diff --git a/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/JSweetCommandLineLauncher.java b/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/JSweetCommandLineLauncher.java
index 7bc4c478..844d14a7 100644
--- a/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/JSweetCommandLineLauncher.java
+++ b/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/JSweetCommandLineLauncher.java
@@ -903,7 +903,10 @@ public class JSweetCommandLineLauncher {
                 }                               
                 if (jsapArgs.userSpecified(JSweetOptions.disableOverloadStubs)) {
                     transpiler.setGenerateOverloadStubs(!jsapArgs.getBoolean(JSweetOptions.disableOverloadStubs));
-                }                               
+                }
+				if (jsapArgs.userSpecified(JSweetOptions.stats)) {
+					transpiler.setStats(jsapArgs.getBoolean(JSweetOptions.stats));
+				}
 				
 				if (tsOutputDir != null) {
 					transpiler.setTsOutputDir(tsOutputDir);
diff --git a/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/transpiler/Java2TypeScriptTranslator.java b/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/transpiler/Java2TypeScriptTranslator.java
index 5d1699a2..25534b94 100644
--- a/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/transpiler/Java2TypeScriptTranslator.java
+++ b/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/transpiler/Java2TypeScriptTranslator.java
@@ -4165,7 +4165,7 @@ public class Java2TypeScriptTranslator extends AbstractTreePrinter {
 		}
 
 		List<JCExpression> substitutionArgs = inv.args; 
-		if (methSym != null && applyVarargs && inv.args.length() == methSym.getParameters().length()) {
+		if (methSym != null && applyVarargs && inv.args.length() > 0 && inv.args.length() == methSym.getParameters().length()) {
 			JCExpression expr = inv.args.last();
 			JCNewArray newArrayExpr = null;
 			if (expr instanceof JCNewArray) {