Index: trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsSetupFromArgs.c
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--- trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsSetupFromArgs.c	(revision 13640)
+++ trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsSetupFromArgs.c	(revision 13658)
@@ -191,5 +191,9 @@
 
     // Get the rest from the recipe
-    ppStatsSetupFromRecipe(data, config);
+    if (!ppStatsSetupFromRecipe(data, config)) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "Unable to read ppStats options from recipe.");
+        psFree(data);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     // Print out what we're going to do