diff --git a/lib/cpp_utils/ArgParse.cpp b/lib/cpp_utils/ArgParse.cpp
index c6cb325..e5492c3 100644
--- a/lib/cpp_utils/ArgParse.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp_utils/ArgParse.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void ArgParse::addArgument(const std::string arg,
 
 
 void ArgParse::parseArgs(int argc,
-                         const char* argv[])
+                         char* argv[])
 {
   std::list<std::string> argList;
   for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i )
@@ -519,4 +519,4 @@ ArgParse::typeToString(const ValueType type, std::string valueName) const
     default:
       return "";
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/cpp_utils/ArgParse.hpp b/lib/cpp_utils/ArgParse.hpp
index 39aaae9..d9df2fc 100644
--- a/lib/cpp_utils/ArgParse.hpp
+++ b/lib/cpp_utils/ArgParse.hpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public:
    * @throw std::logic_error If the addArgument was bad.
    */
   void parseArgs(int argc,
-                 const char* argv[]);
+                 char* argv[]);
 
   void parseArgs(const std::list<std::string> argList);