diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common.Tests/ParameterServiceTest.cs b/source/Nuke.Common.Tests/ParameterServiceTest.cs
index 1561ab8a3..de987a32e 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common.Tests/ParameterServiceTest.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common.Tests/ParameterServiceTest.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public void TestConversion(string argument, Type destinationType, object expecte
         [Theory]
         [InlineData("MSBuildConfiguration", typeof(string), "msbcfg")]
         [InlineData("dockerConfiguration", typeof(string), "dkrcfg")]
+        [InlineData("publish-dir", typeof(string), "dir")]
         public void TestSplitted(string argument, Type destinationType, object expectedValue)
         {
             GetService(
@@ -60,7 +61,9 @@ public void TestSplitted(string argument, Type destinationType, object expectedV
                     "-msbuild-configuration",
                     "msbcfg",
                     "-docker-configuration",
-                    "dkrcfg"
+                    "dkrcfg",
+                    "--publish-dir",
+                    "dir"
                 }).GetCommandLineArgument(argument, destinationType).Should().Be(expectedValue);
         }
 
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ParameterService.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ParameterService.cs
index 22bd8f054..63ed3742c 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ParameterService.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ParameterService.cs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public object GetPositionalCommandLineArguments(Type destinationType, char? sepa
                 return GetDefaultValue(destinationType);
 
             return ConvertCommandLineArguments(
-                $"$all-positional",
+                "$all-positional",
                 positionalArguments,
                 destinationType,
                 _commandLineArguments,
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ private bool HasCommandLineArgument(string argumentName, bool checkNames)
         private int GetCommandLineArgumentIndex(string argumentName, bool checkNames)
         {
             var index = Array.FindLastIndex(_commandLineArguments,
-                x => x.StartsWith("-") && x.Replace("-", string.Empty).EqualsOrdinalIgnoreCase(argumentName));
+                x => x.StartsWith("-") && x.Replace("-", string.Empty).EqualsOrdinalIgnoreCase(argumentName.Replace("-", string.Empty)));
 
             if (index == -1 && checkNames)
             {