diff --git a/lib/flame/runner.ex b/lib/flame/runner.ex
index 020ad64..435ad40 100644
--- a/lib/flame/runner.ex
+++ b/lib/flame/runner.ex
@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ defmodule FLAME.Runner do
       :extract_dir,
       :verbose,
       :compress,
-      :chunk_size
+      :chunk_size,
+      :eager
     ])
 
     {idle_shutdown_after_ms, idle_check} =