diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index 79779264142931db41cd528de996cabffce13beb..37af40c7083610d9ab10ce5c5d317d5c918a477b 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ void allocate_memory() {
      gridss_w     = (double*) calloc(size_of_grid,sizeof(double));
      gridss_real  = (double*) calloc(size_of_grid/2,sizeof(double));
      gridss_img   = (double*) calloc(size_of_grid/2,sizeof(double));
+
+     numa_allocate_shared_windows( Me, size_of_grid*sizeof(double)*1.1, size_of_grid*sizeof(double)*1.1);
      
      // Create destination slab
       grid = (double*) calloc(size_of_grid,sizeof(double));
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index 6e73eafa7d05d9c26c12d29ee9c50f10625b8e13..7271ea4753105c0e8b1a6b928ef491e25848933a 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int numa_init( int Rank, int Size, MPI_Comm *MYWORLD, map_t *Me )
 }
 
 
-int numa_allocate_shared_windos(  map_t *Me, MPI_Aint size, MPI_Aint host_size )
+int numa_allocate_shared_windows(  map_t *Me, MPI_Aint size, MPI_Aint host_size )
 {
 
   int SHMEMl = Me->SHMEMl;
diff --git a/proto.h b/proto.h
index 3df0825cdc7a27ed6d755dcf4076bbf0236b2d31..bde3bdfc47e0bfb3944e7215b2e23fa3b91db5c0 100644
--- a/proto.h
+++ b/proto.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 /* numa.c */
 int numa_init( int, int, MPI_Comm *, map_t *);
-int numa_allocate_shared_windos( map_t *, MPI_Aint, MPI_Aint );
+int numa_allocate_shared_windows( map_t *, MPI_Aint, MPI_Aint );
 int numa_shutdown( int, int, MPI_Comm *, map_t *);
 
 /* init.c */