Index: common.scm
==================================================================
--- common.scm
+++ common.scm
@@ -471,13 +471,14 @@
 	 (target  (or (args:get-arg "-reqtarg")
 		      (args:get-arg "-target")
 		      (getenv "MT_TARGET")))
 	 (tlist   (if target (string-split target "/" #t) '()))
 	 (valid   (if target
-		      (and (not (null? tlist))
-			   (eq? numkeys (length tlist))
-			   (null? (filter string-null? tlist)))
+		      (or (null? keys) ;; probably don't know our keys yet
+			  (and (not (null? tlist))
+			       (eq? numkeys (length tlist))
+			       (null? (filter string-null? tlist))))
 		      #f)))
     (if valid
 	(if split
 	    tlist
 	    target)

Index: launch.scm
==================================================================
--- launch.scm
+++ launch.scm
@@ -722,11 +722,11 @@
 	 (linktree (common:get-linktree))
 	 (rundir   (if (and runname target linktree)(conc linktree "/" target "/" runname) #f))
 	 (mtcachef (and rundir (conc rundir "/" ".megatest.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
 	 (rccachef (and rundir (conc rundir "/" ".runconfigs.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
 	 (cancreate (and rundir (file-exists? rundir)(file-write-access? rundir))))
-    (print "runname: " runname " target: " target " mtcachef: " mtcachef " rccachef: " rccachef)
+    ;; (print "runname: " runname " target: " target " mtcachef: " mtcachef " rccachef: " rccachef)
     (cond
      ;; data was read and cached and available in *configstatus*
      ((eq? *configstatus* 'fulldata)
       *toppath*)
      ;; if mtcachef exists just read it