diff --git a/start b/start
index eb7b3be..91818e3 100755
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#Application options
+START_OPTS=""
+
+#Standard startup script
 [ -z "$BASE$APP" ] && exit 1
 #p5env setup
 PATH="$BASE/perl5/bin${PATH+:}${PATH}"; export PATH;