diff --git a/management/commands/generate_clips.py b/management/commands/generate_clips.py
index dfbb559..abfd55d 100644
--- a/management/commands/generate_clips.py
+++ b/management/commands/generate_clips.py
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     help = 'generate symlinks to clips and clips.json'
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
-        parser.add_argument('--lang', action='store', dest='lang', default=None, help='subtitle language')
         parser.add_argument('--prefix', action='store', dest='prefix', default="/srv/t_for_time", help='prefix to build clips in')
-        parser.add_argument('--censored', action='store', dest='censored', default=None, help='censor items from list')
 
     def handle(self, **options):
         return generate_clips(options)
diff --git a/management/commands/update_subtitles.py b/management/commands/update_subtitles.py
index a1482d6..1585ff5 100644
--- a/management/commands/update_subtitles.py
+++ b/management/commands/update_subtitles.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument('--prefix', action='store', dest='prefix', default="/srv/t_for_time", help='prefix to build clips in')
         parser.add_argument('--offset', action='store', dest='offset', default="1024", help='inital offset in pi')
-        parser.add_argument('--lang', action='store', dest='lang', default=None, help='subtitle language')
 
     def handle(self, **options):
         update_subtitles(options)
diff --git a/render.py b/render.py
index 110e18a..f06b606 100644
--- a/render.py
+++ b/render.py
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ def parse_lang(lang):
 
 
 def render_all(options):
+    options = load_defaults(options)
     prefix = options['prefix']
     duration = int(options['duration'])
     base = int(options['offset'])
@@ -897,9 +898,22 @@ def scene_subtitles(scene, options):
         offset += clip['duration']
     return subs
 
+
+def load_defaults(options):
+    path = os.path.join(options["prefix"], "options.json")
+    if os.path.exists(path):
+        with open(path) as fd:
+            defaults = json.loads(fd)
+        for key in defaults:
+            if key not in options:
+                options[key] = defaults[key]
+    return options
+
+
 def update_subtitles(options):
     import item.models
 
+    options = load_defaults(options)
     prefix = Path(options['prefix'])
     base = int(options['offset'])
     lang, tlang = parse_lang(options["lang"])