diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 985681a1b..57177219b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Unreleased
   although it's not needed by pytest itself atm.  Also
   fix caching.  Fixes issue376.
 
+- fix issue221 - handle importing of namespace-package with no 
+  __init__.py properly.
+
 Changes between 2.4.1 and 2.4.2
 -----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/extra/get_issues.py b/extra/get_issues.py
index 5e6ab9a68..6045d49c7 100644
--- a/extra/get_issues.py
+++ b/extra/get_issues.py
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ def report(issues):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import argparse
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("process bitbucket issues")
-    parser.add_argument("--refresh", help="invalidate cache, refresh issues")
+    parser.add_argument("--refresh", action="store_true",
+                        help="invalidate cache, refresh issues")
     parser.add_argument("--cache", action="store", default="issues.json",
                         help="cache file")
     args = parser.parse_args()