diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ int distrend_do_config(int argc, char *a
   *config = malloc(sizeof(struct distrend_config));
   myopts[1].simple_value = &(*config)->datadir;
 
-  options_init(argc, argv, &(*config)->mycfg, myopts, "server", &(*config)->options);
+  options_init(argc, argv, &(*config)->mycfg, myopts, "daemon", &(*config)->options);
 
   fprintf(stderr, "using %s as datadir\n", (*config)->datadir);