def make_engine():
    from IPython.parallel.apps import ipengineapp as app
    app.launch_new_instance()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    make_engine(file='./profiles/security/ipcontroller-engine.json', config='./profiles/e2.py')

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "engines.py", line 30, in <module>
    make_engine(file='./profiles/security/ipcontroller-engine.json', config='./profiles/e2.py')
  File "engines.py", line 20, in make_engine
    app.launch_new_instance(**kwargs)
  File "/Users/martin/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 562, in launch_instance
    app = cls.instance(**kwargs)
  File "/Users/martin/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/configurable.py", line 354, in instance
    inst = cls(*args, **kwargs)
  File "<string>", line 2, in __init__
  File "/Users/martin/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 94, in catch_config_error
    app.print_help()
  File "/Users/martin/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 346, in print_help
    self.print_options()
  File "/Users/martin/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 317, in print_options
    self.print_alias_help()
  File "/Users/martin/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 281, in print_alias_help
    cls = classdict[classname]
KeyError: 'BaseIPythonApplication'

def make_engine():
    from IPython.parallel.apps import ipengineapp as app
    app.launch_new_instance()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    from sys import argv
    argv = ['--file=./profiles/security/ipcontroller-engine.json', '--config=./profiles/e2.py'] #OUCH this is ugly!
    make_engine()