diff --git a/util/options.cc b/util/options.cc
index 4e75827..ff596d0 100644
--- a/util/options.cc
+++ b/util/options.cc
@@ -121,9 +121,10 @@
   GError *parse_error = NULL;
   if (!g_option_context_parse (context, argc, argv, &parse_error))
   {
-    if (parse_error != NULL)
+    if (parse_error != NULL) {
       fail (TRUE, "%s", parse_error->message);
-    else
+      //g_error_free (parse_error);
+    } else
       fail (TRUE, "Option parse error");
   }
 }
@@ -543,3 +544,25 @@
   *len = ret_len;
   return ret;
 }
+
+
+FILE *
+output_options_t::get_file_handle (void)
+{
+  if (fp)
+    return fp;
+
+  if (output_file)
+    fp = fopen (output_file, "wb");
+  else {
+#if HAVE_IO_H
+    _setmode (fileno (stdout), O_BINARY);
+#endif
+    fp = stdout;
+  }
+  if (!fp)
+    fail (FALSE, "Cannot open output file `%s': %s",
+	  g_filename_display_name (output_file), strerror (errno));
+
+  return fp;
+}