diff --git a/src/client/distren.c b/src/client/distren.c
--- a/src/client/distren.c
+++ b/src/client/distren.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
  */
 
 
-#include "options.h"
 #include "execio.h"
 
 #include <distren.h>
@@ -51,18 +50,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   distren_t distren;
   distren_job_t distren_job;
 
-  struct options_common *options;
 
-  cfg_t *cfg;
-
-  cfg_opt_t cfg_opts[] =
-    {
-      CFG_STR_LIST("render_types", NULL, 0),
-      CFG_STR("username", NULL, 0),
-      CFG_STR("name", NULL, 0),
-      CFG_STR("email", NULL, 0),
-      CFG_END()
-    };
 
   input = NULL;
   output = NULL;
@@ -100,14 +88,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       else if(curopt == 'o')
 	output = strdup(optarg);
     } 
-  /*
-    parse the config file after the arguments so we can intercept -h for help
-  */  
-  if(options_init(argc, argv, &cfg, cfg_opts, "client", &options))
-    {
-      fprintf(stderr, "error getting configuration\n");
-      //return 1;
-    }
 
   /* 
      give this error after the general arguments parsing so that
@@ -176,7 +156,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   // We need some code to ssh, and if the SSH fails, tell the user to register.
   // Killed the user reg code, as the php interface will take care of this. Although it should check for users...
 
-  options_free(options);
+  
   return 0;
 };