diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "slavefuncs.h"
 
 #include "common/asprintf.h"
+#include "common/multiio.h"
 #include "common/options.h"
 #include "common/protocol.h"
 #include "common/remoteio.h"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+  multiio_context_t multiio;
 
   char *datadir;
   char *server;
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   char curopt;
   int runBenchmark = 0;
 
+  multiio = multiio_context_new();
+
   while(((char)-1) != (curopt = getopt(argc, argv, "u:rh")))
      {
        if(curopt == ':')
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
      }
 
   /* Get conf data */
-  options_init(argc, argv, &my_cfg, myopts, "slave", &commonopts);
+  options_init(argc, argv, &my_cfg, myopts, "slave", &commonopts, multiio);
 
   if(!datadir)
     {
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
   fprintf(stderr, "Connecting to server...\n");
-  if(remoteio_open(&comm_slave, commonopts->remoteio, server))
+  if(remoteio_open_server(&comm_slave, commonopts->remoteio, NULL, NULL, server))
     {
       fprintf(stderr, "Error connecting to server; exiting\n");
       return 1;