diff --git a/src/buddies/strm2cif/strm2cif.cc b/src/buddies/strm2cif/strm2cif.cc
index 55c5edac6..5b33abdd5 100644
--- a/src/buddies/strm2cif/strm2cif.cc
+++ b/src/buddies/strm2cif/strm2cif.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "bdInit.h"
 #include "bdWriterOptions.h"
+#include "bdReaderOptions.h"
 #include "dbLayout.h"
 #include "dbReader.h"
 #include "dbCIFWriter.h"
@@ -33,10 +34,12 @@ main_func (int argc, char *argv [])
   bd::init ();
 
   bd::GenericWriterOptions generic_writer_options;
+  bd::GenericReaderOptions generic_reader_options;
   std::string infile, outfile;
 
   tl::CommandLineOptions cmd;
   generic_writer_options.add_options_for_cif (cmd);
+  generic_reader_options.add_options (cmd);
 
   cmd << tl::arg ("input",                     &infile,                        "The input file (any format, may be gzip compressed)")
       << tl::arg ("output",                    &outfile,                       "The output file")
@@ -51,9 +54,12 @@ main_func (int argc, char *argv [])
   db::LayerMap map;
 
   {
+    db::LoadLayoutOptions load_options;
+    generic_reader_options.configure (load_options);
+
     tl::InputStream stream (infile);
     db::Reader reader (stream);
-    map = reader.read (layout);
+    map = reader.read (layout, load_options);
   }
 
   {
diff --git a/src/buddies/strm2dxf/strm2dxf.cc b/src/buddies/strm2dxf/strm2dxf.cc
index ba1451a08..bddbf658b 100644
--- a/src/buddies/strm2dxf/strm2dxf.cc
+++ b/src/buddies/strm2dxf/strm2dxf.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "bdInit.h"
 #include "bdWriterOptions.h"
+#include "bdReaderOptions.h"
 #include "dbLayout.h"
 #include "dbReader.h"
 #include "dbDXFWriter.h"
@@ -33,10 +34,12 @@ main_func (int argc, char *argv [])
   bd::init ();
 
   bd::GenericWriterOptions generic_writer_options;
+  bd::GenericReaderOptions generic_reader_options;
   std::string infile, outfile;
 
   tl::CommandLineOptions cmd;
   generic_writer_options.add_options_for_dxf (cmd);
+  generic_reader_options.add_options (cmd);
 
   cmd << tl::arg ("input",                     &infile,                        "The input file (any format, may be gzip compressed)")
       << tl::arg ("output",                    &outfile,                       "The output file")
@@ -51,9 +54,12 @@ main_func (int argc, char *argv [])
   db::LayerMap map;
 
   {
+    db::LoadLayoutOptions load_options;
+    generic_reader_options.configure (load_options);
+
     tl::InputStream stream (infile);
     db::Reader reader (stream);
-    map = reader.read (layout);
+    map = reader.read (layout, load_options);
   }
 
   {
diff --git a/src/buddies/strm2gdstxt/strm2gdstxt.cc b/src/buddies/strm2gdstxt/strm2gdstxt.cc
index a1d247fab..703161374 100644
--- a/src/buddies/strm2gdstxt/strm2gdstxt.cc
+++ b/src/buddies/strm2gdstxt/strm2gdstxt.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "bdInit.h"
 #include "bdWriterOptions.h"
+#include "bdReaderOptions.h"
 #include "dbLayout.h"
 #include "dbReader.h"
 #include "contrib/dbGDS2TextWriter.h"
@@ -33,9 +34,11 @@ main_func (int argc, char *argv [])
   bd::init ();
 
   bd::GenericWriterOptions generic_writer_options;
+  bd::GenericReaderOptions generic_reader_options;
   std::string infile, outfile;
 
   tl::CommandLineOptions cmd;
+  generic_reader_options.add_options (cmd);
   generic_writer_options.add_options_for_gds2 (cmd);
 
   cmd << tl::arg ("input",                     &infile,                        "The input file (any format, may be gzip compressed)")
@@ -51,9 +54,12 @@ main_func (int argc, char *argv [])
   db::LayerMap map;
 
   {
+    db::LoadLayoutOptions load_options;
+    generic_reader_options.configure (load_options);
+
     tl::InputStream stream (infile);
     db::Reader reader (stream);
-    map = reader.read (layout);
+    map = reader.read (layout, load_options);
   }
 
   {
diff --git a/src/buddies/strm2oas/strm2oas.cc b/src/buddies/strm2oas/strm2oas.cc
index a9812fe18..b042ec3b6 100644
--- a/src/buddies/strm2oas/strm2oas.cc
+++ b/src/buddies/strm2oas/strm2oas.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "bdInit.h"
 #include "bdWriterOptions.h"
+#include "bdReaderOptions.h"
 #include "dbLayout.h"
 #include "dbReader.h"
 #include "dbOASISWriter.h"
@@ -33,9 +34,11 @@ main_func (int argc, char *argv [])
   bd::init ();
 
   bd::GenericWriterOptions generic_writer_options;
+  bd::GenericReaderOptions generic_reader_options;
   std::string infile, outfile;
 
   tl::CommandLineOptions cmd;
+  generic_reader_options.add_options (cmd);
   generic_writer_options.add_options_for_oasis (cmd);
 
   cmd << tl::arg ("input",                     &infile,                        "The input file (any format, may be gzip compressed)")
@@ -51,9 +54,12 @@ main_func (int argc, char *argv [])
   db::LayerMap map;
 
   {
+    db::LoadLayoutOptions load_options;
+    generic_reader_options.configure (load_options);
+
     tl::InputStream stream (infile);
     db::Reader reader (stream);
-    map = reader.read (layout);
+    map = reader.read (layout, load_options);
   }
 
   {
diff --git a/src/buddies/strm2txt/strm2txt.cc b/src/buddies/strm2txt/strm2txt.cc
index 605c1577c..eff133517 100644
--- a/src/buddies/strm2txt/strm2txt.cc
+++ b/src/buddies/strm2txt/strm2txt.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 */
 
 #include "bdInit.h"
+#include "bdReaderOptions.h"
 #include "dbLayout.h"
 #include "dbReader.h"
 #include "dbTextWriter.h"
@@ -31,9 +32,11 @@ main_func (int argc, char *argv [])
 {
   bd::init ();
 
+  bd::GenericReaderOptions generic_reader_options;
   std::string infile, outfile;
 
   tl::CommandLineOptions cmd;
+  generic_reader_options.add_options (cmd);
 
   cmd << tl::arg ("input",                     &infile,                        "The input file (any format, may be gzip compressed)")
       << tl::arg ("output",                    &outfile,                       "The output file")
@@ -48,9 +51,12 @@ main_func (int argc, char *argv [])
   db::LayerMap map;
 
   {
+    db::LoadLayoutOptions load_options;
+    generic_reader_options.configure (load_options);
+
     tl::InputStream stream (infile);
     db::Reader reader (stream);
-    map = reader.read (layout);
+    map = reader.read (layout, load_options);
   }
 
   {