diff --git a/bioflow_insight_cli/main.py b/bioflow_insight_cli/main.py
index 4cae70dad8a2f051cd562fefb4acb2a6ee6d69eb..00e35d1e2660dedbdf28f287eb9539e25deb611b 100644
--- a/bioflow_insight_cli/main.py
+++ b/bioflow_insight_cli/main.py
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ from src.workflow import Workflow
 )
 
 @click.option(
-    '--render-graphs',
+    '--no-render-graphs',
     'render_graphs',
     required=False,
     default=True,
     is_flag=True,
-    help='Generate the graphs output in png format using graphviz (slower),'
+    help='Don\'t generate the graphs output in png format using graphviz (faster),'
     'the mermaid and dot formats are always generated.',
 )
 
diff --git a/src/workflow.py b/src/workflow.py
index 5f726f1fc149ea33b3a87ce3a5490c0864a02e5e..c0fa883683edf1d4fc9e6ec951c2cdba3d362f57 100644
--- a/src/workflow.py
+++ b/src/workflow.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class Workflow:
                 tab.append({"@id":authors[author], "email":author})
             return tab
         else:
-            authors = authors.split(',')
+            authors = self.authors.split(',')
             tab = []
             for a in authors:
                 tab.append({"@id":a.strip()})