diff --git a/eris.c b/eris.c
index 450b146..28c0a7e 100644
--- a/eris.c
+++ b/eris.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 int             doauth = 0;
 int             docgi = 0;
 int             doidx = 0;
+int             nochdir = 0;
 int             redirect = 0;
 int             portappend = 0;
 
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int             opt;
 
-    while (-1 != (opt = getopt(argc, argv, "acdhkprv"))) {
+    while (-1 != (opt = getopt(argc, argv, "acdhkprv."))) {
         switch (opt) {
             case 'a':
                 doauth = 1;
@@ -255,6 +256,9 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
             case 'd':
                 doidx = 1;
                 break;
+            case '.':
+                nochdir = 1;
+                break;
             case 'p':
                 portappend = 1;
                 break;
@@ -264,6 +268,7 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
             case 'v':
                 printf(FNORD "\n");
                 exit(0);
+            case 'h':
             default:
                 fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [OPTIONS]\n",
                         argv[0]);
@@ -271,6 +276,7 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
                 fprintf(stderr, "-a         Enable authentication\n");
                 fprintf(stderr, "-c         Enable CGI\n");
                 fprintf(stderr, "-d         Enable directory listing\n");
+                fprintf(stderr, "-.         Serve out of ./ (no vhosting)\n");
                 fprintf(stderr, "-p         Append port to hostname directory\n");
                 fprintf(stderr, "-r         Enable symlink redirection\n");
                 fprintf(stderr, "-v         Print version and exit\n");
@@ -711,7 +717,7 @@ handle_request()
     }
 
     /* Try to change into the appropriate directory */
-    {
+    if (! nochdir) {
         char fn[PATH_MAX];
 
         if (host) {
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index b32c114..e5a2719 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ title "Logging busybox"
 
 
 
+H "Options"
+
+title "-."
+printf 'GET /eris HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n' | $HTTPD -. 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'HTTP/1.. 200 OK' && pass || fail
+
+
+
 H "Tomfoolery"
 
 title "Non-header"
@@ -150,7 +157,7 @@ title "ANSI C Date"
 printf 'GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nIf-Modified-Since: Sun Feb 27 12:12:12 2030\r\n\r\n' | $HTTPD 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'HTTP/1.. 304 ' && pass || fail
 
 title "ims persist"
-printf 'GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nIf-Modified-Since: %s\r\n\r\nGET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n' | $HTTPD 2>/dev/null | d | grep -q 'HTTP/1.. 304.*HTTP/1.. 200'
+printf 'GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nIf-Modified-Since: %s\r\n\r\nGET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n' "$ims" | $HTTPD 2>/dev/null | d | grep -q 'HTTP/1.. 304.*HTTP/1.. 200' && pass || fail
 
 
 
@@ -214,6 +221,11 @@ printf 'GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: empty\r\n\r\n' | $HTTPD_IDX 2>/dev/null | grep -
 title "CGI output bare newlines"
 printf 'GET /a.cgi HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n' | $HTTPD_CGI 2>/dev/null | d | grep -q '#%#%' && pass || fail
 
+## Note: fnord gets a pass on this since it only claims to be an HTTP/1.0
+## server.  Eris is not 1.1 compliant either, but it at least tries to fake it.  You
+## should consider how much of HTTP/1.1 you want before deploying either.  In practice,
+## with browsers, both seems sufficient.  Some tools, notably httperf, fail
+## with fnord.
 # 3. Should process both requests; instead drops second
 title "Multiple requests in one packet"
 printf 'GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: a\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\n\r\nGET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: a\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\n\r\n' | $HTTPD 2>/dev/null | grep -c '^HTTP/1.' | grep -q 2 && pass || fail