diff --git a/common/JackInternalClient.cpp b/common/JackInternalClient.cpp
index bd521b98..e51e996d 100644
--- a/common/JackInternalClient.cpp
+++ b/common/JackInternalClient.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ JackLoadableInternalClient::JackLoadableInternalClient(JackServer* server, JackS
         jack_error("symbol jack_finish cannot be found in %s", so_name);
         throw - 1;
     }
-    
+
     fDescriptor = (JackDriverDescFunction)GetJackProc(fHandle, "jack_get_descriptor");
     if (!fDescriptor) {
         jack_info("No jack_get_descriptor entry-point for %s", so_name);
diff --git a/common/JackNetManager.cpp b/common/JackNetManager.cpp
index 4f57fc9d..d3a7738f 100644
--- a/common/JackNetManager.cpp
+++ b/common/JackNetManager.cpp
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ namespace Jack
 
 	int JackNetMaster::SetProcess ( jack_nframes_t nframes, void* arg )
 	{
-		JackNetMaster* master = static_cast<JackNetMaster*> ( arg );	
+		JackNetMaster* master = static_cast<JackNetMaster*> ( arg );
 		return master->Process();
 	}
 
@@ -629,12 +629,12 @@ extern "C"
     {
         jack_driver_desc_t *desc;
         desc = (jack_driver_desc_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(jack_driver_desc_t));
-     
+
         // TODO
-        
+
         return desc;
     }
-    
+
     EXPORT int jack_internal_initialize ( jack_client_t* jack_client, const JSList* params )
     {
         if ( master_manager )
@@ -649,11 +649,12 @@ extern "C"
 			return ( master_manager ) ? 0 : 1;
 		}
     }
-    
+
 	EXPORT int jack_initialize ( jack_client_t* jack_client, const char* load_init )
 	{
-        const JSList* params = NULL;
-        // TODO : convert load_init to params
+        const JSList* params = NULL;
+        Jack::JackArgParser args(load_init);
+        const char** argv = args.GetArgv();
         return jack_internal_initialize(jack_client, params);
 	}
 
diff --git a/common/JackNetTool.h b/common/JackNetTool.h
index 5fbc92eb..acf40883 100644
--- a/common/JackNetTool.h
+++ b/common/JackNetTool.h
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 #include "JackConstants.h"
 #include "JackMidiPort.h"
 #include "JackExports.h"
-#include "JackError.h"
+#include "JackError.h"
+#include "JackTools.h"
 #include "JackPlatformNetSocket.h"
 
 #include <string>
diff --git a/common/JackTools.cpp b/common/JackTools.cpp
index e47c66bd..c9351765 100644
--- a/common/JackTools.cpp
+++ b/common/JackTools.cpp
@@ -205,9 +205,17 @@ namespace Jack {
     }
 
     JackArgParser::JackArgParser(const char* arg) {
+        jack_log ( "JackArgParser::JackArgParser, arg : '%s'", arg );
+
         fArgc=0;
         fNumArgv=0;
         fArgString=string(arg);
+        //if empty string
+        if (strlen(arg)==0) {
+            fArgv = NULL;
+            return;
+        }
+        //else parse the arg string
         fArgString+=" ";
         const size_t arg_len=fArgString.length();
         int i=0;
@@ -226,7 +234,7 @@ namespace Jack {
             //no more quotes or spaces, consider the end of the string
             if (pos==string::npos)
                 pos=arg_len;
-            //if it's a double quote
+            //if double quote
             if (fArgString.at(pos)=='\"') {
                 //first character : copy the substring
                 if (pos==start) {
@@ -242,7 +250,7 @@ namespace Jack {
                     start=pos;
                 }
             }
-            //if it's a space
+            //if space
             if (fArgString.at(pos)==' ') {
                 copy_start=start;
                 copy_length=pos-copy_start;
@@ -260,12 +268,16 @@ namespace Jack {
             fill_n(fArgv[i],args[i].length()+1,0);
             args[i].copy(fArgv[i],args[i].length());
         }
+
+        //finally count the 'real' options (the ones starting with a '-')
         for (i=0; i<fNumArgv; i++)
             if (fArgv[i][0]=='-')
                 fArgc++;
     }
 
     JackArgParser::~JackArgParser() {
+        for (int i=0; i<fNumArgv; i++)
+            delete[] fArgv[i];
         delete[] fArgv;
     }
 
diff --git a/common/JackTools.h b/common/JackTools.h
index bf264552..61f617f6 100644
--- a/common/JackTools.h
+++ b/common/JackTools.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #ifndef __JackTools__
 #define __JackTools__
 
+#include "JackExports.h"
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
 #else
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ struct JackTools
 
 };
 
-class JackArgParser
+class EXPORT JackArgParser
 {
     private:
         std::string fArgString;