Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotArguments.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotArguments.c	(revision 5986)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotArguments.c	(revision 5993)
@@ -123,5 +123,6 @@
     psMetadataAdd (config, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PSF_MODEL", PS_DATA_METADATA_MULTI, "folder for psf model entries", NULL);
 
-    config = psMetadataConfigParse (config, &Nfail, argv[3], FALSE);
+    // config file values override defaults set here
+    config = psMetadataConfigParse (config, &Nfail, argv[3], TRUE);
 
     psMetadataItem *item = NULL;
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@
     while ((item = psMetadataGetAndIncrement (iter)) != NULL) {
 	psMetadataAddItem (config, item, PS_LIST_TAIL, PS_META_REPLACE);
-	// psFree (item);
+	psFree (item);
     }
-    // psFree (iter);
+    psFree (iter);
 
     // identify input image & optional weight & mask images
