diff --git a/bin/messc b/bin/messc
index e512d86..df4eb31 100755
--- a/bin/messc
+++ b/bin/messc
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ var path = require('path'),
     fs = require('fs'),
     sys = require('sys');
 
-require.paths.unshift(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'lib'));
+require.paths.unshift(path.join(__dirname, '../lib'), path.join(__dirname, '../lib/node'));
 
 var mess = require('mess');
 var args = process.argv.slice(1);
 var options = {
-    compress: false,
-    optimization: 1,
     silent: false,
     json: false
 };
@@ -29,8 +27,6 @@ args = args.filter(function (arg) {
         case 'verbose':
             options.verbose = true;
             break;
-        case 'j':
-            options.json = true;
         case 'd':
             options.debug = true;
         case 's':
@@ -43,17 +39,6 @@ args = args.filter(function (arg) {
             sys.puts("Options:");
             sys.puts("  -j\tParse JSON map manifest");
             process.exit(0);
-        case 'l':
-        case 'layers':
-            options.layers = true;
-            break;
-        case 'x':
-        case 'compress':
-            options.compress = true;
-            break;
-        case 'O0': options.optimization = 0; break;
-        case 'O1': options.optimization = 1; break;
-        case 'O2': options.optimization = 2; break;
     }
 });
 
@@ -66,7 +51,7 @@ if (output && output[0] != '/') {
     output = path.join(process.cwd(), output);
 }
 
-if (! input) {
+if (!input) {
     sys.puts("messc: no input files");
     process.exit(1);
 }
@@ -77,70 +62,15 @@ fs.readFile(input, 'utf-8', function (e, data) {
         process.exit(1);
     }
 
-    if (options.layers) {
-        // Loads layer definitions from a .layers file in the same directory
-        // as the .mss file with the same basename.
-        var layerFile = input.replace(/\.\w+$/, '.layers');
-
-        fs.readFile(layerFile, 'utf-8', function(err, layers) {
-            if (err) {
-                sys.puts("messc: " + err.message);
-                process.exit(1);
-            }
-
-            var m = '{ "Stylesheet": [{ "id": "' + input +'", "data": "' + data.replace(/\n/g, '\\n') + '" }], "Layer": ' + layers + ' }';
-            new mess.Renderer({
-                paths: [path.dirname(input)],
-                optimization: options.optimization,
-                filename: input
-            }).render(m, function(err, output) {
-                if (err) {
-                    mess.writeError(err, options);
-                    process.exit(1);
-                } else {
-                    sys.puts(output);
-                }
-            });
-        });
-    } else if (options.json) {
-        new mess.Renderer({
-            paths: [path.dirname(input)],
-            optimization: options.optimization,
-            filename: input
-        }).render(data, function (err, output) {
-            if (err) {
-                mess.writeError(err, options);
-                process.exit(1);
-            } else {
-                sys.puts(output);
-            }
-        });
-    } else {
-        new mess.Parser({
-            paths: [path.dirname(input)],
-            optimization: options.optimization,
-            filename: input
-        }).parse(data, function (err, tree) {
-            if (err) {
-                mess.writeError(err, options);
-                // process.exit(1);
-            } else {
-                try {
-                    // if (options.debug) {
-                    //     try {
-                    //         require('eyes').inspect(tree.toAST());
-                    //     } catch (e) {
-                    //         console.log(e);
-                    //         console.log(tree.toAST());
-                    //     }
-                    // }
-                    var mss = tree.toMSS({ compress: options.compress });
-                    sys.print(mss);
-                } catch (e) {
-                    mess.writeError(e, options);
-                    // process.exit(2);
-                }
-            }
-        });
-    }
+    new mess.Renderer({
+        filename: input,
+        local_data_dir: path.dirname(input),
+    }).render(data, function(err, output) {
+        if (err) {
+            mess.writeError(err, options);
+            process.exit(1);
+        } else {
+            sys.puts(output);
+        }
+    });
 });
diff --git a/lib/mess/external.js b/lib/mess/external.js
index 093e36e..2703f8a 100644
--- a/lib/mess/external.js
+++ b/lib/mess/external.js
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ External.prototype.downloadFile = function() {
         this.env.data_dir,
         crypto.createHash('md5').update(this.uri).digest('hex') + path.extname(this.uri));
 
-    console.log('downloading to: ' + this.tempPath);
-
     fs.stat(this.path(), function(err, stats) {
         if (err) {
             // This file does not yet exist. Download it!
diff --git a/lib/mess/parser.js b/lib/mess/parser.js
index 788e562..d5ba4cf 100644
--- a/lib/mess/parser.js
+++ b/lib/mess/parser.js
@@ -185,15 +185,7 @@ mess.Parser = function Parser(env) {
     }
 
     this.env = env = env || {};
-
-    // The optimization level dictates the thoroughness of the parser,
-    // the lower the number, the mess nodes it will create in the tree.
-    // This could matter for debugging, or if you want to access
-    // the individual nodes in the tree.
-    this.optimization = ('optimization' in this.env) ? this.env.optimization : 1;
-
     this.env.filename = this.env.filename || null;
-
     this.env.error = function(e) {
         if (!env.errors) env.errors = [];
         env.errors.push(e);
diff --git a/lib/mess/renderer.js b/lib/mess/renderer.js
index 615d80c..7672cb8 100644
--- a/lib/mess/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/mess/renderer.js
@@ -15,21 +15,6 @@ require.paths.unshift(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'lib'));
  * This is node-only for the time being.
  */
 
-/**
- * Convert a two-element-per-item Array
- * into an object, for the purpose of checking membership
- * and replacing stuff.
- * @param {Array} list a list.
- */
-var to = function(list) {
-    return list && list[0] && _.reduce(list, function(m, r) {
-        if (r && r.length > 1) {
-          m[r[0]] = r[1];
-        }
-        return m;
-    }, {});
-};
-
 mess.Renderer = function Renderer(env) {
     env = _.extend(env, {});
     if (!env.data_dir) env.data_dir = '/tmp/';