Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/src/relastro.c
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--- /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/src/relastro.c	(revision 39381)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/src/relastro.c	(revision 39382)
@@ -35,5 +35,22 @@
       exit (0);
 
-    case OP_UPDATE_OFFSETS:
+    case OP_UPDATE_OFFSETS: 
+      if (!PARALLEL) {
+	FITS_DB db;
+      
+	set_db (&db);
+	gfits_db_init (&db);
+
+	/* lock and load the image db table */
+	int status = dvo_image_lock (&db, ImageCat, 60.0, LCK_SOFT);
+	if (!status) Shutdown ("ERROR: failure to lock image catalog %s", db.filename);
+	if (db.dbstate == LCK_EMPTY) Shutdown ("ERROR: No images in catalog %s (1)", db.filename);
+	if (!dvo_image_load (&db, VERBOSE, FALSE)) Shutdown ("can't read image catalog %s", db.filename);
+	// the raw FITS data is freed by dvo_image_load, leaving only the Image structure data
+
+	/* load regions and images based on specified sky patch (default depth) */
+	load_images (&db, skylist, FALSE, USE_ALL_IMAGES);
+      }
+
       // iterate over catalogs to make detection coordinates consistant
       UpdateObjectOffsets (skylist, 0, NULL);