diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a4b858b55..39120913f 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -4839,7 +4839,7 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, argv_item_t argv[])
         my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_QUOTE, config->quote);
         my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTQUOTE, config->postquote);
         my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PREQUOTE, config->prequote);
-        my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER,
+        my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA,
                   config->headerfile?&heads:NULL);
         my_setopt_str(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, config->cookiefile);
         /* cookie jar was added in 7.9 */