--- a/retrieve.py	Mon Jan 22 16:42:08 2018 -0500
+++ b/retrieve.py	Wed Jan 24 11:26:24 2018 -0500
@@ -112,12 +112,7 @@
                     action="store", dest="dataformat", help="data format");
     parser.add_option("-a", "--appdata", type="string",
                     action="store", dest="appdata", help="appdata folder name");
-    parser.add_option("-v", "--version", action="store_true", dest="version",
-                    default=False, help="display version and exit");
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args();
-    if options.version:
-        print __version__;
-    else:
-        return process_accessions( options, args );
+    return process_accessions( options, args );
 
 if __name__ == "__main__": __main__()