Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/dvo/gstar.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/dvo/gstar.c	(revision 38471)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/dvo/gstar.c	(revision 39294)
@@ -210,4 +210,5 @@
     remove_argument (N, &argc, argv);
     PARALLEL = TRUE;
+    // can this now be deprecated?
   }
 
@@ -236,6 +237,6 @@
 
   HostTable *table = NULL;  
-  if (PARALLEL) {
-    char *CATDIR = GetCATDIR();
+  char *CATDIR = GetCATDIR();
+  if (HostTableExists (CATDIR, sky->hosts)) {
     table = HostTableLoad (CATDIR, sky->hosts);
     if (!table) {