diff --git a/DOUAR.f90 b/DOUAR.f90
index 3cbd6c14246a186a7cf52632039389800693eb2a..58c269f3909258921e007a661f15446f4a37e33e 100644
--- a/DOUAR.f90
+++ b/DOUAR.f90
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ call int_to_char(ciproc,3,iproc)
 
 threadinfo%Logunit=1000+iproc
 open  (unit=threadinfo%Logunit,file='./DEBUG/mpilogs/Log_'//ciproc//'.dat',status='replace')
-write(threadinfo%Logunit,*) 'This is douar, last modifed 2009-08-20'
-if (iproc.eq.0) write(*,*)  'This is douar, last modifed 2009-08-20'
+write(threadinfo%Logunit,*) 'This is douar, last modifed 2009-09-03'
+if (iproc.eq.0) write(*,*)  'This is douar, last modifed 2009-09-03'
 write(threadinfo%Logunit,'(a,i3)') 'Log file of mpi process',iproc
 
 call heap_init(threadinfo,2000+iproc,'./DEBUG/mpilogs/mem_heap_'//ciproc//'.dat')
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ call heap_init(threadinfo,2000+iproc,'./DEBUG/mpilogs/mem_heap_'//ciproc//'.dat'
 !------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 numarg=iargc()
+! 2009-09-03: Douglas Guptill
+! mpich doesn't allow us to read the command line
+! so we simulate an empty one
+numarg = 0
 
 if (numarg==0) then
    params%infile='input.txt'