diff --git a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/DRAMSys.cpp b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/DRAMSys.cpp
index 4378b721..32a90682 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/DRAMSys.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/DRAMSys.cpp
@@ -80,25 +80,22 @@ DRAMSys::DRAMSys(sc_module_name __attribute__((unused)) name,
 
     Configuration::getInstance().setPathToResources(pathToResources);
 
-    // The xmlAddressDecoder MUST be initialized before calling the
-    // ConfigurationLoader because some information from the xmlAddressDecoder
-    // is needed to assure the coherence of the configuration.
     xmlAddressDecoder::getInstance().setConfiguration(pathToResources
                                                        + "configs/amconfigs/"
                                                        + amconfig);
     xmlAddressDecoder::getInstance().print();
 
+    ConfigurationLoader::loadMemSpec(Configuration::getInstance(),
+                                     pathToResources
+                                     + "configs/memspecs/"
+                                     + memspec);
+
     // Setup the memory controller with the propriate xml file
     ConfigurationLoader::loadMCConfig(Configuration::getInstance(),
                                       pathToResources
                                       + "configs/mcconfigs/"
                                       + mcconfig);
 
-    ConfigurationLoader::loadMemSpec(Configuration::getInstance(),
-                                     pathToResources
-                                     + "configs/memspecs/"
-                                     + memspec);
-
     ConfigurationLoader::loadSimConfig(Configuration::getInstance(),
                                        pathToResources
                                        + "configs/simulator/"