diff --git a/opendm/config.py b/opendm/config.py
index 694e27f7..99c8fe86 100644
--- a/opendm/config.py
+++ b/opendm/config.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def config():
                              'images based on GPS exif data. Set to 0 to skip '
                              'pre-matching. Default: %(default)s')
 
-    parser.add_argument('--use-opensfm-pointcloud',
+    parser.add_argument('--use-pmvs',
                         action='store_true',
                         default=False,
                         help='Use OpenSfM to compute the point cloud instead '
diff --git a/scripts/mvstex.py b/scripts/mvstex.py
index 2d9f4df0..7e4b3ee9 100644
--- a/scripts/mvstex.py
+++ b/scripts/mvstex.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class ODMMvsTexCell(ecto.Cell):
                 'keepUnseenFaces': keepUnseenFaces
             }
 
-            if args.use_opensfm_pointcloud:
+            if not args.use_pmvs:
                 kwargs['nvm_file'] = io.join_paths(tree.opensfm,
                                                    "reconstruction.nvm")
             else:
diff --git a/scripts/odm_app.py b/scripts/odm_app.py
index 66b04e05..dd7c1ba7 100644
--- a/scripts/odm_app.py
+++ b/scripts/odm_app.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class ODMApp(ecto.BlackBox):
                         self.args[:] >> self.opensfm['args'],
                         self.resize['photos'] >> self.opensfm['photos']]
 
-        if _p.args.use_opensfm_pointcloud:
+        if not _p.args.use_pmvs:
             # create odm mesh from opensfm point cloud
             connections += [self.tree[:] >> self.meshing['tree'],
                             self.args[:] >> self.meshing['args'],
diff --git a/scripts/odm_georeferencing.py b/scripts/odm_georeferencing.py
index affcdd99..e76c08c0 100644
--- a/scripts/odm_georeferencing.py
+++ b/scripts/odm_georeferencing.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class ODMGeoreferencingCell(ecto.Cell):
                 'verbose': verbose
 
             }
-            if args.use_opensfm_pointcloud:
+            if not args.use_pmvs:
                 kwargs['pc'] = tree.opensfm_model
             else:
                 kwargs['pc'] = tree.pmvs_model
diff --git a/scripts/odm_meshing.py b/scripts/odm_meshing.py
index 0d26a8b7..b02b4c7c 100644
--- a/scripts/odm_meshing.py
+++ b/scripts/odm_meshing.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ODMeshingCell(ecto.Cell):
                 'solver': self.params.solver,
                 'verbose': verbose
             }
-            if args.use_opensfm_pointcloud:
+            if not args.use_pmvs:
                 kwargs['infile'] = tree.opensfm_model
             else:
                 kwargs['infile'] = tree.pmvs_model
diff --git a/scripts/opensfm.py b/scripts/opensfm.py
index 4f99f539..3a1afc91 100644
--- a/scripts/opensfm.py
+++ b/scripts/opensfm.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ODMOpenSfMCell(ecto.Cell):
                      (args.rerun_from is not None and
                       'opensfm' in args.rerun_from)
 
-        if args.use_opensfm_pointcloud:
+        if not args.use_pmvs:
             output_file = tree.opensfm_model
         else:
             output_file = tree.opensfm_reconstruction
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class ODMOpenSfMCell(ecto.Cell):
             # run OpenSfM reconstruction
             system.run('PYTHONPATH=%s %s/bin/run_all %s' %
                        (context.pyopencv_path, context.opensfm_path, tree.opensfm))
-            if args.use_opensfm_pointcloud:
+            if not args.use_pmvs:
                 system.run('PYTHONPATH=%s %s/bin/opensfm export_visualsfm %s' %
                            (context.pyopencv_path, context.opensfm_path, tree.opensfm))
                 system.run('PYTHONPATH=%s %s/bin/opensfm undistort %s' %
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class ODMOpenSfMCell(ecto.Cell):
             log.ODM_WARNING('Found a valid Bundler file in: %s' %
                             tree.opensfm_reconstruction)
 
-        if not args.use_opensfm_pointcloud:
+        if args.use_pmvs:
             # check if reconstruction was exported to pmvs before
             if not io.file_exists(tree.pmvs_visdat) or rerun_cell:
                 # run PMVS converter