diff --git a/swh/journal/cli.py b/swh/journal/cli.py
--- a/swh/journal/cli.py
+++ b/swh/journal/cli.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from swh.storage import get_storage
 from swh.objstorage import get_objstorage
 
-from swh.journal.client import JournalClient
+from swh.journal.client import JournalClient, ACCEPTED_OBJECT_TYPES
 from swh.journal.replay import process_replay_objects
 from swh.journal.replay import process_replay_objects_content
 from swh.journal.backfill import JournalBackfiller
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
     ctx.obj['config'] = conf
 
 
-def get_journal_client(ctx, brokers, prefix, group_id):
+def get_journal_client(ctx, brokers, prefix, group_id,
+                       object_types=ACCEPTED_OBJECT_TYPES):
     conf = ctx.obj['config']
     if brokers is None:
         brokers = conf.get('journal', {}).get('brokers')
@@ -65,7 +66,9 @@
     if group_id is None:
         group_id = conf.get('journal', {}).get('group_id')
 
-    return JournalClient(brokers=brokers, group_id=group_id, prefix=prefix)
+    return JournalClient(
+        brokers=brokers, group_id=group_id, prefix=prefix,
+        object_types=object_types)
 
 
 @cli.command()