Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotArguments.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotArguments.c	(revision 5980)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotArguments.c	(revision 5986)
@@ -117,5 +117,10 @@
     psMetadata *config = psMetadataAlloc ();
 
+    // add default values
+    psMetadataAddStr (config, PS_LIST_TAIL, "BREAK_POINT", 0, "", "NONE");
+    psMetadataAddS32 (config, PS_LIST_TAIL, "FIT_MODE", 0, "", 2);
+
     psMetadataAdd (config, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PSF_MODEL", PS_DATA_METADATA_MULTI, "folder for psf model entries", NULL);
+
     config = psMetadataConfigParse (config, &Nfail, argv[3], FALSE);