diff --git a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/ConfigurationLoader.cpp b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/ConfigurationLoader.cpp
index 60bf4a55..acb5c4f1 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/ConfigurationLoader.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/simulator/src/controller/core/configuration/ConfigurationLoader.cpp
@@ -324,9 +324,8 @@ void ConfigurationLoader::loadWideIO(Configuration& config, XMLElement* memspec)
     //MemTimings
     XMLElement* timings = memspec->FirstChildElement("memtimingspec");
     double clkMhz = queryDoubleParameter(timings, "clkMhz");
-    sc_time clk = sc_time(1 / clkMhz, SC_US);
-    config.memSpec.clk = clk;
-
+    config.memSpec.clk = FrequencyToClk(clkMhz);
+    sc_time clk = config.memSpec.clk;
     config.memSpec.tRP = clk * queryUIntParameter(timings, "RP");
     config.memSpec.tRAS = clk * queryUIntParameter(timings, "RAS");
     config.memSpec.tRC = clk * queryUIntParameter(timings, "RC");
@@ -385,4 +384,3 @@ void ConfigurationLoader::loadWideIO(Configuration& config, XMLElement* memspec)
     config.memSpec.vDD     = queryDoubleParameter(powers, "vdd");
     config.memSpec.vDD2    = queryDoubleParameter(powers, "vdd2");
 }
-