diff --git a/examples/Fragmentation/Fragmentation_Movie.py b/examples/Fragmentation/Fragmentation_Movie.py
index b909fac0c..a4a925772 100644
--- a/examples/Fragmentation/Fragmentation_Movie.py
+++ b/examples/Fragmentation/Fragmentation_Movie.py
@@ -180,6 +180,6 @@ def data_stream(self, frame=0):
        minimum_fragment_gmass = 0.2 * body_Gmass[style][1] # Make the minimum fragment mass a fraction of the smallest body
        gmtiny = 0.99 * body_Gmass[style][1] # Make GMTINY just smaller than the smallest original body. This will prevent runaway collisional cascades
        sim.set_parameter(fragmentation = True, gmtiny=gmtiny, minimum_fragment_gmass=minimum_fragment_gmass, verbose=False)
-       sim.run(dt=1e-4, tstop=1.0e-2, tstep_out=1e-2, dump_cadence=0)
+       sim.run(dt=1e-3, tstop=1.0e-2, tstep_out=1e-2, dump_cadence=0)
 
-       anim = AnimatedScatter(sim,movie_filename,movie_titles[style],nskip=1)
+       anim = AnimatedScatter(sim,movie_filename,movie_titles[style],nskip=10)
diff --git a/python/swiftest/swiftest/simulation_class.py b/python/swiftest/swiftest/simulation_class.py
index 6cd75a521..727e47d07 100644
--- a/python/swiftest/swiftest/simulation_class.py
+++ b/python/swiftest/swiftest/simulation_class.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def __init__(self,read_param: bool = False, read_old_output_file: bool = False,
         self.param = {}
         self.data = xr.Dataset()
         self.ic = xr.Dataset()
-
+        self.enc = xr.Dataset()
 
         self.simdir = Path(simdir)
         if self.simdir.exists():
@@ -2670,17 +2670,28 @@ def read_output_file(self,read_init_cond : bool = True):
         # Make a temporary copy of the parameter dictionary so we can supply the absolute path of the binary file
         # This is done to handle cases where the method is called from a different working directory than the simulation
         # results
+
+        # EXPERIMENTAL
+        read_encounter = True
         param_tmp = self.param.copy()
         param_tmp['BIN_OUT'] = os.path.join(self.simdir, self.param['BIN_OUT'])
         if self.codename == "Swiftest":
             self.data = io.swiftest2xr(param_tmp, verbose=self.verbose)
             if self.verbose: print('Swiftest simulation data stored as xarray DataSet .data')
             if read_init_cond:
+                if self.verbose:
+                    print("Reading initial conditions file as .ic")
                 if "NETCDF" in self.param['IN_TYPE']:
-                    param_tmp['BIN_OUT'] = os.path.join(self.simdir, self.param['NC_IN'])
+                    param_tmp['BIN_OUT'] = self.simdir / self.param['NC_IN']
+
                     self.ic = io.swiftest2xr(param_tmp, verbose=self.verbose)
                 else:
                     self.ic = self.data.isel(time=0)
+            if read_encounter:
+                param_tmp['BIN_OUT'] = self.simdir / "encounter.nc"
+                if self.verbose:
+                    print("Reading encounter history file as .enc")
+                self.enc = io.swiftest2xr(param_tmp, verbose=self.verbose)
 
         elif self.codename == "Swifter":
             self.data = io.swifter2xr(param_tmp, verbose=self.verbose)