diff --git a/src/aiori-aio.c b/src/aiori-aio.c
index 930be24f..8f9aea20 100644
--- a/src/aiori-aio.c
+++ b/src/aiori-aio.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ static void aio_initialize(aiori_mod_opt_t * param){
   if(io_setup(o->max_pending, & o->ioctx) != 0){
     ERRF("Couldn't initialize io context %s", strerror(errno));
   }
-  printf("%d\n", (o->max_pending));
 
   o->iocbs = malloc(sizeof(struct iocb *) * o->granularity);
   o->iocbs_pos = 0;
diff --git a/src/ior.c b/src/ior.c
index 0b4fe4d6..fee367bb 100755
--- a/src/ior.c
+++ b/src/ior.c
@@ -194,16 +194,16 @@ int ior_main(int argc, char **argv)
     out_logfile = stdout;
     out_resultfile = stdout;
 
-    /*
-     * check -h option from commandline without starting MPI;
-     */
-    tests_head = ParseCommandLine(argc, argv, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-
     /* start the MPI code */
     MPI_CHECK(MPI_Init(&argc, &argv), "cannot initialize MPI");
 
     MPI_CHECK(MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank), "cannot get rank");
 
+    /*
+     * check -h option from commandline without starting MPI;
+     */
+    tests_head = ParseCommandLine(argc, argv, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+
     /* set error-handling */
     /*MPI_CHECK(MPI_Errhandler_set(mpi_comm_world, MPI_ERRORS_RETURN),
        "cannot set errhandler"); */