diff --git a/src/bin/bat/app.rs b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
index 1ba3e73d..f5f59ec7 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ impl App {
                 Some("auto") => StripAnsiMode::Auto,
                 _ => unreachable!("other values for --strip-ansi are not allowed"),
             },
+            quiet_empty: self.matches.get_flag("quiet-empty"),
             theme: theme(self.theme_options()).to_string(),
             visible_lines: match self.matches.try_contains_id("diff").unwrap_or_default()
                 && self.matches.get_flag("diff")