diff --git a/docco.js b/docco.js
index e53b4de3..47184dab 100644
--- a/docco.js
+++ b/docco.js
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
   // source files for languages for which we have definitions.
   configure = function(options) {
     var config, dir;
-    config = _.extend({}, defaults, _.pick(options, ..._.keys(defaults)));
+    config = _.extend({}, defaults, _.pick(options.opts(), ..._.keys(defaults)));
     config.languages = buildMatchers(config.languages);
     // The user is able to override the layout file used with the `--template` parameter.
     // In this case, it is also neccessary to explicitly specify a stylesheet file.
diff --git a/docco.litcoffee b/docco.litcoffee
index ca1eb3e7..e05f46db 100644
--- a/docco.litcoffee
+++ b/docco.litcoffee
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ template, or one of the built-in **layouts**. We only attempt to process
 source files for languages for which we have definitions.
 
     configure = (options) ->
-      config = _.extend {}, defaults, _.pick(options, _.keys(defaults)...)
+      config = _.extend {}, defaults, _.pick(options.opts(), _.keys(defaults)...)
 
       config.languages = buildMatchers config.languages
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b2f2a335..81154ae8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "description":  "The Quick and Dirty Literate Programming Documentation Generator",
   "keywords":     ["documentation", "docs", "generator", "literate", "coffeescript"],
   "author":       "Jeremy Ashkenas",
-  "version":      "0.8.0",
+  "version":      "0.8.1",
   "license":      "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",