diff --git a/britney.py b/britney.py
index 922962b..0883aee 100755
--- a/britney.py
+++ b/britney.py
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ class Britney:
 
         # parse the command line arguments
         self.__parse_arguments()
+        MigrationItem.set_architectures(self.options.architectures)
 
         # initialize the apt_pkg back-end
         apt_pkg.init()