diff --git a/src/client/libdistren_config.c b/src/client/libdistren_config.c
--- a/src/client/libdistren_config.c
+++ b/src/client/libdistren_config.c
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ int _distren_getoptions(distren_t handle
       return 1;
     }
   
-  return 1;
+  handle->server = cfg_getstr(cfg, "server");
+  fprintf(stderr, "using ``%s'' as server\n", handle->server);
+
+  return 0;
 }
 
 /**