diff --git a/src/GF/Speech/CFGToFiniteState.hs b/src/GF/Speech/CFGToFiniteState.hs
index 692d12a67..efc4c562e 100644
--- a/src/GF/Speech/CFGToFiniteState.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Speech/CFGToFiniteState.hs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ cfgToFA opts s = minimize $ compileAutomaton start $ makeSimpleRegular opts s
   where start = getStartCatCF opts s
 
 makeSimpleRegular :: Options -> StateGrammar -> CFRules
-makeSimpleRegular opts s = makeRegular $ preprocess $ cfgToCFRules s
+makeSimpleRegular opts s = makeRegular $ cfgToCFRules s
   where start = getStartCatCF opts s
         preprocess = fix (topDownFilter start . bottomUpFilter)
                      . removeCycles
diff --git a/src/GF/Speech/SRG.hs b/src/GF/Speech/SRG.hs
index 7ec96232e..8370f130a 100644
--- a/src/GF/Speech/SRG.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Speech/SRG.hs
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 module GF.Speech.SRG (SRG(..), SRGRule(..), SRGAlt(..), SRGItem,
-                      SRGCat, SRGNT, CFTerm,
-                       makeSimpleSRG
+                      SRGCat, SRGNT, CFTerm
+                     , makeSRG
+                     , makeSimpleSRG
                      , lookupFM_, prtS
                      , cfgCatToGFCat, srgTopCats
                      ) where
@@ -82,7 +83,18 @@ type CatNames = Map String String
 makeSimpleSRG :: Options   -- ^ Grammar options
 	      -> StateGrammar
 	      -> SRG
-makeSimpleSRG opt s =
+makeSimpleSRG opt s = makeSRG preprocess opt s
+    where
+      preprocess origStart = mergeIdentical
+                             . removeLeftRecursion origStart 
+                             . fix (topDownFilter origStart . bottomUpFilter)
+                             . removeCycles
+
+makeSRG :: (Cat_ -> CFRules -> CFRules)
+        -> Options   -- ^ Grammar options
+	-> StateGrammar
+	-> SRG
+makeSRG preprocess opt s =
       SRG { grammarName = name,
 	    startCat = lookupFM_ names origStart,
 	    origStartCat = origStart,
@@ -94,11 +106,7 @@ makeSimpleSRG opt s =
     origStart = getStartCatCF opts s
     probs = stateProbs s
     l = fmap (replace '_' '-') $ getOptVal opts speechLanguage
-    (cats,cfgRules) = unzip $ preprocess $ cfgToCFRules s
-    preprocess = mergeIdentical
-                 . removeLeftRecursion origStart 
-                 . fix (topDownFilter origStart . bottomUpFilter)
-                 . removeCycles
+    (cats,cfgRules) = unzip $ preprocess origStart $ cfgToCFRules s
     names = mkCatNames name cats
     rs = map (cfgRulesToSRGRule names probs) cfgRules
 
diff --git a/src/GF/Speech/TransformCFG.hs b/src/GF/Speech/TransformCFG.hs
index 33ef9771d..a94cf3817 100644
--- a/src/GF/Speech/TransformCFG.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Speech/TransformCFG.hs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import GF.Infra.Ident
 import GF.Infra.Option
 import GF.Infra.Print
 import GF.Speech.Relation
-import GF.Compile.ShellState (StateGrammar, stateCFG, stateGrammarST, startCatStateOpts)
+import GF.Compile.ShellState (StateGrammar, stateCFG, stateGrammarST, startCatStateOpts, stateOptions)
 
 import Control.Monad
 import Control.Monad.State (State, get, put, evalState)
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ cfgToCFRules s =
           profileToTerm (C.CId t) (Constant f) = maybe (CFMeta t) (\x -> CFObj x []) (forestName f)
 
 getStartCat :: Options -> StateGrammar -> String
-getStartCat opts sgr = prCFCat (startCatStateOpts opts sgr)
+getStartCat opts sgr = prCFCat (startCatStateOpts opts' sgr)
+  where opts' = addOptions opts (stateOptions sgr)
 
 getStartCatCF :: Options -> StateGrammar -> String
 getStartCatCF opts sgr = getStartCat opts sgr ++ "{}.s"