Index: trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 16664)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 16666)
@@ -118,5 +118,4 @@
     PXOPT_COPY_TIME(config->args, where, "-dateobs_end", "dateobs", "<=");
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-exp_tag", "exp_tag", "==");
-    PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-exp_type", "exp_type", "==");
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-filelevel", "filelevel", "==");
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-reduction", "reduction", "==");
@@ -163,4 +162,7 @@
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_STR(tess_id, config->args, "-set_tess_id", false, false);
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_STR(end_stage, config->args, "-set_end_stage", false, false);
+
+    // default
+    PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-exp_type", "exp_type", "==");
 
     // find the exp_id of all the exposures that we want to queue up.
Index: trunk/ippTools/src/chiptoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/chiptoolConfig.c	(revision 16664)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/chiptoolConfig.c	(revision 16666)
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@
             "search by exp_tag", NULL);
     psMetadataAddStr(queueArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-exp_type",  0,
-            "search by exp_type", NULL);
+            "search by exp_type", "object");
     psMetadataAddStr(queueArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-filelevel",  0,
             "search by filelevel", NULL);