diff --git a/hphp/runtime/base/builtin_functions.cpp b/hphp/runtime/base/builtin_functions.cpp
index 0eb8e40bc..1131f8882 100644
--- a/hphp/runtime/base/builtin_functions.cpp
+++ b/hphp/runtime/base/builtin_functions.cpp
@@ -1047,11 +1047,9 @@ Variant invoke_file(CStrRef s, bool once, const char *currentDir) {
   SystemGlobals* g = (SystemGlobals*)get_global_variables();
   Variant& v_argc = g->GV(argc);
   Variant& v_argv = g->GV(argv);
-  if (!more(v_argc, int64_t(1))) {
+  if (!more(v_argc, int64_t(0))) {
     return true;
   }
-  v_argc--;
-  v_argv.dequeue();
   String s2 = toString(v_argv.rvalAt(int64_t(0), AccessFlags::Error));
   if (invoke_file_impl(r, s2, once, "")) {
     return r;
diff --git a/hphp/runtime/base/program_functions.cpp b/hphp/runtime/base/program_functions.cpp
index c4e8512da..daac9395d 100644
--- a/hphp/runtime/base/program_functions.cpp
+++ b/hphp/runtime/base/program_functions.cpp
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static void prepare_args(int &argc, char **&argv, const StringVec &args,
                          const char *file) {
   argv = (char **)malloc((args.size() + 2) * sizeof(char*));
   argc = 0;
-  if (file) {
+  if (*file) {
     argv[argc++] = (char*)file;
   }
   for (int i = 0; i < (int)args.size(); i++) {
@@ -1031,8 +1031,8 @@ static int execute_program_impl(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     if (!po.file.empty()) {
       Repo::setCliFile(po.file);
-    } else if (new_argc >= 2) {
-      Repo::setCliFile(new_argv[1]);
+    } else if (new_argc >= 1) {
+      Repo::setCliFile(new_argv[0]);
     }
 
     int ret = 0;
diff --git a/hphp/test/slow/program_functions/1235.php b/hphp/test/slow/program_functions/1235.php
index 586d5454a..8a115dffe 100644
--- a/hphp/test/slow/program_functions/1235.php
+++ b/hphp/test/slow/program_functions/1235.php
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <?php
-
- var_dump($argc, count($argv));
\ No newline at end of file
+var_dump($argc, count($argv));
+var_dump($_SERVER['argc'], count($_SERVER['argv']));
diff --git a/hphp/test/slow/program_functions/1235.php.expect b/hphp/test/slow/program_functions/1235.php.expect
index 1fd4890e7..5c9ae27fb 100644
--- a/hphp/test/slow/program_functions/1235.php.expect
+++ b/hphp/test/slow/program_functions/1235.php.expect
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 int(1)
 int(1)
+int(1)
+int(1)