diff --git a/src/server/simpleslave.c b/src/server/simpleslave.c
--- a/src/server/simpleslave.c
+++ b/src/server/simpleslave.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   char *password;
   char *hostname;
 
+  multiio_context_t multiio;
+
   cfg_opt_t myopts[] = {
     CFG_SIMPLE_STR("username", &username),
     CFG_SIMPLE_STR("password", &password),
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   char curopt;
   int runBenchmark = 0;
   int updateConf = 0;
+  multiio = multiio_context_new();
 
   while(((char)-1) != (curopt = getopt(argc, argv, "u:p:rh")))
      {
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ if(updateConf){
   return 0;
 }
   /* Get conf data */
-  options_init(argc, argv, &my_cfg, myopts, "slave", &commonopts);
+ options_init(argc, argv, &my_cfg, myopts, "slave", &commonopts, multiio);
 
   if(!datadir)
     {