Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotDefineFiles.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotDefineFiles.c	(revision 23688)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotDefineFiles.c	(revision 25983)
@@ -126,4 +126,13 @@
     }
 
+    if (psMetadataLookupPtr(NULL, config->arguments, "SRCTEXT")) {
+	// XXX cannot use pmFPAfileDefineFromArgs: this is explicitly a FITS-based I/O function
+	// supply the attach the 
+	if (!psphotLoadSRCTEXT(input->fpa, config)) {
+            psError(PSPHOT_ERR_CONFIG, false, "Failed to load PSPHOT.INPUT.TEXT");
+            return status;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (psMetadataLookupPtr(NULL, config->arguments, "PSPHOT.PSF")) {
         pmFPAfileBindFromArgs(&status, input, config, "PSPHOT.PSF.LOAD", "PSPHOT.PSF");