Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotArguments.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotArguments.c	(revision 10492)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotArguments.c	(revision 10554)
@@ -89,5 +89,12 @@
     }
 
-    // drop the local view on the options (saved in config->arguments)
+    // chip selection is used to limit chips to be processed
+    if ((N = psArgumentGet (argc, argv, "-chip"))) {
+        psArgumentRemove (N, &argc, argv);
+        psMetadataAddStr (options, PS_LIST_TAIL, "CHIP_SELECTIONS", PS_DATA_STRING, "", argv[N]);
+        psArgumentRemove (N, &argc, argv);
+    }
+
+    // drop the local view on the options (saved in config->arguments:PSPHOT_RECIPE)
     psFree (options);
 
@@ -97,11 +104,4 @@
         psError(PSPHOT_ERR_ARGUMENTS, false, "pmConfigFileSetsMD failed to parse arguments");
         return NULL;
-    }
-
-    // chip selection is used to limit chips to be processed
-    if ((N = psArgumentGet (argc, argv, "-chip"))) {
-        psArgumentRemove (N, &argc, argv);
-        psMetadataAddStr (config->arguments, PS_LIST_TAIL, "CHIP_SELECTIONS", PS_DATA_STRING, "", psStringCopy(argv[N]));
-        psArgumentRemove (N, &argc, argv);
     }