diff --git a/dram/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.h b/dram/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.h
index 37108792..6c89fd4e 100644
--- a/dram/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.h
+++ b/dram/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct Configuration
     bool DatabaseRecording = true;
     bool PowerAnalysis = false;
     bool Debug = false;
-    unsigned int NumberOfTracePlayers = 4;
+    unsigned int NumberOfTracePlayers = 1;
     unsigned int NumberOfMemChannels = 1;
 
     //MemSpec(from DRAM-Power XML)
diff --git a/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.cpp b/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.cpp
index 94909b49..f1d6b3a7 100644
--- a/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.cpp
@@ -32,16 +32,18 @@
  * Authors:
  *    Janik Schlemminger
  *    Matthias Jung
+ *    Eder F. Zulian
  */
 
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
 #include "SimulationManager.h"
 #include "../common/Utils.h"
+
 using namespace std;
 using namespace tinyxml2;
 
-
 SimulationManager::SimulationManager(string resources) : resources(resources)
 {
 }
@@ -123,14 +125,7 @@ void SimulationManager::parseSimulationBatch(XMLElement* simulation)
         }
     }
 
-    XMLElement* tracesetups = simulation->FirstChildElement("tracesetups");
-    if(tracesetups == NULL) tracesetups = simulation;
-
-    for (XMLElement* tracesetup = tracesetups->FirstChildElement("tracesetup"); tracesetup != NULL;
-            tracesetup = tracesetup->NextSiblingElement("tracesetup"))
-    {
-        addTraceSetup(batch, tracesetup);
-    }
+    addTraceSetup(batch, simulation);
 
     simulationBatches.push_back(batch);
 
@@ -159,17 +154,29 @@ void SimulationManager::startTraceAnalyzer()
     system(run_tpr.c_str());
 }
 
-void SimulationManager::addTraceSetup(SimulationBatch& batch, tinyxml2::XMLElement* element)
+void SimulationManager::addTraceSetup(SimulationBatch &batch, tinyxml2::XMLElement *simulation)
 {
     vector<Device> devices;
-    for (XMLElement* device = element->FirstChildElement("device"); device != NULL; device = device->NextSiblingElement("device")) {
-        devices.push_back(Device(device->GetText(), device->IntAttribute("clkMhz"), device->IntAttribute("bl")));
-    }
-    while (devices.size() < Configuration::getInstance().NumberOfTracePlayers) {
-        devices.push_back(Device());
-    }
+    XMLElement *tracesetups = simulation->FirstChildElement("tracesetups");
+    XMLElement *simconfig = simulation->FirstChildElement("simconfig");
+    XMLElement *ntp = simconfig->FirstChildElement("NumberOfTracePlayers");
+    unsigned int numberOfTracePlayers;
+    ntp->QueryUnsignedAttribute("value", &numberOfTracePlayers);
 
-    batch.traceSetups.emplace(element->Attribute("id"), devices);
+    for (XMLElement *tracesetup = tracesetups->FirstChildElement("tracesetup"); tracesetup != NULL; tracesetup = tracesetup->NextSiblingElement("tracesetup")) {
+
+        // TODO: check device's "bl" argument.
+        for (XMLElement *device = tracesetup->FirstChildElement("device"); device != NULL; device = device->NextSiblingElement("device")) {
+            devices.push_back(Device(device->GetText(), device->IntAttribute("clkMhz"), device->IntAttribute("bl")));
+        }
+
+        // This step is done here to add a default device in case the user haven't specified a trace file to be executed by one or more trace players.
+        while (devices.size() < numberOfTracePlayers) {
+            devices.push_back(Device());
+        }
+
+        batch.traceSetups.emplace(tracesetup->Attribute("id"), devices);
+    }
 }
 
 void SimulationManager::report(string message)