diff --git a/src/io/io.f90 b/src/io/io.f90
index 503f61659..8fd3381a8 100644
--- a/src/io/io.f90
+++ b/src/io/io.f90
@@ -1364,7 +1364,6 @@ subroutine io_read_in_cb(self, param)
 
       if (ierr == 0) then
    
-         param%loblatecb = ((self%j2rp2 /= 0.0_DP) .or. (self%j4rp4 /= 0.0_DP))
          if (param%rmin < 0.0) param%rmin = self%radius
          
          select type(cb => self)
@@ -1420,6 +1419,12 @@ module subroutine io_read_in_system(self, param)
          self%Euntracked = param%Euntracked
       end if
 
+      param%loblatecb = ((self%cb%j2rp2 /= 0.0_DP) .or. (self%cb%j4rp4 /= 0.0_DP))
+      if (.not.param%loblatecb) then
+         if (allocated(self%pl%aobl)) deallocate(self%pl%aobl)
+         if (allocated(self%tp%aobl)) deallocate(self%tp%aobl)
+      end if
+
       return
    end subroutine io_read_in_system
 
diff --git a/src/netcdf/netcdf.f90 b/src/netcdf/netcdf.f90
index 0b84fa40b..56e20a018 100644
--- a/src/netcdf/netcdf.f90
+++ b/src/netcdf/netcdf.f90
@@ -663,7 +663,6 @@ module function netcdf_read_frame_system(self, iu, param) result(ierr)
 
          call check( nf90_get_var(iu%ncid, iu%j2rp2_varid, cb%j2rp2, start=[tslot]) )
          call check( nf90_get_var(iu%ncid, iu%j4rp4_varid, cb%j4rp4, start=[tslot]) )
-         param%loblatecb = ((cb%j2rp2 /= 0.0_DP) .or. (cb%j4rp4 /= 0.0_DP))
 
          call self%read_particle_info(iu, param, plmask, tpmask) 
       end associate
diff --git a/src/rmvs/rmvs_setup.f90 b/src/rmvs/rmvs_setup.f90
index ff083815a..d3beeb2f8 100644
--- a/src/rmvs/rmvs_setup.f90
+++ b/src/rmvs/rmvs_setup.f90
@@ -36,15 +36,11 @@ module subroutine rmvs_setup_pl(self, n, param)
             do i = 0, NTPHENC
                allocate(pl%inner(i)%x(NDIM, n))
                allocate(pl%inner(i)%v(NDIM, n))
+               allocate(pl%inner(i)%aobl(NDIM, n))
                pl%inner(i)%x(:,:) = 0.0_DP
                pl%inner(i)%v(:,:) = 0.0_DP
+               pl%inner(i)%aobl(:,:) = 0.0_DP
             end do
-            if (param%loblatecb) then
-               do i = 0, NTPHENC
-                  allocate(pl%inner(i)%aobl(NDIM, n))
-                  pl%inner(i)%aobl(:,:) = 0.0_DP
-               end do
-            end if
             if (param%ltides) then
                do i = 0, NTPHENC
                   allocate(pl%inner(i)%atide(NDIM, n))
diff --git a/src/setup/setup.f90 b/src/setup/setup.f90
index e6678effa..9a7fe7e78 100644
--- a/src/setup/setup.f90
+++ b/src/setup/setup.f90
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ module subroutine setup_body(self, n, param)
       allocate(self%vb(NDIM, n))
       allocate(self%ah(NDIM, n))
       allocate(self%ir3h(n))
+      allocate(self%aobl(NDIM, n))
 
       self%id(:) = 0
       do i = 1, n
@@ -216,20 +217,17 @@ module subroutine setup_body(self, n, param)
       end do
 
       self%status(:) = INACTIVE
-      self%lmask(:)  = .false.
       self%ldiscard(:) = .false.
+      self%lmask(:)  = .false.
+      self%mu(:)     = 0.0_DP
       self%xh(:,:)   = 0.0_DP
       self%vh(:,:)   = 0.0_DP
       self%xb(:,:)   = 0.0_DP
       self%vb(:,:)   = 0.0_DP
       self%ah(:,:)   = 0.0_DP
       self%ir3h(:)   = 0.0_DP
-      self%mu(:)     = 0.0_DP
+      self%aobl(:,:) = 0.0_DP
 
-      if (param%loblatecb) then
-         allocate(self%aobl(NDIM, n))
-         self%aobl(:,:) = 0.0_DP
-      end if
       if (param%ltides) then
          allocate(self%atide(NDIM, n))
          self%atide(:,:) = 0.0_DP