Index: trunk/ppSub/src/ppSubCamera.c
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--- trunk/ppSub/src/ppSubCamera.c	(revision 18289)
+++ trunk/ppSub/src/ppSubCamera.c	(revision 18653)
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@
     }
 
+    psMetadata *recipe = psMetadataLookupMetadata(NULL, config->recipes, PPSUB_RECIPE); // Recipe for ppSim
+    if (!recipe) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL, false, "Unable to find recipe %s", PPSUB_RECIPE);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     // psPhot input
-    if (psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, config->arguments, "PHOTOMETRY")) {
+    if (psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, config->arguments, "PHOTOMETRY") ||
+        psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, recipe, "PHOTOMETRY") ) {
+        psMetadataAddBool(config->arguments, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PHOTOMETRY", 0, "Perform photometry?", true);
         psphotModelClassInit ();        // load implementation-specific models
         pmFPAfile *psphot = pmFPAfileDefineFromFPA(config, output->fpa, 1, 1, "PSPHOT.INPUT");