv, $argc){
+function poller_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	global $a, $db;
 
 	if(is_null($a)) {
diff --git a/include/queue.php b/include/queue.php
index ba3babe70d..b703f930b6 100644
--- a/include/queue.php
+++ b/include/queue.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require_once("boot.php");
 require_once('include/queue_fn.php');
 
-function queue_run($argv, $argc){
+function queue_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	global $a, $db;
 
 	if(is_null($a)){
diff --git a/util/po2php.php b/util/po2php.php
index c703172af7..f29980d6ac 100644
--- a/util/po2php.php
+++ b/util/po2php.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 
-function po2php_run($argv, $argc) {
+function po2php_run(&$argv, &$argc) {
 
 	if ($argc!=2) {
 		print "Usage: ".$argv[0]." <file.po>\n\n";