diff --git a/DRAMSys/library/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp b/DRAMSys/library/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
index 100411cb..15a54d35 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/library/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/library/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
@@ -342,8 +342,15 @@ void TlmRecorder::insertGeneralInfo()
     sqlite3_bind_int(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 5, static_cast<int>(Configuration::getInstance().memSpec->numberOfBanks));
     sqlite3_bind_int(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 6, static_cast<int>(Configuration::getInstance().memSpec->tCK.value()));
     sqlite3_bind_text(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 7, "PS", 2, nullptr);
-    sqlite3_bind_text(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 8, mcconfig.c_str(), static_cast<int>(mcconfig.length()), nullptr);
-    sqlite3_bind_text(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 9, memspec.c_str(), static_cast<int>(memspec.length()), nullptr);
+
+    std::fstream mcconfig_stream, memspec_stream;
+    mcconfig_stream.open(mcconfig, std::ios::in);
+    memspec_stream.open(memspec, std::ios::in);
+    std::string mcconfig_dump((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(mcconfig_stream)), (std::istreambuf_iterator<char>()));
+    std::string memspec_dump((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(memspec_stream)), (std::istreambuf_iterator<char>()));
+
+    sqlite3_bind_text(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 8, mcconfig_dump.c_str(), static_cast<int>(mcconfig_dump.length()), nullptr);
+    sqlite3_bind_text(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 9, memspec_dump.c_str(), static_cast<int>(memspec_dump.length()), nullptr);
     sqlite3_bind_text(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 10, traces.c_str(), static_cast<int>(traces.length()), nullptr);
     if (!Configuration::getInstance().enableWindowing)
         sqlite3_bind_int64(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 11, 0);
diff --git a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/scripts/memUtil.py b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/scripts/memUtil.py
index 96b0bc54..69885ec0 100755
--- a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/scripts/memUtil.py
+++ b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/scripts/memUtil.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class MCConfig(object):
         cursor = dbconnection.cursor()
         cursor.execute("SELECT MCconfig FROM GeneralInfo")
         result = cursor.fetchone()
-        self.jsonMCConfig = json.load(open(result[0]))
+        self.jsonMCConfig = json.loads(result[0])
 
 
 class MemSpec(object):
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class MemSpec(object):
         cursor = dbconnection.cursor()
         cursor.execute("SELECT Memspec FROM GeneralInfo")
         result = cursor.fetchone()
-        self.jsonMemSpec = json.load(open(result[0]))
+        self.jsonMemSpec = json.loads(result[0])
 
 
 def getClock(dbconnection):