diff --git a/sky/tools/gn b/sky/tools/gn
index 78461c50e7fd1..d4ee5a425cbaa 100755
--- a/sky/tools/gn
+++ b/sky/tools/gn
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def to_gn_args(args):
     return gn_args
 
 def parse_args(args):
+  args = args[1:]
   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='A script run` gn gen`.')
 
   parser.add_argument('--debug', default=True, action='store_true')
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ def main(argv):
   command = ['gn', 'gen', '--check']
   gn_args = to_command_line(to_gn_args(args))
   out_dir = get_out_dir(args)
+  print "gn gen --check in %s" % out_dir
   command.append(out_dir)
   command.append('--args=%s' % ' '.join(gn_args))
   return subprocess.call(command)
diff --git a/sky/tools/gn_test.py b/sky/tools/gn_test.py
index df2f62a97c460..455d05ffac1bf 100644
--- a/sky/tools/gn_test.py
+++ b/sky/tools/gn_test.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 class GNTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def _expect_build_dir(self, arg_list, expected_build_dir):
-        args = gn.parse_args(arg_list)
+        args = gn.parse_args(['gn'] + arg_list)
         self.assertEquals(gn.get_out_dir(args), expected_build_dir)
 
     def test_get_out_dir(self):