diff --git a/src/common/remoteio.c b/src/common/remoteio.c
--- a/src/common/remoteio.c
+++ b/src/common/remoteio.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int remoteio_config(cfg_t *cfg, struct r
       method = cfg_getstr(cfg_aserver, "method");
       for(counter2 = 0; funcmap[counter2].name; counter2 ++)
 	if(strcmp(method, funcmap[counter2].name) == 0)
-	  aserver.method = REMOTEIO_METHOD_SSH;
+	  aserver.method = funcmap[counter2].method;
       if(aserver.method == REMOTEIO_METHOD_MAX)
 	{
 	  fprintf(stderr, "No such method as %s\n", method);