diff --git a/honcho/command.py b/honcho/command.py
index 3796a39..9a7323d 100644
--- a/honcho/command.py
+++ b/honcho/command.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def _add_common_args(parser, with_defaults=False):
                         help='procfile directory (default: .)')
     parser.add_argument('-f', '--procfile',
                         metavar='FILE',
+                        default=suppress,
                         help='procfile path (default: Procfile)')
     parser.add_argument('-v', '--version',
                         action='version',

-f argument before command is suppressed
System information: Mac OS X, 10.11.1
Honcho version: 0.7.0

With the latest release of honcho (0.7.0), I've noticed that the -f argument is processed properly **after** a command, but not **before** a command.  -e and -d arguments don't exhibit this order-dependent behavior.

Examples:
```
$ honcho -f my_procfile check
2016-04-12 23:49:22 [45546] [ERROR] Procfile does not exist or is not a file
$ honcho check -f my_procfile
2016-04-12 23:49:24 [45548] [INFO] Valid procfile detected (postgres, rabbit, redis, flower)
```
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_start.py b/tests/integration/test_start.py
index 2388bda..73c8693 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_start.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_start.py
@@ -53,6 +53,39 @@ def test_start_env_procfile(testenv):
     assert 'mongoose' in out
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('testenv', [{
+    'Procfile': 'foo: {0} test.py'.format(python_bin),
+    'Procfile.dev': 'bar: {0} test_dev.py'.format(python_bin),
+    'test.py': script,
+    'test_dev.py': textwrap.dedent("""
+        from __future__ import print_function
+        print("mongoose")
+        """)
+}], indirect=True)
+def test_start_procfile_after_command(testenv):
+    # Regression test for #173: Ensure that -f argument can be provided after
+    # command
+    ret, out, err = testenv.run_honcho(['start', '-f', 'Procfile.dev'])
+
+    assert 'mongoose' in out
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('testenv', [{
+    'Procfile': 'foo: {0} test.py'.format(python_bin),
+    'Procfile.dev': 'bar: {0} test_dev.py'.format(python_bin),
+    'test.py': script,
+    'test_dev.py': textwrap.dedent("""
+        from __future__ import print_function
+        print("mongoose")
+        """)
+}], indirect=True)
+def test_start_procfile_before_command(testenv):
+    # Test case for #173: Ensure that -f argument can be provided before command
+    ret, out, err = testenv.run_honcho(['-f', 'Procfile.dev', 'start'])
+
+    assert 'mongoose' in out
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('testenv', [{
     'Procfile': 'foo: {0} test.py'.format(python_bin),
     'test.py': 'import sys; sys.exit(42)',

pip install -e .[export]
parse_log_pytest
jinja2 flake8
3.5
pytest --no-header -rA --tb=line --color=no -p no:cacheprovider -W ignore::DeprecationWarning
certifi==2021.5.30
flake8==5.0.4
-e git+https://github.com/nickstenning/honcho.git@5af4cf1d98926fa63eae711e6a89f8e2ef5d8539#egg=honcho
importlib-metadata==4.2.0
Jinja2==2.7.3
MarkupSafe==2.0.1
mccabe==0.7.0
pycodestyle==2.9.1
pyflakes==2.5.0
typing_extensions==4.1.1
zipp==3.6.0

name: honcho
channels:
  - defaults
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
  - ca-certificates=2025.2.25=h06a4308_0
  - certifi=2021.5.30=py36h06a4308_0
  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0
  - libffi=3.3=he6710b0_2
  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
  - openssl=1.1.1w=h7f8727e_0
  - pip=21.2.2=py36h06a4308_0
  - python=3.6.13=h12debd9_1
  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
  - setuptools=58.0.4=py36h06a4308_0
  - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0
  - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0
  - wheel=0.37.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - xz=5.6.4=h5eee18b_1
  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1
  - pip:
      - flake8==5.0.4
      - importlib-metadata==4.2.0
      - jinja2==2.7.3
      - markupsafe==2.0.1
      - mccabe==0.7.0
      - pycodestyle==2.9.1
      - pyflakes==2.5.0
      - typing-extensions==4.1.1
      - zipp==3.6.0
prefix: /opt/conda/envs/honcho

tests/integration/test_start.py::test_start_procfile_before_command[testenv0]
tests/integration/test_start.py::test_start[testenv0] tests/integration/test_start.py::test_start_env[testenv0] tests/integration/test_start.py::test_start_env_procfile[testenv0] tests/integration/test_start.py::test_start_procfile_after_command[testenv0] tests/integration/test_start.py::test_start_returncode[testenv0]
honcho/command.py
honcho/command.py