diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/cli.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/cli.py
index 4c9b08df96..6c190759f7 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/cli.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/cli.py
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ def main(args=sys.argv):
                         OptionRecommendation.HIGH) \
                                         for n in parser.options_iter()
                                         if n.dest]
+    print recommendations
     plumber.merge_ui_recommendations(recommendations)
 
     plumber.run()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4cb6c88d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+__license__ = 'GPL 3'
+__copyright__ = '2009, John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+import logging
+
+from calibre.ebooks.conversion.plumber import Plumber
+from calibre.utils.logging import Log
+
+def gui_convert(input, output, recommendations):
+    plumber = Plumber(input, output, Log())
+    plumber.merge_ui_recommendations(recommendations)
+    
+    plumber.run()
+
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py
index 03ff2b150a..c83fcf4889 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tools.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 '''
 Logic for setting up conversion jobs
 '''
-import os
+
+import cPickle, os
+
 from PyQt4.Qt import QDialog
 
 from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ from calibre.gui2.convert import load_specifics
 from calibre.gui2.convert.single import NoSupportedInputFormats
 from calibre.gui2.convert.single import Config as SingleConfig
 
-def convert_single_ebook(parent, db, row_ids, auto_conversion=False out_format=None):
+def convert_single_ebook(parent, db, row_ids, auto_conversion=False, out_format=None):
     changed = False
     jobs = []
     bad = []
@@ -32,8 +34,6 @@ def convert_single_ebook(parent, db, row_ids, auto_conversion=False out_format=N
             
             if auto_conversion:
                 result = QDialog.Accepted
-                if d.output_format != out_format:
-                    raise Exception('Output format not supported.')
             else:
                 result = d.exec_()
             
@@ -47,14 +47,10 @@ def convert_single_ebook(parent, db, row_ids, auto_conversion=False out_format=N
             
                 desc = _('Convert book %d of %d (%s)') % (i + 1, total, repr(mi.title))
                 
-                opts = load_specifics(db, row_id)
-                opts_string = ''
-                for opt in opts.keys():
-                    opts_string += ' --%s %s ' % (opt, opts[opt])    
-                
-                args = [['', in_file, out_file.name, opts_string]]
+                recs = cPickle.loads(d.recommendations)
+                args = [in_file, out_file.name, recs]
                 temp_files = [out_file]
-                jobs.append(('ebook-convert', args, desc, d.output_format.upper(), row_id, temp_files))
+                jobs.append(('gui_convert', args, desc, d.output_format.upper(), row_id, temp_files))
 
                 changed = True
         except NoSupportedInputFormats:
diff --git a/src/calibre/parallel.py b/src/calibre/parallel.py
index cb14c4ed20..ff1180e4b4 100644
--- a/src/calibre/parallel.py
+++ b/src/calibre/parallel.py
@@ -38,50 +38,21 @@ DEBUG = False
 
 #: A mapping from job names to functions that perform the jobs
 PARALLEL_FUNCS = {
-      'any2lrf'      :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.lrf.any.convert_from', 'main', dict(gui_mode=True), None),
-
       'lrfviewer'    :
         ('calibre.gui2.lrf_renderer.main', 'main', {}, None),
 
       'ebook-viewer'    :
         ('calibre.gui2.viewer.main', 'main', {}, None),
 
-      'feeds2lrf'    :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.lrf.feeds.convert_from', 'main', {}, 'notification'),
-
-      'render_table' :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.lrf.html.table_as_image', 'do_render', {}, None),
-
       'render_pages' :
         ('calibre.ebooks.comic.input', 'render_pages', {}, 'notification'),
 
-      'comic2lrf'    :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.lrf.comic.convert_from', 'do_convert', {}, 'notification'),
-
-      'any2epub'     :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.epub.from_any', 'any2epub', {}, None),
-
-      'feeds2epub'   :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.epub.from_feeds', 'main', {}, 'notification'),
-
-      'comic2epub'    :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.epub.from_comic', 'convert', {}, 'notification'),
-
-      'any2mobi'     :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.mobi.from_any', 'any2mobi', {}, None),
-
-      'any2pdf'     :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.pdf.from_any', 'any2pdf', {}, None),
-
-      'feeds2mobi'   :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.mobi.from_feeds', 'main', {}, 'notification'),
-
-      'comic2mobi'    :
-        ('calibre.ebooks.mobi.from_comic', 'convert', {}, 'notification'),
-
       'ebook-convert'     :
         ('calibre.ebooks.conversion.cli', 'main', {}, None),
+        
+        
+      'gui_convert'     :
+        ('calibre.gui2.convert.gui_conversion', 'gui_convert', {}, None),
 }