diff --git a/deployment_scripts/dump_attack_mitigations.py b/deployment_scripts/dump_attack_mitigations.py
index 39885d469..6ca92f8b7 100755
--- a/deployment_scripts/dump_attack_mitigations.py
+++ b/deployment_scripts/dump_attack_mitigations.py
@@ -2,36 +2,38 @@ import argparse
 
 import pymongo
 
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Export attack mitigations from a database")
-parser.add_argument(
-    "-host", "--mongo_host", default="localhost", help="URL for mongo database.", required=False
-)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "-port",
-    "--mongo_port",
-    action="store",
-    default=27017,
-    type=int,
-    help="Port for mongo database. Default 27017",
-    required=False,
-)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "-db",
-    "--database_name",
-    action="store",
-    default="monkeyisland",
-    help="Database name inside of mongo.",
-    required=False,
-)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "-cn",
-    "--collection_name",
-    action="store",
-    default="attack_mitigations",
-    help="Which collection are we going to export",
-    required=False,
-)
-args = parser.parse_args()
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Export attack mitigations from a database")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-host", "--mongo_host", default="localhost", help="URL for mongo database.", required=False
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-port",
+        "--mongo_port",
+        action="store",
+        default=27017,
+        type=int,
+        help="Port for mongo database. Default 27017",
+        required=False,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-db",
+        "--database_name",
+        action="store",
+        default="monkeyisland",
+        help="Database name inside of mongo.",
+        required=False,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-cn",
+        "--collection_name",
+        action="store",
+        default="attack_mitigations",
+        help="Which collection are we going to export",
+        required=False,
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
 
 
 def connect_to_mongo(mongo_host: str, mongo_port: int, database_name: str) -> pymongo.MongoClient:
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ def clean_collection(mongodb: pymongo.MongoClient, collection_name: str):
 
 
 def main():
+    args = parse_args()
     mongodb = connect_to_mongo(args.mongo_host, args.mongo_port, args.database_name)
 
     clean_collection(mongodb, args.collection_name)