Index: trunk/ppImage/src/ppImagePhotom.c
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--- trunk/ppImage/src/ppImagePhotom.c	(revision 11352)
+++ trunk/ppImage/src/ppImagePhotom.c	(revision 11364)
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@
 
     psphotModelGroupInit ();
+
+    // select recipe options supplied on command line
+    psMetadata *recipe  = psMetadataLookupPtr (&status, config->recipes, PSPHOT_RECIPE);
 
     // find or define a pmFPAfile PSPHOT.INPUT
@@ -45,7 +48,4 @@
 	}
     }
-
-    // select recipe options supplied on command line
-    psMetadata *recipe  = psMetadataLookupPtr (&status, config->recipes, PSPHOT_RECIPE);
 
     // NOTE the difference here from psphotParseCamera: the mask and weight