diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -608,6 +608,8 @@ void distrenjob_remove(struct general_in
 /* Grabs config info from confs */
 int distrend_do_config(int argc, char *argv[], struct distrend_config **config)
 {
+  unsigned int counter;
+
   cfg_opt_t myopts_listen[] =
     {
       CFG_SIMPLE_STR("type", NULL),
@@ -625,6 +627,7 @@ int distrend_do_config(int argc, char *a
     };
 
   struct distrenjob *distrenjob;
+  cfg_t *cfg_listen;
 
   int tmp;
 
@@ -642,7 +645,20 @@ 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, "daemon", &(*config)->options);
+  if(options_init(argc, argv, &(*config)->mycfg, myopts, "daemon", &(*config)->options))
+    return 1;
+
+  /**
+     grab listen blocks:
+   */
+  (*config)->listens = malloc(sizeof(struct distrend_listen) * (cfg_size((*config)->mycfg, "listen") + 1));
+  for(counter = 0; counter < cfg_size((*config)->mycfg, "listen"); counter ++)
+    {
+      cfg_listen = cfg_getnsec((*config)->mycfg, "listen", counter);
+      (*config)->listens[counter].port = cfg_getint(cfg_listen, "port");
+      (*config)->listens[counter].sock = -1;
+    }
+  memset(&(*config)->listens[counter], '\0', sizeof(struct distrend_listen));
 
   fprintf(stderr, "using %s as datadir\n", (*config)->datadir);
 
@@ -1117,7 +1133,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
   cont = 1;
 
-  distrend_do_config(argc, argv, &config);
+  if(distrend_do_config(argc, argv, &config))
+    return 1;
 
   if(start_data(&general_info, config->datadir))
     {