diff --git a/pytest_abra/cli.py b/pytest_abra/cli.py
index c26f79f..0f21f30 100644
--- a/pytest_abra/cli.py
+++ b/pytest_abra/cli.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def run():
 
     # ----------------------------- define session_id ---------------------------- #
 
-    session_id = get_session_id(args.session_id, args.resume, args.output_dir)
+    session_id = get_session_id(args.output_dir, args.resume, args.session_id)
 
     # ------------------------------- setup logging ------------------------------ #
 
diff --git a/pytest_abra/utils.py b/pytest_abra/utils.py
index 8171a97..95880a6 100644
--- a/pytest_abra/utils.py
+++ b/pytest_abra/utils.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import string
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlunparse
 
 from loguru import logger
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ def load_json_to_environ(cred_file: Path) -> None:
         os.environ[key] = value
 
 
-def get_session_id(args_session_id: str, args_resume: bool, args_output_dir: Path) -> str:
+def get_session_id(args_output_dir: Path, args_resume: bool, args_session_id: Optional[str]) -> str:
     """converts the cli arguments to the correct session_id"""
     session_id = args_session_id
     if not session_id: