Execute script from AfterFX command line

Hello all
I'm trying to run a script from the AfterFX.exe command line and I get a message: "Unable to execute script at line 1. Syntax error"
If I run the same script file from the AE Script Editor, it works perfectly
Here is the command line I'm using:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS6\Support Files\AfterFX.exe" -noui -s "D:\Product\Watermark\Rendering\WatermarkedSecuritySample.jsx"
Anyone have an idea of what can cause this error? I've tried running the script directly in the command line like
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS6\Support Files\AfterFX.exe" -noui -s "alert('1')"
and it works fine for short script but mine is way to big to do that
As you can probably guess with the "Watermark" and "Security" in the filename, I cannot post the script file here, all I can say is that the line 1 is:
var projectName = "D:\\Product\\WatermarkTemplate.aep";
I've tried to replace the entire script with "alert('1');" and it cause the same error when running it from the command line
Also, if anyone know where I can find the AfterFX.exe command line arguments description, I would be very happy.. everybody talks about aerender.exe but I need thoses options for AfterFX.exe
Thanks for your help

Have you tried to use "-r" instead of "-s"?
(argument for "-s" is a script; and argument for "-r" is a path to script)

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