Index: trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmPSF_IO.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmPSF_IO.c	(revision 9562)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/objects/pmPSF_IO.c	(revision 9563)
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
  *  @author EAM, IfA
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.6 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2006-10-13 21:15:45 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.7 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2006-10-14 00:56:13 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2004 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -47,6 +47,4 @@
     psMetadataAdd (metadata, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PSF_MODEL_NAME", PS_DATA_STRING, "PSF model name", modelName);
 
-    psMetadataAdd (metadata, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PSF_POISSON_ERRORS", PS_DATA_BOOL, "Poisson errors for fits", psf->poissonErrors);
-
     int nPar = pmModelParameterCount (psf->type)    ;
     psMetadataAdd (metadata, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PSF_MODEL_NPAR", PS_DATA_S32, "PSF model parameter count", nPar);
@@ -64,4 +62,5 @@
     psMetadataAdd (metadata, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PSF_CHISQ", PS_DATA_F32, "chi-square for fit", psf->chisq);
     psMetadataAdd (metadata, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PSF_NSTARS", PS_DATA_S32, "number of stars used to measure PSF", psf->nPSFstars);
+    psMetadataAdd (metadata, PS_LIST_TAIL, "PSF_POISSON_ERRORS", PS_DATA_BOOL, "Poisson errors for fits", psf->poissonErrors);
 
     return metadata;
@@ -81,5 +80,6 @@
         poissonErrors = true;
 
-    pmPSF *psf = pmPSFAlloc (type, poissonErrors);
+    // we determine the PSF parameter polynomials from the MD-defined polynomials
+    pmPSF *psf = pmPSFAlloc (type, poissonErrors, NULL);
 
     int nPar = psMetadataLookupS32 (&status, metadata, "PSF_MODEL_NPAR");