diff --git a/R/api.R b/R/api.R
index 1c795f0ae07f50cb5b2e7de84ca7d4c63c228d94..3d8561211654872fdc9ebc36493188e1394d5429 100644
--- a/R/api.R
+++ b/R/api.R
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ gen_base_ftab <- function(m) {
 }
 
 ##' @export
-load_inputs <- function(conf) {
-    m<-list()
-    m$conf <- conf
+load_inputs <- function(m) {
     m$input$tab$mzml <- file2tab(m$conf$data)
     m$input$tab$known <- if (shiny::isTruthy(m$input$tab$known))
                              file2tab(m$conf$compounds$known) else EMPTY_KNOWN