diff --git a/meshtastic/__main__.py b/meshtastic/__main__.py
index 68c785c..77424c8 100644
--- a/meshtastic/__main__.py
+++ b/meshtastic/__main__.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def onConnected(interface):
 
         # convenient place to store any keyword args we pass to getNode
         getNode_kwargs = {
-            "requestChannelRetries": args.channel_fetch_attempts,
+            "requestChannelAttempts": args.channel_fetch_attempts,
             "timeout": args.timeout
         }