diff --git a/src/cli/main.js b/src/cli/main.js
index 858c7f0..cfaacbd 100644
--- a/src/cli/main.js
+++ b/src/cli/main.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Definition of the `main` function.
       .option('-n --no-prettify', 'Disable HTML prettification', true)
       .option('-c --css <option>', 'CSS linking / embedding', 'embed')
       .option('-p --pdf <engine>', 'PDF generation engine')
+      .option('--no-sort', 'Sort resume sections by date', false)
       .option('--no-tips', 'Disable theme tips and warnings.', false)
       .description('Generate resume to multiple formats')
       .action(function( sources, targets, options ) {
diff --git a/src/core/fresh-resume.js b/src/core/fresh-resume.js
index 66ef99a..8000e53 100644
--- a/src/core/fresh-resume.js
+++ b/src/core/fresh-resume.js
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
   /**
   Initialize the FreshResume from file.
   */
-  FreshResume.prototype.open = function( file, title ) {
-    this.imp = { fileName: file };
-    this.imp.raw = FS.readFileSync( file, 'utf8' );
-    return this.parse( this.imp.raw, title );
+  FreshResume.prototype.open = function( file, opts ) {
+    var raw = FS.readFileSync( file, 'utf8' );
+    var ret = this.parse( raw, opts );
+    this.imp.fileName = file;
+    return ret;
   };
 
 
@@ -60,32 +61,46 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
   Open and parse the specified FRESH resume. Merge the JSON object model onto
   this Sheet instance with extend() and convert sheet dates to a safe &
   consistent format. Then sort each section by startDate descending.
+  @param rep The raw JSON representation.
+  @param opts Resume loading and parsing options.
+  {
+    date: Perform safe date conversion.
+    sort: Sort resume items by date.
+    computer: Prepare computed resume totals.
+  }
   */
   FreshResume.prototype.parseJSON = function( rep, opts ) {
 
-    // Convert JSON Resume to FRESH if necessary
-    if( rep.basics ) {
-      rep = CONVERTER.toFRESH( rep );
-      rep.imp = rep.imp || { };
-      rep.imp.orgFormat = 'JRS';
-    }
+    // // Convert JSON Resume to FRESH if necessary
+    // // TODO: Not sure if this code path is still executed. JRS resumes should
+    // // be loaded via JRSResume, not here.
+    // if( rep.basics ) {
+    //   throw "Invalid resume conversion path";
+    //   rep = CONVERTER.toFRESH( rep );
+    //   rep.imp = rep.imp || { };
+    //   rep.imp.orgFormat = 'JRS';
+    // }
 
     // Now apply the resume representation onto this object
     extend( true, this, rep );
 
-    // Set up metadata
-    opts = opts || { };
-    if( opts.imp === undefined || opts.imp ) {
-      this.imp = this.imp || { };
-      this.imp.title = (opts.title || this.imp.title) || this.name;
+    // If the resume already has a .imp object, then we are being called from
+    // the .dupe method, and there's no need to do any post processing
+    if( !this.imp ) {
+      // Set up metadata TODO: Clean up metadata on the object model.
+      opts = opts || { };
+      if( opts.imp === undefined || opts.imp ) {
+        this.imp = this.imp || { };
+        this.imp.title = (opts.title || this.imp.title) || this.name;
+      }
+      // Parse dates, sort dates, and calculate computed values
+      (opts.date === undefined || opts.date) && _parseDates.call( this );
+      (opts.sort === undefined || opts.sort) && this.sort();
+      (opts.compute === undefined || opts.compute) && (this.computed = {
+         numYears: this.duration(),
+         keywords: this.keywords()
+      });
     }
-    // Parse dates, sort dates, and calculate computed values
-    (opts.date === undefined || opts.date) && _parseDates.call( this );
-    (opts.sort === undefined || opts.sort) && this.sort();
-    (opts.compute === undefined || opts.compute) && (this.computed = {
-       numYears: this.duration(),
-       keywords: this.keywords()
-    });
     return this;
   };
 
@@ -122,10 +137,15 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
 
   /**
   Duplicate this FreshResume instance.
+  This method first extend()s this object onto an empty, creating a deep copy,
+  and then passes the result into a new FreshResume instance via .parseJSON.
+  We do it this way to create a true clone of the object without re-running any
+  of the associated processing.
   */
   FreshResume.prototype.dupe = function() {
+    var jso = extend( true, { }, this );
     var rnew = new FreshResume();
-    rnew.parse( this.stringify(), { } );
+    rnew.parseJSON( jso, { } );
     return rnew;
   };
 
@@ -160,6 +180,7 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
   /**
   Create a copy of this resume in which all string fields have been run through
   a transformation function (such as a Markdown filter or XML encoder).
+  TODO: Move this out of FRESHResume.
   */
   FreshResume.prototype.transformStrings = function( filt, transformer ) {
     var ret = this.dupe();
diff --git a/src/core/resume-factory.js b/src/core/resume-factory.js
index a881f4d..1f5b47b 100644
--- a/src/core/resume-factory.js
+++ b/src/core/resume-factory.js
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ Definition of the ResumeFactory class.
 
     /**
     Load one or more resumes from disk.
+
+    @param opts An options object with settings for the factory as well as
+    passthrough settings for FRESHResume or JRSResume. Structure:
+
+        {
+          format: 'FRESH',    // Format to open as. ('FRESH', 'JRS', null)
+          objectify: true,    // FRESH/JRSResume or raw JSON?
+          inner: {            // Passthru options for FRESH/JRSResume
+            sort: false
+          }
+        }
+
     */
     load: function ( sources, opts, emitter ) {
 
@@ -47,7 +59,7 @@ Definition of the ResumeFactory class.
     */
     loadOne: function( src, opts, emitter ) {
 
-      var toFormat = opts.format;
+      var toFormat = opts.format;     // Can be null
       var objectify = opts.objectify;
 
       // Get the destination format. Can be 'fresh', 'jrs', or null/undefined.
@@ -73,7 +85,7 @@ Definition of the ResumeFactory class.
       var rez;
       if( objectify ) {
         var ResumeClass = require('../core/' + (toFormat || orgFormat) + '-resume');
-        rez = new ResumeClass().parseJSON( json );
+        rez = new ResumeClass().parseJSON( json, opts.inner );
         rez.i().file = src;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/verbs/build.js b/src/verbs/build.js
index 12f854c..4cee4ae 100644
--- a/src/verbs/build.js
+++ b/src/verbs/build.js
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ Implementation of the 'build' verb for HackMyResume.
     // Load input resumes...
     if( !src || !src.length ) { throw { fluenterror: 3 }; }
     var sheets = ResumeFactory.load(src, {
-      log: _log, format: theme.render ? 'JRS' : 'FRESH',
-      objectify: true, throw: true
+      format: theme.render ? 'JRS' : 'FRESH',
+      objectify: true, throw: true, inner: { sort: _opts.sort }
     }, this).map(function(sh){ return sh.rez; });
 
     // Merge input resumes...
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ Implementation of the 'build' verb for HackMyResume.
     _opts.tips = opts.tips;
     _opts.noTips = opts.noTips;
     _opts.debug = opts.debug;
+    _opts.sort = opts.sort;
 
     // If two or more files are passed to the GENERATE command and the TO
     // keyword is omitted, the last file specifies the output file.
@@ -178,7 +179,8 @@ Implementation of the 'build' verb for HackMyResume.
       }
     }
     catch( ex ) {
-      _err( ex );
+      console.log('Exception thrown');
+      console.log(ex); // TODO
     }
   }