diff --git a/src/main/inject_sim.f90 b/src/main/inject_sim.f90
index 78b6023b8..4a60e71d6 100644
--- a/src/main/inject_sim.f90
+++ b/src/main/inject_sim.f90
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ subroutine init_inject(ierr)
  !
  !--find the tde dump at the right time
  !
+ next_time = -1.
  next_dump = getnextfilename(start_dump)
  call get_dump_time_npart(trim(next_dump),next_time,ierr,npart_out=npart_sim)
- if (ierr /= 0) next_time = -1.
  ierr = 0
  niter = 0