diff --git a/ussh b/ussh
index 2b8fa23..317c628 100755
--- a/ussh
+++ b/ussh
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ fi
 if [ -n "$parse" ]; then
     show_vars "$@"
 elif [ -n "$uwatch" ]; then
+    __update_SSHOPTS -t
     do_ssh "/usr/local/nutools/uwatch --cc"
 else
     do_ssh "$@"