diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index 26f838da3af51b44d6e8e593645c7d0402b26a82..9b2d3cc71d809aed6c6a118b0cba59ae467e09f5 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 void init(int index)
 {
+
+   clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &begin0);
+   start0 = clock();
+
    // DAV: the corresponding KernelLen is calculated within the wstack function. It can be anyway hardcoded for optimization
    dx = 1.0/(double)param.grid_size_x;
    dw = 1.0/(double)param.num_w_planes;
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 96c1831477be370d6fdb796ef75e09a01b817163..c2fb72ae039c02ae61b5f95b0ed78acb2042a3c8 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
 
+
         if(argc > 1)
         {
           strcpy(in.paramfile,argv[1]);
@@ -17,9 +18,6 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
           exit(1);
         }
  
-        clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &begin0);
-   	start0 = clock();
-
         /* Initializing MPI Environment */
 
         #ifdef USE_MPI