diff --git a/client/cli/bam.py b/client/cli/bam.py
index d58be42..372acfe 100755
--- a/client/cli/bam.py
+++ b/client/cli/bam.py
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ def create_argparse_commit(subparsers):
     subparse = subparsers.add_parser("commit", aliases=("ci",))
     subparse.add_argument(
             "-m", "--message", dest="message", metavar='MESSAGE',
+            required=True,
             help="Commit message",
             )
     subparse.add_argument(