--- handle_options.c.orig	Tue May  7 17:22:08 1996
+++ handle_options.c	Thu Dec 27 16:51:26 2007
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "tags.h"
 #include "prefs.h"
 #include "autoinit.h"
+#include "open.h"
 
 #ifdef VOLUME_CONTROL
 #ifdef __hpux
@@ -235,7 +236,9 @@ void handle_options(int argc, char *argv[])
 		print_usage();
 		end_all(0);
 		}
-	ask_freq = args[1].scalar * 1000;
+	ask_freq = args[1].scalar;
+	if (ask_freq < 1000)
+		ask_freq *= 1000;
 	stereo = args[2].scalar;
 	loop = args[3].scalar;
 	set_watched_scalar(OVERSAMPLE, args[4].scalar);
