diff --git a/daemon/Makefile b/daemon/Makefile
index 25d9c9a44..9828f8939 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile
+++ b/daemon/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CC?=gcc
 CFLAGS=		-g -Wall -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing
 CFLAGS+=	-std=c99
 CFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0`
@@ -10,38 +9,13 @@ CFLAGS+=	`pcre-config --cflags`
 CFLAGS+=	-I. -I../kernel-module/ -I../lib/
 CFLAGS+=	-D_GNU_SOURCE
 
-ifeq ($(RTPENGINE_VERSION),)
-  DPKG_PRSCHNGLG= $(shell which dpkg-parsechangelog 2>/dev/null)
-  ifneq ($(DPKG_PRSCHNGLG),)
-    DPKG_PRSCHNGLG=$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -l../debian/changelog | awk '/^Version: / {print $$2}')
-  endif
-  GIT_BR_COMMIT=$(shell git branch --no-color --no-column -v 2> /dev/null | awk '/^\*/ {OFS="-"; print "git", $$2, $$3}')
-
-  ifneq ($(DPKG_PRSCHNGLG),)
-    RTPENGINE_VERSION+=$(DPKG_PRSCHNGLG)
-  endif
-  ifneq ($(GIT_BR_COMMIT),)
-    RTPENGINE_VERSION+=$(GIT_BR_COMMIT)
-  endif
-
-  ifeq ($(RTPENGINE_VERSION),)
-    RTPENGINE_VERSION+=undefined
-  endif
-endif
-CFLAGS+=	-DRTPENGINE_VERSION="\"$(RTPENGINE_VERSION)\""
-
 CFLAGS+=	-DRE_PLUGIN_DIR="\"/usr/lib/rtpengine\""
 
+### compile time options:
 #CFLAGS+=	-DSRTCP_KEY_DERIVATION_RFC_COMPLIANCE
 #CFLAGS+=	-DTERMINATE_SDP_AT_BLANK_LINE
 #CFLAGS+=	-DSTRICT_SDES_KEY_LIFETIME
 
-ifeq ($(DBG),yes)
-CFLAGS+=	-D__DEBUG=1
-else
-CFLAGS+=	-O3
-endif
-
 LDFLAGS=	-lm
 LDFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --libs glib-2.0`
 LDFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --libs gthread-2.0`
@@ -55,15 +29,7 @@ LDFLAGS+=	`pcre-config --libs`
 LDFLAGS+=	`xmlrpc-c-config client --libs`
 LDFLAGS+=	-lhiredis
 
-ifneq ($(DBG),yes)
-  DPKG_BLDFLGS=	$(shell which dpkg-buildflags 2>/dev/null)
-  ifneq ($(DPKG_BLDFLGS),)
-    # support http://wiki.debian.org/Hardening for >=wheezy
-    CFLAGS+=	`dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS`
-    CPPFLAGS+=	`dpkg-buildflags --get CPPFLAGS`
-    LDFLAGS+=	`dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS`
-  endif
-endif
+include ../lib/lib.Makefile
 
 SRCS=		main.c kernel.c poller.c aux.c control_tcp.c streambuf.c call.c control_udp.c redis.c \
 		bencode.c cookie_cache.c udp_listener.c control_ng.c sdp.c str.c stun.c rtcp.c \
diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 95fc70f12..95ca595f1 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@
 
 
 
-#define die(x...) do {									\
-	ilog(LOG_CRIT, x);								\
-	exit(-1);									\
-} while(0)
-
-
-
 struct main_context {
 	struct poller		*p;
 	struct callmaster	*m;
@@ -52,8 +45,6 @@ struct main_context {
 
 static mutex_t *openssl_locks;
 
-static char *pidfile;
-static gboolean foreground;
 static GQueue interfaces = G_QUEUE_INIT;
 static GQueue keyspaces = G_QUEUE_INIT;
 static endpoint_t tcp_listen_ep;
@@ -265,8 +256,6 @@ static int redis_ep_parse(endpoint_t *ep, int *db, char **auth, const char *auth
 
 
 static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
-	char *configfile = NULL;
-	char *configsection = "rtpengine";
 	char **if_a = NULL;
 	char **ks_a = NULL;
 	unsigned int uint_keyspace_db;
@@ -284,16 +273,12 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 	char *log_facility_s = NULL;
 	char *log_facility_cdr_s = NULL;
 	char *log_facility_rtcp_s = NULL;
-	int version = 0;
 	int sip_source = 0;
 	char *homerp = NULL;
 	char *homerproto = NULL;
 	char *endptr;
 
 	GOptionEntry e[] = {
-		{ "config-file",  0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&configfile,	"Load config from this file",	"FILE"		},
-		{ "config-section",0,0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&configsection,	"Config file section to use",	"STRING"		},
-		{ "version",	'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&version,	"Print build time and exit",	NULL		},
 		{ "table",	't', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&table,		"Kernel table to use",		"INT"		},
 		{ "no-fallback",'F', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&no_fallback,	"Only start when kernel module is available", NULL },
 		{ "interface",	'i', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY,&if_a,	"Local interface for RTP",	"[NAME/]IP[!IP]"},
@@ -309,8 +294,6 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 		{ "timeout",	'o', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&timeout,	"RTP timeout",			"SECS"		},
 		{ "silent-timeout",'s',0,G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&silent_timeout,"RTP timeout for muted",	"SECS"		},
 		{ "final-timeout",'a',0,G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&final_timeout,	"Call timeout",			"SECS"		},
-		{ "pidfile",	'p', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,	&pidfile,	"Write PID to file",		"FILE"		},
-		{ "foreground",	'f', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&foreground,	"Don't fork to background",	NULL		},
 		{ "port-min",	'm', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&port_min,	"Lowest port to use for RTP",	"INT"		},
 		{ "port-max",	'M', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&port_max,	"Highest port to use for RTP",	"INT"		},
 		{ "redis",	'r', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&redisps,	"Connect to Redis database",	"[PW@]IP:PORT/INT"	},
@@ -319,7 +302,6 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 		{ "redis-expires", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &redis_expires, "Expire time in seconds for redis keys",      "INT"       },
 		{ "no-redis-required", 'q', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &no_redis_required, "Start no matter of redis connection state", NULL },
 		{ "b2b-url",	'b', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&b2b_url,	"XMLRPC URL of B2B UA"	,	"STRING"	},
-		{ "log-level",	'L', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	(void *)&log_level,"Mask log priorities above this level","INT"	},
 		{ "log-facility",0,  0,	G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &log_facility_s, "Syslog facility to use for logging", "daemon|local0|...|local7"},
 		{ "log-facility-cdr",0,  0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &log_facility_cdr_s, "Syslog facility to use for logging CDRs", "daemon|local0|...|local7"},
 		{ "log-facility-rtcp",0,  0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &log_facility_rtcp_s, "Syslog facility to use for logging RTCP", "daemon|local0|...|local7"},
@@ -339,14 +321,8 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 		{ NULL, }
 	};
 
-	const char *errstr = config_load(argc, argv, e, " - next-generation media proxy", &configfile,
-			"/etc/rtpengine/rtpengine.conf", &configsection);
-
-	if (errstr)
-		die("Bad command line: %s", errstr);
-
-	if (version)
-		die("%s", RTPENGINE_VERSION);
+	config_load(argc, argv, e, " - next-generation media proxy",
+			"/etc/rtpengine/rtpengine.conf", "rtpengine");
 
 	if (!if_a)
 		die("Missing option --interface");
@@ -444,21 +420,21 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 	if (log_facility_s) {
 		if (!parse_log_facility(log_facility_s, &_log_facility)) {
 			print_available_log_facilities();
-			die ("Invalid log facility '%s' (--log-facility)\n", log_facility_s);
+			die ("Invalid log facility '%s' (--log-facility)", log_facility_s);
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (log_facility_cdr_s) {
 		if (!parse_log_facility(log_facility_cdr_s, &_log_facility_cdr)) {
 			print_available_log_facilities();
-			die ("Invalid log facility for CDR '%s' (--log-facility-cdr)\n", log_facility_cdr_s);
+			die ("Invalid log facility for CDR '%s' (--log-facility-cdr)", log_facility_cdr_s);
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (log_facility_rtcp_s) {
 		if (!parse_log_facility(log_facility_rtcp_s, &_log_facility_rtcp)) {
 			print_available_log_facilities();
-			die ("Invalid log facility for RTCP '%s' (--log-facility-rtcp)\n", log_facility_rtcp_s);
+			die ("Invalid log facility for RTCP '%s' (--log-facility-rtcp)n", log_facility_rtcp_s);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -642,9 +618,8 @@ no_kernel:
 
 	ctx->m->conf = mc;
 
-	if (!foreground)
-		daemonize();
-	wpidfile(pidfile);
+	daemonize();
+	wpidfile();
 
 	ctx->m->homer = homer_sender_new(&homer_ep, homer_protocol, homer_id);
 
diff --git a/lib/auxlib.c b/lib/auxlib.c
index d75f5d5ad..b69853960 100644
--- a/lib/auxlib.c
+++ b/lib/auxlib.c
@@ -4,9 +4,20 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include "loglib.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include "log.h"
+
+
+static const char *config_file;
+static const char *config_section;
+static const char *pid_file;
+static int foreground;
+static int version;
+
 
 void daemonize(void) {
+	if (foreground)
+		return;
 	if (fork())
 		_exit(0);
 	write_log = (write_log_t *) syslog;
@@ -16,23 +27,42 @@ void daemonize(void) {
 	setpgrp();
 }
 
-void wpidfile(const char *pidfile) {
+void wpidfile() {
 	FILE *fp;
 
-	if (!pidfile)
+	if (!pid_file)
 		return;
 
-	fp = fopen(pidfile, "w");
+	fp = fopen(pid_file, "w");
 	if (fp) {
 		fprintf(fp, "%u\n", getpid());
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
 }
 
+
+static unsigned int options_length(const GOptionEntry *arr) {
+	unsigned int len = 0;
+	for (const GOptionEntry *p = arr; p->long_name; p++)
+		len++;
+	return len;
+}
+
+
+static const GOptionEntry shared_options[] = {
+	{ "version",		'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&version,	"Print build time and exit",		NULL		},
+	{ "config-file",	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&config_file,	"Load config from this file",		"FILE"		},
+	{ "config-section",	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&config_section,"Config file section to use",		"STRING"	},
+	{ "log-level",		'L', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	(void *)&log_level,"Mask log priorities above this level","INT"		},
+	{ "pidfile",		'p', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,	&pid_file,	"Write PID to file",			"FILE"		},
+	{ "foreground",		'f', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&foreground,	"Don't fork to background",		NULL		},
+	{ NULL, }
+};
+
 #define CONF_OPTION_GLUE(get_func, data_type, ...) 							\
 	{												\
 		data_type *varptr = e->arg_data;							\
-		data_type var = g_key_file_get_ ## get_func(kf, *section_ptr, e->long_name,		\
+		data_type var = g_key_file_get_ ## get_func(kf, config_section, e->long_name,		\
 			##__VA_ARGS__, &er);								\
 		if (er && g_error_matches(er, G_KEY_FILE_ERROR, G_KEY_FILE_ERROR_KEY_NOT_FOUND)) {	\
 			g_error_free(er);								\
@@ -40,39 +70,49 @@ void wpidfile(const char *pidfile) {
 			break;										\
 		}											\
 		if (er)											\
-			return er->message;								\
+			goto err;									\
 		*varptr = var;										\
 		break;											\
 	}
 
-const char *config_load(int *argc, char ***argv, GOptionEntry *entries, const char *description,
-		char **filename_ptr, const char *default_config, char **section_ptr)
+void config_load(int *argc, char ***argv, GOptionEntry *app_entries, const char *description,
+		const char *default_config, const char *default_section)
 {
 	GOptionContext *c;
 	GError *er = NULL;
-	const char *config_file;
+	const char *use_config;
 	int fatal = 0;
 	int saved_argc = *argc;
 	char **saved_argv = g_strdupv(*argv);
 
+	// prepend shared CLI options
+	unsigned int shared_len = options_length(shared_options);
+	unsigned int app_len = options_length(app_entries);
+	GOptionEntry *entries = malloc(sizeof(*entries) * (shared_len + app_len + 1));
+	memcpy(entries, shared_options, sizeof(*entries) * shared_len);
+	memcpy(&entries[shared_len], app_entries, sizeof(*entries) * (app_len + 1));
+
+	if (!config_section)
+		config_section = default_section;
+
 	c = g_option_context_new(description);
 	g_option_context_add_main_entries(c, entries, NULL);
 	if (!g_option_context_parse(c, argc, argv, &er))
-		return er->message;
+		goto err;
 
 	// is there a config file to load?
-	config_file = default_config;
-	if (filename_ptr && *filename_ptr) {
-		config_file = *filename_ptr;
+	use_config = default_config;
+	if (config_file) {
+		use_config = config_file;
 		fatal = 1;
 	}
 
 	GKeyFile *kf = g_key_file_new();
-	if (!g_key_file_load_from_file(kf, config_file, G_KEY_FILE_NONE, &er)) {
+	if (!g_key_file_load_from_file(kf, use_config, G_KEY_FILE_NONE, &er)) {
 		if (!fatal && (g_error_matches(er, G_KEY_FILE_ERROR, G_KEY_FILE_ERROR_NOT_FOUND)
 					|| g_error_matches(er, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_NOENT)))
-			return NULL;
-		return er->message;
+			goto out;
+		goto err;
 	}
 
 	// iterate the options list and see if the config file defines any
@@ -99,5 +139,14 @@ const char *config_load(int *argc, char ***argv, GOptionEntry *entries, const ch
 	// process CLI arguments again so they override options from the config file
 	g_option_context_parse(c, &saved_argc, &saved_argv, &er);
 
-	return NULL;
+out:
+	if (version) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Version: %s\n", RTPENGINE_VERSION);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	return;
+
+err:
+	die("Bad command line: %s", er->message);
 }
diff --git a/lib/auxlib.h b/lib/auxlib.h
index 0c59cd5e8..3e29c7223 100644
--- a/lib/auxlib.h
+++ b/lib/auxlib.h
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 
 void daemonize(void);
-void wpidfile(const char *pidfile);
-const char *config_load(int *argc, char ***argv, GOptionEntry *entries, const char *description,
-		char **filename_ptr, const char *default_config, char **section_ptr);
+void wpidfile(void);
+void config_load(int *argc, char ***argv, GOptionEntry *entries, const char *description,
+		const char *default_config, const char *default_section);
 
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/lib.Makefile b/lib/lib.Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fe7de986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/lib.Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+CC ?= gcc
+
+
+ifeq ($(RTPENGINE_VERSION),)
+  DPKG_PRSCHNGLG= $(shell which dpkg-parsechangelog 2>/dev/null)
+  ifneq ($(DPKG_PRSCHNGLG),)
+    DPKG_PRSCHNGLG=$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -l../debian/changelog | awk '/^Version: / {print $$2}')
+  endif
+  GIT_BR_COMMIT=$(shell git branch --no-color --no-column -v 2> /dev/null | awk '/^\*/ {OFS="-"; print "git", $$2, $$3}')
+
+  ifneq ($(DPKG_PRSCHNGLG),)
+    RTPENGINE_VERSION+=$(DPKG_PRSCHNGLG)
+  endif
+  ifneq ($(GIT_BR_COMMIT),)
+    RTPENGINE_VERSION+=$(GIT_BR_COMMIT)
+  endif
+
+  ifeq ($(RTPENGINE_VERSION),)
+    RTPENGINE_VERSION+=undefined
+  endif
+endif
+CFLAGS+=	-DRTPENGINE_VERSION="\"$(RTPENGINE_VERSION)\""
+
+
+ifeq ($(DBG),yes)
+CFLAGS+=	-D__DEBUG=1
+else
+CFLAGS+=	-O3
+endif
+
+
+ifneq ($(DBG),yes)
+  DPKG_BLDFLGS=	$(shell which dpkg-buildflags 2>/dev/null)
+  ifneq ($(DPKG_BLDFLGS),)
+    # support http://wiki.debian.org/Hardening for >=wheezy
+    CFLAGS+=	`dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS`
+    CPPFLAGS+=	`dpkg-buildflags --get CPPFLAGS`
+    LDFLAGS+=	`dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS`
+  endif
+endif
diff --git a/lib/loglib.h b/lib/loglib.h
index c42e92403..e2239b045 100644
--- a/lib/loglib.h
+++ b/lib/loglib.h
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ INLINE int get_log_level(void) {
 
 
 
+#define die(fmt, ...) do { ilog(LOG_CRIT, "Fatal error: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); exit(-1); } while (0)
+#define die_errno(msg) die("%s: %s", msg, strerror(errno))
+
+
+
 #define LOG_ERROR LOG_ERR
 #define LOG_WARN LOG_WARNING
 
diff --git a/recording-daemon/Makefile b/recording-daemon/Makefile
index 7251a774c..fd5bfe7d3 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/Makefile
+++ b/recording-daemon/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 TARGET=		rtpengine-recording
 
-CC?=gcc
 CFLAGS=		-g -Wall -pthread -I. -I../lib/
 CFLAGS+=	-std=c99
 CFLAGS+=	-D_GNU_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE
@@ -11,12 +10,6 @@ CFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --cflags libavcodec`
 CFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --cflags libavformat`
 CFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --cflags libavutil`
 
-ifeq ($(DBG),yes)
-CFLAGS+=	-D__DEBUG=1
-else
-CFLAGS+=	-O3
-endif
-
 LDFLAGS=	-lm
 LDFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --libs glib-2.0`
 LDFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --libs gthread-2.0`
@@ -25,15 +18,7 @@ LDFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --libs libavcodec`
 LDFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --libs libavformat`
 LDFLAGS+=	`pkg-config --libs libavutil`
 
-ifneq ($(DBG),yes)
-  DPKG_BLDFLGS=	$(shell which dpkg-buildflags 2>/dev/null)
-  ifneq ($(DPKG_BLDFLGS),)
-    # support http://wiki.debian.org/Hardening for >=wheezy
-    CFLAGS+=	`dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS`
-    CPPFLAGS+=	`dpkg-buildflags --get CPPFLAGS`
-    LDFLAGS+=	`dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS`
-  endif
-endif
+include ../lib/lib.Makefile
 
 SRCS=		epoll.c garbage.c inotify.c main.c metafile.c stream.c recaux.c rtplib.c packet.c \
 		decoder.c loglib.c auxlib.c
diff --git a/recording-daemon/inotify.c b/recording-daemon/inotify.c
index f7f728d30..36af9017f 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/inotify.c
+++ b/recording-daemon/inotify.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void inotify_setup(void) {
 	if (inotify_fd == -1)
 		die_errno("inotify_init1 failed");
 
-	int ret = inotify_add_watch(inotify_fd, SPOOL_DIR, IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_DELETE);
+	int ret = inotify_add_watch(inotify_fd, spool_dir, IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_DELETE);
 	if (ret == -1)
 		die_errno("inotify_add_watch failed");
 
diff --git a/recording-daemon/log.h b/recording-daemon/log.h
index 426ec4ad2..0a5f6a35a 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/log.h
+++ b/recording-daemon/log.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#define die(fmt, ...) do { ilog(LOG_CRIT, "Fatal error: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); exit(-1); } while (0)
-#define die_errno(msg) die("%s: %s", msg, strerror(errno))
 #define __ilog(...) __ilog_np(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define dbg(fmt, ...) ilog(LOG_DEBUG, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
diff --git a/recording-daemon/main.c b/recording-daemon/main.c
index e7f10d510..e1757033e 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/main.c
+++ b/recording-daemon/main.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <libavformat/avformat.h>
 #include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include "log.h"
 #include "epoll.h"
 #include "inotify.h"
@@ -18,6 +20,12 @@
 
 
 
+int ktable = 0;
+int num_threads = 8;
+const char *spool_dir = "/var/spool/rtpengine";
+const char *output_dir = "/var/lib/rtpengine-recording";
+
+
 static GQueue threads = G_QUEUE_INIT; // only accessed from main thread
 
 volatile int shutdown_flag;
@@ -51,6 +59,12 @@ static void setup(void) {
 	inotify_setup();
 	av_log_set_callback(avlog_ilog);
 	openlog("rtpengine-recording", LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_DAEMON);
+
+	if (!g_file_test(output_dir, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
+		ilog(LOG_INFO, "Creating output dir '%s'", output_dir);
+		if (mkdir(output_dir, 0700))
+			die_errno("Failed to create output dir '%s'");
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -104,12 +118,27 @@ static void cleanup(void) {
 }
 
 
-int main() {
+static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
+	GOptionEntry e[] = {
+		{ "table",		't', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&ktable,	"Kernel table rtpengine uses",		"INT"		},
+		{ "spool-dir",		0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&spool_dir,	"Directory containing rtpengine metadata files", "PATH" },
+		{ "output-dir",		0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&output_dir,	"Where to write media files to",	"PATH"		},
+		{ "num-threads",	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&num_threads,	"Number of worker threads",		"INT"		},
+		{ NULL, }
+	};
+
+	config_load(argc, argv, e, " - rtpengine recording daemon",
+			"/etc/rtpengine/rtpengine-recording.conf", "rtpengine-recording");
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+	options(&argc, &argv);
 	setup();
 	daemonize();
-	//wpidfile();
+	wpidfile();
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < num_threads; i++)
 		start_poller_thread();
 
 	wait_for_signal();
diff --git a/recording-daemon/main.h b/recording-daemon/main.h
index a25ee1974..c58659d31 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/main.h
+++ b/recording-daemon/main.h
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 #define _MAIN_H_
 
 
-#define SPOOL_DIR "/var/spool/rtpengine"
-#define PROC_DIR "/proc/rtpengine/0/calls"
-#define NUM_THREADS 8
-
+extern int ktable;
+extern int num_threads;
+extern const char *spool_dir;
+extern const char *output_dir;
 
 extern volatile int shutdown_flag;
 
diff --git a/recording-daemon/metafile.c b/recording-daemon/metafile.c
index c3c660e89..a7556b9e8 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/metafile.c
+++ b/recording-daemon/metafile.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void metafile_change(char *name) {
 	metafile_t *mf = metafile_get(name);
 
 	char fnbuf[PATH_MAX];
-	snprintf(fnbuf, sizeof(fnbuf), "%s/%s", SPOOL_DIR, name);
+	snprintf(fnbuf, sizeof(fnbuf), "%s/%s", spool_dir, name);
 
 	// open file and seek to last known position
 	int fd = open(fnbuf, O_RDONLY);
diff --git a/recording-daemon/packet.c b/recording-daemon/packet.c
index 48e221222..c0d476648 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/packet.c
+++ b/recording-daemon/packet.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "str.h"
 #include "decoder.h"
 #include "rtcplib.h"
+#include "main.h"
 
 
 static int ptr_cmp(const void *a, const void *b, void *dummy) {
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ static ssrc_t *ssrc_get(metafile_t *mf, unsigned long ssrc) {
 	ret->seq = -1;
 
 	char buf[256];
-	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s-%08lx.wav", mf->parent, ssrc);
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s-%08lx.wav", output_dir, mf->parent, ssrc);
 	ret->output = output_new(buf);
 
 	g_hash_table_insert(mf->ssrc_hash, GUINT_TO_POINTER(ssrc), ret);
diff --git a/recording-daemon/stream.c b/recording-daemon/stream.c
index 0ae9ab2b7..974de11a0 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/stream.c
+++ b/recording-daemon/stream.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void stream_open(metafile_t *mf, unsigned long id, char *name) {
 	stream->name = g_string_chunk_insert(mf->gsc, name);
 
 	char fnbuf[PATH_MAX];
-	snprintf(fnbuf, sizeof(fnbuf), "%s/%s/%s", PROC_DIR, mf->parent, name);
+	snprintf(fnbuf, sizeof(fnbuf), "/proc/rtpengine/%u/calls/%s/%s", ktable, mf->parent, name);
 
 	stream->fd = open(fnbuf, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (stream->fd == -1) {