Unable to manually change filing status

[edwscs38]

I would like to make a complaint that it is quite annoying I am unable to change my filing status and that it is done automatically with no option whatsoever to change it manually. I honestly cannot understand why there is no option to change my filing status automatically. I am married filing separately because my wife is a nonresident alien. We have a child who is an American citizen so technically I could claim him as a dependent but when I tried it automatically filed me as head of household which is incorrect since my wife and I are married and live together. My wife does not work and I pay for everything (we both live outside the United States) so I pay for all of his costs. 

May I please ask why there is no option to change my filing status automatically? 

[rjs · Accepted solution]

On the screen that shows you your filing status, check the box that says "Change my filing status," then select Married filing separately. See the screen shot below.