diff --git a/scripts/code-web.js b/scripts/code-web.js
index 5130e27b9b9942..d91c6a08489233 100644
--- a/scripts/code-web.js
+++ b/scripts/code-web.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async function main() {
 	if (args['port'] === undefined) {
 		serverArgs.push('--port', PORT);
 	}
-	if (args['playground'] === true || (args['_'].length === 0 && !args['--folder-uri'])) {
+	if (args['playground'] === true || (args['_'].length === 0 && !args['folder-uri'])) {
 		serverArgs.push('--extensionPath', WEB_DEV_EXTENSIONS_ROOT);
 		serverArgs.push('--folder-uri', 'memfs:///sample-folder');
 		await ensureWebDevExtensions(args['verbose']);