diff --git a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.cpp b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.cpp
index ea6cb130..b132f283 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
  *    Felipe S. Prado
  */
 
+#include <cassert>
+
 #include "Configuration.h"
 #include "ConfigurationLoader.h"
 #include "boost/lexical_cast.hpp"
@@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ unsigned int Configuration::getSimMemSizeInBytes()
     unsigned int chipSize = chipBitSize / 8;
     // 4. Total memory size in Bytes of one DIMM (with only support of 1 rank on a DIMM)
     unsigned int memorySize = chipSize * NumberOfDevicesOnDIMM;
-
+    assert(memorySize > 0);
     return memorySize;
 }
 
@@ -254,3 +256,12 @@ unsigned int Configuration::getDataBusWidth()
     return dataBusWidth;
 }
 
+// Returns the number of bytes in a burst
+unsigned int Configuration::getBytesPerBurst()
+{
+    // First multiply to get the number of bits in a burst, then divide by 8 to get the value in bytes. The order is important. Think on a single x4 device.
+    unsigned int bytesPerBurst = (memSpec.BurstLength * getDataBusWidth()) / 8;
+    assert(bytesPerBurst > 0);
+    return bytesPerBurst;
+}
+
diff --git a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.h b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.h
index 49c32d98..f2a7a463 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.h
+++ b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/Configuration.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct Configuration
 
     unsigned int getSimMemSizeInBytes();
     unsigned int getDataBusWidth();
+    unsigned int getBytesPerBurst();
 
 private:
     Configuration();
diff --git a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/Dram.h b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/Dram.h
index a6acf28e..de376ed6 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/Dram.h
+++ b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/Dram.h
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ using namespace Data;
 
 struct Dram : sc_module
 {
-    unsigned int burstLength  = Configuration::getInstance().memSpec.BurstLength;
-    unsigned int dataBusWidth = Configuration::getInstance().getDataBusWidth();
-    // First multiply to get the number of bits in a burst, then divide by 8 to get the value in bytes (the order is important. Think on a single x4 device)
-    unsigned int bytesPerBurst = (burstLength * dataBusWidth) / 8;
+    unsigned int bytesPerBurst = Configuration::getInstance().getBytesPerBurst();
 
     // TLM Related:
     tlm_utils::simple_target_socket<Dram> tSocket;
diff --git a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/StlPlayer.cpp b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/StlPlayer.cpp
index 67b09f92..2ed2dd5f 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/StlPlayer.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/StlPlayer.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ StlPlayer::StlPlayer(sc_module_name, string pathToTrace, sc_time playerClk, Trac
 
     this->playerClk = playerClk;
     this->burstlength = Configuration::getInstance().memSpec.BurstLength;
-    this->bytesPerColumn = xmlAddressDecoder::getInstance().amount["bytes"];
-    this->dataLength = bytesPerColumn * burstlength;
+    this->dataLength = Configuration::getInstance().getBytesPerBurst();
     this->lineCnt = 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/StlPlayer.h b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/StlPlayer.h
index 4f905a55..b27463bc 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/StlPlayer.h
+++ b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/simulation/StlPlayer.h
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ private:
     unsigned int lineCnt;
 
     unsigned int burstlength;
-    unsigned int bytesPerColumn;
     unsigned int dataLength;
     sc_time playerClk;  // May be different from from the memory clock!
 };