diff --git a/src/common/options.c b/src/common/options.c
--- a/src/common/options.c
+++ b/src/common/options.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int options_init(int argc, char *argv[],
 	      CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_TITLE),
       CFG_SEC(myname,
 	      myopts,
-	      0),
+	      CFGF_NONE),
       CFG_FUNC("include",
 	       &cfg_include),
       CFG_END()
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ int options_init(int argc, char *argv[],
 
     case CFG_PARSE_ERROR:
 
+      fprintf(stderr, "error parsing configuration file, exiting\n");
+
       free((*allopts)->data);
       free(*allopts);
       free(configfile);