diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index bcdc4578..a35eea41 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Release History
 ===============
 
+2.2.1 (2015-??-??)
+------------------
+
+* Fixed incorrect arguments handling for `platformio serialports monitor <http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/userguide/cmd_serialports.html#platformio-serialports-monitor>`_ command
+  (`issue #248 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio/issues/248>`_)
+
 2.2.0 (2015-07-01)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 4cb7841d..01977854 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
 # See LICENSE for details.
 
-VERSION = (2, 2, 0)
+VERSION = (2, 2, "1.dev0")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"
diff --git a/platformio/commands/serialports.py b/platformio/commands/serialports.py
index 5c241d03..820f4b4a 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/serialports.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/serialports.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def serialports_list(json_output):
 @click.option("--quiet", is_flag=True,
               help="Diagnostics: suppress non-error messages, default=Off")
 def serialports_monitor(**kwargs):
-    sys.argv = sys.argv[3:]
+    sys.argv = sys.argv[2:]
 
     if not kwargs['port']:
         for item in get_serialports():