diff --git a/thread/cpu.go b/thread/cpu.go
index 7942208..e398ceb 100644
--- a/thread/cpu.go
+++ b/thread/cpu.go
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ var (
 )
 
 // This function should be called from the main package or higher-level logic to define flags.
-func DefineFlags() {
-	pflag.Uint16VarP(&CPUThread, "CPUThread", "t", 0, "prefork child id")
-}
 
 func init() {
 	NumCPU = uint16(runtime.NumCPU())
+	pflag.Uint16VarP(&CPUThread, "CPUThread", "t", 0, "prefork child id")
+        pflag.Parse() //parse at cxcputhread as it's very important, preparsing with another "flag" module before calling cxcputhread
 }
 
 //cpu core 0 == 1