diff --git a/src/MMseqsBase.cpp b/src/MMseqsBase.cpp
index 257689ba6..b610a806b 100644
--- a/src/MMseqsBase.cpp
+++ b/src/MMseqsBase.cpp
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ std::vector<Command> baseCommands = {
                 "<i:srcDB> <o:dstDB>",
                 CITATION_MMSEQS2, {{"DB", DbType::ACCESS_MODE_INPUT, DbType::NEED_DATA, NULL },
                                           {"DB", DbType::ACCESS_MODE_OUTPUT, DbType::NEED_DATA, &DbValidator::allDb }}},
-        {"unpackdb",             unpackdb,             &par.onlyverbosity,        COMMAND_STORAGE,
+        {"unpackdb",             unpackdb,             &par.unpackdbs,        COMMAND_STORAGE,
                 "Unpack a DB into separate files",
                 NULL,
                 "Milot Mirdita <milot@mirdita.de>",
diff --git a/src/commons/Parameters.cpp b/src/commons/Parameters.cpp
index 11796059b..d77ca745a 100644
--- a/src/commons/Parameters.cpp
+++ b/src/commons/Parameters.cpp
@@ -1317,6 +1317,12 @@ Parameters::Parameters():
     tar2db.push_back(&PARAM_THREADS);
     tar2db.push_back(&PARAM_V);
 
+    // unpackdb
+    unpackdbs.push_back(&PARAM_UNPACK_NAME_MODE);
+    unpackdbs.push_back(&PARAM_UNPACK_SUFFIX);
+    unpackdbs.push_back(&PARAM_THREADS);
+    unpackdbs.push_back(&PARAM_V);
+
     // appenddbtoindex
     appenddbtoindex.push_back(&PARAM_ID_LIST);
     appenddbtoindex.push_back(&PARAM_V);
diff --git a/src/commons/Parameters.h b/src/commons/Parameters.h
index b4f7acc0b..fe5eb480e 100644
--- a/src/commons/Parameters.h
+++ b/src/commons/Parameters.h
@@ -1113,6 +1113,7 @@ class Parameters {
     std::vector<MMseqsParameter*> enrichworkflow;
     std::vector<MMseqsParameter*> databases;
     std::vector<MMseqsParameter*> tar2db;
+    std::vector<MMseqsParameter*> unpackdbs;
     std::vector<MMseqsParameter*> appenddbtoindex;
 
     std::vector<MMseqsParameter*> combineList(const std::vector<MMseqsParameter*> &par1,