diff --git a/etc/shmem.conf b/etc/shmem.conf
index 1e4cf01ef..545f59b62 100644
--- a/etc/shmem.conf
+++ b/etc/shmem.conf
@@ -6,17 +6,13 @@ stats = 1;
 debug = 10;
 
 nodes = {
-	infile = {
+	file = {
 		type = "file",
 		in = {
 			path = "input.log",
+			rate = 2.0,
 			mode = "r",
-			rate = 2.0
 		},
-		vectorize = 1
-	},
-	outfile = {
-		type = "file",
 		out = {
 			path = "output.log",
 			mode = "w"
@@ -37,14 +33,9 @@ nodes = {
 
 paths = (
 	{
-		in = "infile",
+		in = "file",
 		out = "shmem",
-		rate = 2,
+		reverse = true,
 		hook = ["print"]
-	},
-	{
-		in = "shmem",
-		out = "outfile",
-		hook = ["print"],
 	}
 );