diff --git a/aiida_codtools/cli/misc/cif_import.py b/aiida_codtools/cli/misc/cif_import.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/aiida_codtools/cli/misc/cif_import.py
+++ b/aiida_codtools/cli/misc/cif_import.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ from aiida.utils.cli import options
     help='Optional API url for the database'
 )
 @click.option(
-    '-a', '--importer-api-key', type=click.STRING, required=False,
+    '-k', '--importer-api-key', type=click.STRING, required=False,
     help='Optional API key for the database'
 )
 @click.option(
Rename API key flag to -k for cif import launch script

The -a flag should usually be reserved for something like --all