diff --git a/src/shmem.c b/src/shmem.c
index 1a0057ab7..81262f1cc 100644
--- a/src/shmem.c
+++ b/src/shmem.c
@@ -11,43 +11,33 @@
 #include "sample.h"
 #include "sample_io.h"
 #include "shmem.h"
-#include "super_node.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 
-static struct super_node sn = { .state = STATE_DESTROYED };
+#define VECTORIZE 8
 
 void usage()
 {
-	printf("Usage: villas-shmem CONFIG NODE\n");
-	printf("  CONFIG  path to a configuration file\n");
-	printf("  NODE    the name of the node which samples should be read from\n");
+	printf("Usage: villas-shmem SHM_NAME\n");
+	printf("  SHMNAME name of the shared memory object\n");
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-	if (argc != 3) {
+	if (argc != 2) {
 		usage();
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	super_node_init(&sn);
-	super_node_parse_uri(&sn, argv[1]);
-
-	struct node *node = list_lookup(&sn.nodes, argv[2]);
-	if (!node)
-		error("Node '%s' does not exist!", argv[2]);
-
-	struct shmem* shm = node->_vd;
-	struct shmem_shared *shared = shmem_shared_open(shm->name);
+	struct shmem_shared *shared = shmem_shared_open(argv[1]);
 	if (!shared)
 		serror("Failed to open shmem interface");
 
-	struct sample *insmps[node->vectorize], *outsmps[node->vectorize];
+	struct sample *insmps[VECTORIZE], *outsmps[VECTORIZE];
 	while (1) {
 		int r, w;
-		r = shmem_shared_read(shared, insmps, node->vectorize);
+		r = shmem_shared_read(shared, insmps, VECTORIZE);
 		int avail = sample_alloc(&shared->pool, outsmps, r);
 		if (avail < r)
 			warn("pool underrun (%d/%d)\n", avail, r);