diff --git a/moses/LM/IRST.cpp b/moses/LM/IRST.cpp
index 9038abd2b..ba2537eea 100644
--- a/moses/LM/IRST.cpp
+++ b/moses/LM/IRST.cpp
@@ -42,15 +42,12 @@ namespace Moses
 LanguageModelIRST::LanguageModelIRST(const std::string &line)
 :LanguageModelSingleFactor("IRSTLM", line)
 {
-  cerr << "line=" << line << endl;
   FactorType factorType;
   size_t nGramOrder;
   string filePath;
 
-  vector<string> toks = Tokenize(line);
-  for (size_t i = 1; i < toks.size(); ++i) {
-    vector<string> args = Tokenize(toks[i], "=");
-    CHECK(args.size() == 2);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < m_args.size(); ++i) {
+	const vector<string> &args = m_args[i];
 
     if (args[0] == "factor") {
       factorType = Scan<FactorType>(args[1]);
diff --git a/moses/LM/Ken.cpp b/moses/LM/Ken.cpp
index d4babd3a1..6e0c63f53 100644
--- a/moses/LM/Ken.cpp
+++ b/moses/LM/Ken.cpp
@@ -354,6 +354,9 @@ LanguageModel *ConstructKenLM(const std::string &description, const std::string
     else if (args[0] == "lazyken") {
       lazy = Scan<bool>(args[1]);
     }
+    else if (args[0] == "name") {
+      // that's ok. do nothing, passes onto LM constructor
+    }
     else {
       throw "Unknown argument " + args[0];
     }