diff --git a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/Service.py b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/Service.py
index ba1c9ebd582266ee8c1a85840f5358a75c1b6cec..30fc7d2bdfbebcbc386d672e7a830a5c86251e2b 100644
--- a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/Service.py
+++ b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/Service.py
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ class Service(AbstractBusListener):
         Initialize Service object with servicename (str) and servicehandler function.
         additional parameters:
             busname             = <string> Name of the bus in case exchanges are used in stead of queues
-            options             = <dict>   Dictionary of options passed to QPID
             exclusive           = <bool>   Create an exclusive binding so no other services can consume duplicate messages (default: True)
             numthreads          = <int>    Number of parallel threads processing messages (default: 1)
             verbose             = <bool>   Output extra logging over stdout (default: False)
@@ -119,13 +118,6 @@ class Service(AbstractBusListener):
         address = self.busname+"/"+self.service_name if self.busname else self.service_name
         kwargs["exclusive"] = True #set binding to exclusive for services
 
-        # Force the use of a topic in the bus options by setting
-        #   options["node"]["type"] = "topic"
-        options = kwargs.get("options", {})
-        options.setdefault("node", {})
-        options["node"]["type"] = "topic"
-        kwargs["options"] = options
-
         # if the service_handler wants to map the 2nd part of the subject to a method
         # then we need to listen to <servicename>.*
         servicename = self.service_name+'.*' if self.use_service_methods else self.service_name
diff --git a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/messagebus.py b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/messagebus.py
index 6de1814a546fba619837a0be6be91119eca6dfa6..31094ab9c63068ee63c2b98354745e3b1eb9cb27 100644
--- a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/messagebus.py
+++ b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/messagebus.py
@@ -44,26 +44,11 @@ import re
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Default settings for often used parameters.
-DEFAULT_ADDRESS_OPTIONS = {'create': 'always'}
 DEFAULT_BROKER = "localhost:5672"
 DEFAULT_BROKER_OPTIONS = {'reconnect': True}
 DEFAULT_RECEIVER_CAPACITY = 128
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5
 
-# Construct address options string (address options object not supported well in Python)
-def address_options_to_str(opt):
-  if isinstance(opt, dict):
-    return "{%s}" % (", ".join('%s: %s' % (k,address_options_to_str(v)) for (k,v) in opt.items()))
-  elif isinstance(opt, list):
-    return "[%s]" % (", ".join(address_options_to_str(v) for v in opt))
-  elif isinstance(opt, int):
-    return '%s' % (opt,)
-  elif isinstance(opt, bool):
-    return '%s' % (opt,)
-  else:
-    return '"%s"' % (opt,)
-
-
 class FromBus(object):
     """
     *** The following was true for the Py2 qpid library, not necessarily for Proton ***
@@ -82,16 +67,14 @@ class FromBus(object):
     but that of __new__().
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, address, options=None, broker=None, broker_options=None):
+    def __init__(self, address, broker=None, broker_options=None):
         """
         Initializer.
         :param address: valid Qpid address
-        :param options: valid Qpid address options, e.g. {'create': 'never'}
         :param broker: valid Qpid broker URL, e.g. "localhost:5672"
         :param broker_options: valid Qpid broker options, e.g. {'reconnect': True}
         """
         self.address = address
-        self.options = options if options else DEFAULT_ADDRESS_OPTIONS
         self.broker = broker if broker else DEFAULT_BROKER
         self.broker_options = broker_options if broker_options else DEFAULT_BROKER_OPTIONS
 
@@ -123,7 +106,7 @@ class FromBus(object):
         if (self.opened==0):
           # create sender
           try:
-            self._add_queue(self.address, self.options)
+            self._add_queue(self.address)
           except proton.ProtonException:
             self.__exit__(*sys.exc_info())
             raise_exception(MessageBusError, "[FromBus] Receiver initialization failed")
@@ -171,11 +154,10 @@ class FromBus(object):
             raise MessageBusError(
                 "[FromBus] No active receiver (broker: %s)" % self.broker)
 
-    def _add_queue(self, address, options=None):
+    def _add_queue(self, address):
         """
         Add a queue that you want to receive messages from.
         :param address: valid Qpid address
-        :param options: dict containing valid Qpid address options
         """
 
         if address and '/' in address:
@@ -184,18 +166,9 @@ class FromBus(object):
             subject=None
         logger.debug("[FromBus] Receiving from bus: %s  with subject: %s" % (address, subject))
 
-        options = options if options else self.options
-
-        optstr = address_options_to_str(options)
-
-        what = "receiver for source: %s (broker: %s, session: %s, options: %s)" % \
-               (address, self.broker, 'unknown', optstr)
+        what = "receiver for source: %s (broker: %s, session: %s)" %  (address, self.broker, 'unknown')
 
         try:
-            if options:
-                # todo: options=optstr) # "%s; %s" % (address, optstr), capacity=capacity)
-                logger.warning('[FromBus] Options are currently ignored since the switch to Proton!')
-
             # helper class for filtering by subject
             class ProtonSubjectFilter(proton.reactor.Filter):
                 def __init__(self, value):
@@ -366,16 +339,14 @@ class ToBus(object):
     but that of __new__().
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, address, options=None, broker=None, broker_options=None):
+    def __init__(self, address, broker=None, broker_options=None):
         """
         Initializer.
         :param address: valid Qpid address
-        :param options: valid Qpid address options, e.g. {'create': 'never'}
         :param broker: valid Qpid broker URL, e.g. "localhost:5672"
         :param broker_options: valid Qpid broker options, e.g. {'reconnect': True}
         """
         self.address = address
-        self.options = options if options else DEFAULT_ADDRESS_OPTIONS
         self.broker = broker if broker else DEFAULT_BROKER
         self.broker_options = broker_options if broker_options else DEFAULT_BROKER_OPTIONS
 
@@ -395,7 +366,7 @@ class ToBus(object):
     def open(self):
         if (self.opened==0):
             try:
-                self._add_queue(self.address, self.options)
+                self._add_queue(self.address)
             except proton.ProtonException:
                 self.__exit__(*sys.exc_info())
                 raise_exception(MessageBusError, "[ToBus] Sender initialization failed")
@@ -414,20 +385,6 @@ class ToBus(object):
         :raise MessageBusError: if any of the above actions failed.
         :return: self
         """
-        """
-        try:
-            self.connection.open()
-            logger.debug("[ToBus] Connected to broker: %s", self.broker)
-            self.session = self.connection.session()
-            logger.debug("[ToBus] Created session: %s", self.session.name)
-            self._add_queue(self.address, self.options)
-        except qpid.messaging.MessagingError:
-            self.__exit__(*sys.exc_info())
-            raise_exception(MessageBusError, "[ToBus] Initialization failed")
-        except MessageBusError:
-            self.__exit__(*sys.exc_info())
-            raise
-        """
         self.open()
         return self
 
@@ -482,11 +439,10 @@ class ToBus(object):
         #    raise MessageBusError("[ToBus] %s (broker: %s, session %s)" %
         #                          (msg, self.broker, self.session))
 
-    def _add_queue(self, address, options):
+    def _add_queue(self, address):
         """
         Add a queue that you want to sends messages to.
         :param address: valid Qpid address
-        :param options: dict containing valid Qpid address options
         :raise MessageBusError: if sender could not be created
         """
 
@@ -495,17 +451,11 @@ class ToBus(object):
         else:
             self.subject = None
 
-        optstr = address_options_to_str(options)
-
-        what = "sender for source: %s (broker: %s, session: %s, options: %s)" % \
-               (address, self.broker, 'unknown', optstr)
+        what = "sender for source: %s (broker: %s, session: %s)" % (address, self.broker, 'unknown')
 
         try:
             if hasattr(self, 'sender') and self.sender is not None:
                 raise_exception(MessageBusError, "[ToBus] More than one sender")
-            if options:
-                # todo:  create sender with options -> "%s; %s" % (address, optstr))
-                logger.warning('[FromBus] Options are currently ignored since the switch to Proton!')
             self.sender = self.connection.create_sender(address=address)
         except proton.ProtonException:
             raise_exception(MessageBusError,
@@ -612,6 +562,9 @@ class TemporaryQueue(object):
         logger.info("Closed TemporaryQueue at %s", self.address)
         self.address = None
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "TemporaryQueue address=%s".format(self.address)
+
     def create_frombus(self, subject=None):
         """
         Factory method to create a FromBus instance which is connected to this TemporaryQueue
@@ -640,7 +593,6 @@ class AbstractBusListener(object):
         Initialize AbstractBusListener object with address (str).
         :param address: valid Qpid address
         additional parameters in kwargs:
-            options=      <dict>  Dictionary of options passed to QPID
             exclusive=    <bool>  Create an exclusive binding so no other listeners can consume duplicate messages (default: False)
             numthreads=   <int>  Number of parallel threads processing messages (default: 1)
             verbose=      <bool>  Output extra logging over stdout (default: False)
@@ -652,14 +604,14 @@ class AbstractBusListener(object):
         self.exclusive        = kwargs.pop("exclusive", False)
         self._numthreads      = kwargs.pop("numthreads", 1)
         self.verbose          = kwargs.pop("verbose", False)
-        self.frombus_options  = {"capacity": self._numthreads*20}
-        options               = kwargs.pop("options", None)
+        self.frombus_options  = {}
 
         if len(kwargs):
             raise AttributeError("Unexpected argument passed to AbstractBusListener constructor: %s", kwargs)
 
         # Set appropriate flags for exclusive binding
         if self.exclusive == True:
+            logger.warning("exclusive binding is not supported yet since our switch to proton")
             binding_key = address.split('/')[-1]
             self.frombus_options["link"] = { "name": str(uuid.uuid4()),
                                               "x-bindings": [ { "key": binding_key,
@@ -668,11 +620,6 @@ class AbstractBusListener(object):
                                                             ]
                                             }
 
-        # only add options if it is given as a dictionary
-        if isinstance(options,dict):
-            for key,val in options.items():
-                self.frombus_options[key] = val
-
     def _debug(self, txt):
         """
         Internal use only.
diff --git a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/messages.py b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/messages.py
index 838b2882ee2fe2183b93eb4d41ed4e53c15e750c..ca6609bbb0facb65d47ea0631bcdc2763aafaa8f 100644
--- a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/messages.py
+++ b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/messages.py
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ class CommandMessage(LofarMessage):
         self.durable = True
         self.context=context
         self.recipients=recipients
-        self.subject='command',
 
 
 MESSAGE_FACTORY.register("EventMessage", EventMessage)
diff --git a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.py b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.py
index d1517d1ef7c71a8decbba9ee1b5b3b32086afcfe..90f16ece4aacd59428f8552f92c883d42e3198d7 100644
--- a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.py
+++ b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ with TemporaryQueue("t_messagebus") as test_queue:
             with ToBus(test_queue.address) as tobus:
                 regexp = re.escape("[ToBus] More than one sender")
                 with self.assertRaisesRegex(MessageBusError, regexp):
-                    tobus._add_queue(test_queue.address, {})
+                    tobus._add_queue(test_queue.address)
 
         def test_send_invalid_message_raises(self):
             """